File No. 7370/3.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Norwegian Chargé.
Washington , December 20, 1907 .
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge with sincere regret the receipt of your note of the 19th instant stating that you have received a cablegram from the Norwegian foreign office announcing the sudden death yesterday afternoon of Mr. Christian Hauge, minister of Norway to the United States.
The agreeable official and social relations which Mr. Hauge has maintained with this Government and its officers will cause his loss to be most keenly felt, and I desire to convey to His Majesty’s Government, yourself, and Mr. Hauge’s family our sincerest condolences.
Accept, etc.,