Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1906, (In two parts), Part II

The Acting Secretary of State to Ambassador Reid.

Department of State,
Washing ton, April 5, 1906.

No. 189.]

Sir: Our minister to Persia has made known to the department his obligation to Evelyn Grant Duff, esq., His Britannic Majesty’s chargé d’affaires at Teheran, and A. C. Wratislaw, esq., His Britannic Majesty’s consul-general at Tabriz, for the “ungrudging, constant, and efficient services rendered by them to American citizens in northwest Persia.”

The warm appreciation of the friendly good offices of these officers which the Minister expresses is shared by the department, and you are requested to convey to these gentlemen, through the foreign office, the earnest thanks of this Government for the services rendered by them to American citizens in northwest Persia and for their valuable assistance to Minister Pearson, especially in connection with the Labaree case.

I am, etc.,

Robert Bacon.