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The Secretary of State to the French Ambassador (Jusserand)
Excellency: In reply to the invitation of your Government, communicated orally by you through this Department, to the President that the Government of the United States be represented in the Allied Conference to be held early in November, I have the honor to inform you that I am instructed by the President to indicate to the French Government and to the other Governments associated with us in the war that the Government of the United States accepts the invitation conveyed by you to be represented in the Allied Conference to be held early in November and has designated Mr. Edward M. House to act in that Conference as the representative of the Government of the United States.
Accept [etc.]