763.72119/3305a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the French Minister for Foreign Affairs ( Pichon )
Washington
, November 12, 1918—10:17 a.m.
At this supreme moment in the history of your nation, when a complete victory has been won over the most formidable of enemies, I desire to extend to you personally and on behalf of my government the most heartfelt congratulations of the American people and a sincere expression of the joy and admiration with which they are inspired by the valor and the steadfastness of the French people.
Robert Lansing