Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1907, (In two parts), Part II

File No. 6775/190.

The Secretary of State to the Mexican Chargé.

Department of State,
Washington, November 9, 1907.

No. 125.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 5th instant by which you inform me that the person in charge of the embassy at the time, whether it be the ambassador or yourself in the capacity of chargé d’affaires ad interim, will represent the Government of Mexico in the conference which will meet at Washington this month pursuant to the protocol of September 17, 1907.

In turn I have the honor to inform you that upon the invitation of the Presidents of the five Central American States and conformably with Article II of the said protocol, the President has appointed Mr. William I. Buchanan as his representative at the conference.

Accept, etc.,

Elihu Root.