Food Administrator’s File
The British Ambassador on Special Mission ( Reading ) to the Food Administrator ( Hoover )
Washington
,
June 12, 1918
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My Dear Mr. Hoover : I have just received a telegram from Mr. Balfour asking me to convey to you an invitation from His Majesty’s Government to be their guest during your forthcoming visit to England.
I hope that you will feel that this invitation is from the British people as much as from the British Government, and I trust that you may be able to authorize me to inform Mr. Balfour that you will be able to accept it.
Believe me [etc.]
Reading