File No. 14503/4.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Argentine Minister.
Washington, July 19, 1909.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 15th ultimo, in which, by direction of your Government and in pursuance of the provisions of a law of the Argentine Congress, you extend to the United States an invitation to take part in the celebration of the first centennial of the independence of the Argentine Republic.
In reply, it affords me pleasure to say that the Government of the United States, which was the first to recognize the Argentine Republic as a sovereign State, and which has observed with particular satisfaction the steady growth of its power and prosperity, is glad to accept this courteously extended invitation.
I beg that you will, in communicating this to your Government, do me the favor to convey to it also the expression of this Government’s appreciation and cordial recognition of the friendly sentiments which accompany the invitation.
Accept, etc.,