File No. 705.6358/8

The Swedish Minister ( Ekengren) to the Secretary of State

Department of Austro-
Hungarian Interests

The Minister of Sweden, representing Austro-Hungarian interests in the United States, presents his compliments to his excellency the Secretary of State and has the honor to inform him that Austro-Hungarian [Page 621] interests in the Hawaiian Islands, which until recently have been in charge of the Spanish Consul at Honolulu who has left, have been transferred to the Royal Swedish Consulate at San Francisco, Calif.

The Minister of Sweden, therefore, begs to request his excellency the Secretary of State to kindly inform the competent authorities of the new jurisdiction of the Swedish Consulate in San Francisco.