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

File No. 837.001M52/29

The Secretary of State to Minister Gonzales

No. 394

Department of State,
Washington, September 6, 1917.

Sir: I enclose herewith, with office copy, a letter addressed by the President to His Excellency Mario G. Menocal, acknowledging the receipt of his letter of May 20 last in which he announced his assumption of the Presidency of the Republic of Cuba.

You will forward the copy to the Foreign Office and deliver the original in the manner most agreeable to His Excellency.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:

William Phillips

[Inclosure]

President Wilson to President Menocal

The White House,
Washington, August 22, 1917.

Great and Good Friend: I have received the letter of the 20th of May last, in which Your Excellency announced your assumption of the Presidency of the Republic of Cuba and your entrance upon the duties of the office.

I cordially reciprocate the sentiments you express for the continuance of the friendly relations which have heretofore existed between the United States and Cuba, and I assure Your Excellency of my best wishes for your personal welfare and for the prosperity of the Republic over which you have been called to preside.

Woodrow Wilson