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The Secretary of State to Colonel E. M. House
My Dear Colonel House:
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You will have seen by the morning papers the successful outcome of the negotiations regarding the Arabic. Last Saturday, when I saw the German Ambassador, I felt a measure of discouragement on account of the note which he then handed me. I told him however, I would take the matter up with the President. I did so and the President agreed with me that we could not accept a note of that sort. After reaching this decision I asked Count von Bernstorff to call upon me at the Department, which he did on Tuesday, and the published note is the result of our conference on that day.
I hope I can see you in a few days in regard to the South American matter,64 in which the President is so much interested, and concerning which I am not as familiar as I wish I was. I have no doubt that a talk with you would help very much.
With warm regards [etc.]
- Negotiations for a pan-American treaty. See vol. II, pp. 471 ff.↩