File No. 851.51/49
The French Ambassador ( Jusserand ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 3.]
Mr. Secretary of State: The Government of the French Republic wishes to enter upon a loan contract with the Federal Government at the earliest possible date.
Under the circumstances, I should be very grateful to Your Excellency if you will kindly put either me or the representatives whose names I shall furnish in contact with the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States in order to begin the negotiations for the said loan.
I have received the requisite power to sign all instruments connected with the transaction that would come out of the said negotiations.
Be pleased to accept [etc.]