702.7311/32a
The Acting Secretary of State to the Montenegrin Consul General in Charge of the Legation ( Dix )
Sir: In further reference to your letter of April 24, 1919 to the Assistant Secretary of State inquiring whether you should continue to act as Consul General of Montenegro, and to Mr. Phillips’ reply of April 25th stating that he saw no reason why you should not continue so to act until officially advised to the contrary,3 I now beg to inform you that in view of the present status of Montenegro, this Government no longer considers it necessary to accord recognition to her diplomatic and Consular officers.
I therefore beg to inform you that the Letters Patent issued on the 18th of December 1918, recognizing you as Honorary Consul General of Montenegro at New York,3 are hereby revoked.
Permit me in closing to express to you the appreciation of the Department for the discreet, considerate and courteous manner with which, in circumstances of exceptional delicacy, you have performed your official functions.
I am [etc.]