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The Chargé in Mexico (Summerlin) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received January 11, 1921.]
Sir: I have the honor to report that the entire local press of today publishes the autograph letter of President Friedrich Ebert of Germany, which it is stated the Mexican Foreign Office has received, in reply to the letter of Mr. Adolfo de la Huerta, of June 16, last, announcing that he had been elected Substitute President of Mexico. The letter, in translation, follows:
“Legation of the United Mexican States in Germany.
“Friedrich Ebert, President of the German Government, to His Excellency the President of the United States of Mexico, Mr. Adolfo de la Huerta.
“Mr. President:
“Your Excellency has been good enough to inform me, in your letter of the sixteenth of June of this year, that the Congress of the Union, in accordance with the political Constitution of the United States of Mexico, declared you elected President of the Republic and that you had taken possession of your high office.
“I must thank Your Excellency for your friendly communication and extend to you my most sincere congratulations that you have taken charge of the highest magistracy of the United States of Mexico.
“You may be sure, Mr. President, that I also will always endeavor to conserve and make more binding the friendly relations which happily exist between the German Government and the United States of Mexico.
“With the most fervent wishes for your personal wellbeing, as well as for the prosperity of the United States of Mexico, I beg Your Excellency to accept the assurances of my most complete consideration and friendship.
“Berlin, November 23, 1920.
(Signed) Ebert.
(Signed) Simons. [”]
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