763.72119/2679
The Acting Secretary of State to the Greek Minister ( Roussos )
Sir: In the memoranda of November 1st and 13th received at your hands5 the Greek Government tendered felicitations to the President and Government of the United States, and expressed in the most cordial terms the appreciation of the Greek nation of the effort made by the United States to cooperate in full measure with the nations fighting for the freedom of the world.
The American people join heartily with the people of Greece in their rejoicings over the signing of the Armistice which assures the triumphal issue of the great war. We have fought for the same ideal, we have suffered and bled in a common cause, and the same singleness of purpose and spirit of mutual helpfulness which united us in war must now guide us in peace in order that we may accomplish successfully the great task which still lies before us, for we must now lay the foundations of a new social order among nations wherein the small powers may be secure in their rights and thus free to develop the full measure of their national life without fear.
I beg you to convey to Your Government the sincere thanks of the Government of the United States for the friendly sentiments expressed in these messages.
Accept [etc.]
- Memorandum of Nov. 1 not printed.↩