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

File No. 837.001M52/28

The Secretary of State to the Cuban Minister.

No. 152

Department of State,
Washington, May 25, 1917.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 21st instant, in which you advise the Department that on the 20th instant, Messrs. Mario G. Menocal and Emilio Nuñez, assumed the offices respectively of President and Vice President of the Republic of Cuba, to which they were proclaimed elected by the National Congress of Cuba for a term of four years, ending May 21st, 1921.

In reply I have the honor to ask that you will convey to your Government the congratulations of the Government of the United States, and to offer its best wishes to their Excellencies, Messrs. Menocal and Nuñez for the success of their administration.

Accept [etc.]

Robert Lansing