711.3112Anti-War/3
The Venezuelan Minister (Grisanti) to the Acting Secretary of State
Excellency: I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that, according to a cablegram received from my Government yesterday, Venezuela adheres to the General Agreement for the Renunciation of War signed in Paris the 27th of last August.
Allow me, Your Excellency, in making this announcement, to express the deep pleasure which I feel since the Agreement in question, wherein the individuality of His Excellency, Mr. Kellogg, stands forth in such relief in the faithful interpretation of high American ideals, is a great benefit, being an unequivocal pledge of national security.
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