File No. 5727/59.

The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador.

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 8th instant, stating the status of French chambers of commerce, a translation of which I have communicated to the Secretary of the Treasury.

It will be my pleasure upon hearing from him to communicate with you further with respect to the subject-matter of your note.

Accept, etc.,

Elihu Root.