Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 811.3335/26

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American Embassy,
Buenos Aires, July 25, 1917, noon.

Fleet escorted by Argentine squadron delayed 3 hours by fog, arrived safely in the north basin at sunset. Crowd estimated at two hundred thousand received them. Minister for Foreign Affairs gave a private welcome dinner: guests Vice President, Minister of Marine, Papal Nuncio, Spanish Ambassador, Mayor of City, Presidents Jockey Club and Reception Committee and ladies.

Stimson