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883.05/350

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Egypt ( Gunther )

Washington , November 29, 1929.
No. 82

Sir: The Department has received your telegram No. 69, November 19, noon, reporting the receipt of a formal note from the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, requesting the nomination of American candidates for the existing vacancy among the foreign judges on the Mixed Court of First Instance at Cairo.

With the approval of the President, this Government hereby nominates for this position the following persons:

  • Edward G. Hill of Louisville, Kentucky.
  • George W. Kretzinger, Jr., of Chicago, Illinois.
  • Julian Wright of New York City.

Biographies of each of these nominees, together with the names of the persons who have recommended each to the Department, are enclosed.28

As soon as the Egyptian Government has signified its choice, it is desired that you inform the Department by telegraph in order that the successful candidate may be promptly advised.29

I am [etc.]

J. P. Cotton
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. The Minister in Egypt, in telegram No. 13, January 21, 1930, reported: “Decree appointing Wright published in Official Journal January 20th. I am informing him by telegraph.” (883.05/358.)↩