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The Secretary of State to the Commission to Negotiate Peace
4003. From the Secretary. On the eve of your departure from Paris I desire to extend to you all an expression of my most sincere thanks for the excellent services that you have rendered in Paris as the representatives of your country. The manner in which you have conducted yourselves and the exceptional quality of your work has been the source of deepest gratification to me. Your unfailing tact, [Page 699] loyalty and devotion in situations which have been both delicate and difficult have been exemplary and I desire to assure you that you may return to this country with the feeling that your task in Europe has been well done.