File No. 5082/113.
The Secretary of State to the Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Washington, February 23, 1909.
In announcing to your excellency the successful conclusion of Special Commissioner Buchanan’s mission by the signature of a protocol in adjustment of the difficulties between the United States and Venezuela, and, in view of the favorable prospect for an early resumption of our diplomatic representation at Caracas, I beg to express through you the high appreciation of the Government of the [Page 615] United States of the cordial favor of the Brazilian Government in permitting its agent at Caracas to act in representation of American interests in the absence of a United States minister from that capital.