033.5511/12: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Belgium (Whitlock)

463. Your 294, July 23, noon.

Please convey to the King the following message: “Having heard from Mr. Whitlock that it might be possible for Your Majesty to come to this country for a short time in the autumn I hasten to tender on behalf of the American Government a most cordial invitation to Your Majesty and to Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians to visit the United States at such time as may best suit your convenience.

May I add a personal expression of the great pleasure that it will give me to receive you and the Queen as the honored guests of the Nation. Woodrow Wilson.”

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