File No. 711.5914/263
The Danish Minister to the Secretary of State
Washington, December 22, 1916.
Dear Mr. Secretary of State: I hasten to inform you that I have just now (2.35 p.m.) received a cablegram from the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs advising me that the Treaty for the cession of the Danish West India Islands has been passed by the Danish Parliament and ratified by His Majesty the King, and that the Danish instrument of ratification with full power for me to exchange will be sent to me by Swedish steamer from Gothenburg on the 30th instant.
I know this information will be gratifying to you, and I remain [etc.]