File No. 863.001F85/7

The Secretary of State to Ambassador Penfield

[Telegram]

1428. The President, desiring to show the high respect due to the memory of the late Emperor and King, has invested you with the [Page 32] rank and character of a Special Ambassador to represent him and the people of the United States at funeral obsequies. So notify Foreign Office. Send appropriate wreath in President’s name.

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