File No. 10044/173.
The Sultan of Turkey to the President of the United States.
I received with real pleasure the telegram of congratulation which Your Excellency was pleased to send me on the occasion of my accession to the throne. I thank you cordially for the sentiments contained therein, as well as for the assurances of friendship which you give me in the name of the Government and the great Nation of the United States, and to which I attach the highest value. I beg of Your Excellency to believe in the cordial wishes which I cherish both for your happiness and prosperity and for those of the great, noble American people.