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

File No. 868.001A12/18

The Secretary of State to the Minister of Greece

No. 12

Department of State,
Washington , October 6, 1917 .

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Legation’s note of the 8th ultimo, with which there is enclosed, with office copy, a letter addressed to the President by His Majesty the King of the Hellenes, announcing his accession to the throne of Greece.

I have the honor to say in reply that His Majesty’s letter has been delivered to the President, whose response will at an early date be transmitted to the American Minister at Athens for delivery to His Majesty.

Accept [etc.]

Robert Lansing