File No. 703.3212/13.

The Brazilian Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.

Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of the 27th instant from the Counselor for the Department of State, Mr. Robert Lansing, forwarding to this Embassy copy of a telegram from the President of the American Colony in Mexico City, informing the Department of a vote of thanks tendered to the Brazilian Minister by the members of the American Colony for his services to Americans.

It will give me great pleasure to send to my Government this proof of the appreciation for the services which Mr. J. M. Cardoso de Oliveira is rendering to Americans in Mexico during this trying time.

Thanking you [etc.]

E. L. Chermont
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