740.00111 A.R./631
The Panamanian Chargé (Briceño) to the Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that I have received instructions from my Government to communicate [Page 41] to the Department of State that His Excellency the President of the Republic of Panama has received a reply from the Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, Head of the Executive Power of Germany [to the telegram]29 in which he transmitted to him the Declaration of Panama.
The Fuehrer’s reply is of the following tenor:30
“His Excellency Dr. Juan Demostenes Arosemena, President of the Republic of Panama, Panama. I acknowledge to Your Excellency the receipt of the telegram of October 5 in which you communicate tome the decision of the American Governments, reached at Panama, to establish a prohibited zone around America to prevent belligerent activities. I have charged the proper offices of the Government with the examination of the matter. Please accept, Mr. President, the expression of my highest esteem.
Adolf Hitler.”
I avail myself [etc.]