Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 863.001F85/13

Ambassador Penfield to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

American Embassy,
Vienna, November 26, 1916.

1551. Department’s 1428. In reply to your message of condolence, which was received on the 25th instant, Minister for Foreign Affairs states:

I hasten to request your kind intervention in order to express to Mr. Lansing and the Government of the United States my deep-felt thanks for this kind message of condolence.

May I also request you to thank Mr. Lansing very warmly on my behalf for his personal sympathy, which I appreciate very deeply.

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