File No. 701.3111/40.

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

[Telegram.]

I am shocked and grieved to learn of the lamentable death of Senor Rojas and I hasten to extend to you an expression of my profound sympathy.

The Department would like to consult with you with a view to making arrangements for the funeral service, and to affording you every possible assistance.

W. J. Bryan
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