File No. 033.5711/12

The Secretary of State to the Norwegian Minister ( Bryn )

My Dear Mr. Minister: I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 19th instant in which you state that the Norwegian Government desires to send Dr. Fridtjof Nansen to the United States in the capacity of “Minister Plenipotentiary on Special Mission” for the purpose of negotiating with this Government in order that Norway may obtain the necessary importations from the United States of necessities, especially food.

I beg to say in reply that it will be entirely agreeable to this Government to receive Doctor Nansen in the capacity mentioned.

I am [etc.]

Robert Lansing