123 So 8/137b: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Vice Consul at Aden ( Park )
Send following telegram verbatim in English to Ras Tafari:
“I am directed by my Government to inform Your Highness that the President of the United States has been pleased to approve a proposal for the appointment of Mr. Addison E. Southard to act as Minister Resident and Consul General of the United States of America at Addis Ababa. My Government would be pleased to learn that this appointment is agreeable to Your Highness. I am directed to add that in its selection of Mr. Southard my Government has been largely influenced by the belief that as a result of his former service at this post he is known personally to Your Highness and has been fortunate enough to have gained Your Highness’s friendly esteem. Mr. Southard is at present serving as American Consul General at Singapore, Straits Settlements, a position to which he was appointed after more than ten years service in, the Department of State and at consular posts abroad.”
Telegraph substance of Prince Regent’s reply.