The Minister of Greece to
the Secretary of State
[Translation]
No. 1358
Royal Legation of Greece,
Washington,
September 8, 1917.
Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to
forward herewith to your excellency a letter with its office copy sent
by His Majesty, Alexander, King of the Hellenes, to the President of the
United States announcing his accession to the throne.
Begging your excellency kindly to forward this letter to its high
destination and thanking you in advance, I beg you, Mr. Secretary of
State, to accept [etc.]
[Inclosure—Translation]
King Alexander to
President Wilson
Very Dear and Great Friend: Called through
the abdication of my highly venerated, well-beloved father and that
of my well-beloved elder brother to the throne of Greece, I fulfill
the duty of announcing my accession to you. I feel assured that my
reign will ever find a support in your sentiments and I beg you
kindly to be convinced that for my part I shall exert my every
effort toward drawing closer and closer the bonds so happily
established between our friendly and allied countries. I indulge the
hope that under those auspices, my wishes for the welfare of my
subjects and my wish to fulfill as far as it lies in my power the
great but difficult duty which I have just assumed will achieve
beneficial results and exert efficacious influence on the sources of
prosperity and the social
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happiness of the Hellenic nation. I gladly avail myself of this
opportunity to address to you, Very Dear and Great Friend, the
expression of the wishes I make for the prosperity of the United
States of America and the assurances of my high esteem and constant
friendship.
Written at Our Royal Palace in Athens on July 6, of the year one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen.
Your sincere Friend,
(Signed)
Alexander R
(Countersigned)
N. Politis
