The British Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
Washington, March 23, 1908.
Sir: I duly forwarded to His Majesty’s Government the copy of the report on conditions in the Kongo State by the American consul general at Boma kindly supplied by the United States Government in response to the request of this embassy.
I am now directed by His Majesty’s Government to inform you that they are very sensible of the advantages attaching to the cooperation of the United States Government in their efforts to bring about a more satisfactory state of affairs in the Kongo, and I am to add an expression of their cordial thanks for the communication of Mr. Smith’s report and the consent given to the publication of extracts from it in the papers to be submitted to Parliament.
I have, etc.,