Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 8, 1914

File No. 702.04/4.

The Secretary of State to Minister McGoodwin.

No. 90.]

Department of State,
Washington, September 11, 1914.

Sir: The Department has received your No. 212 of July 14th last with which you enclose with translation a copy of the note from the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs advising you that the Government of Venezuela has granted unrestricted and permanent permission to all salaried consular officers of the United States to visit ships of whatever nationality bound for ports in the United States. Porto Rico and Colon.

The Department desires that you convey to the Venezuelan Foreign Office an expression of its sincere appreciation of the action taken by the Government of Venezuela.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:

Robert Lansing

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