860H.01/379

The Secretary of State to the Yugoslav Minister (Fotitch)

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of February 9, 19424 referring to a case5 now pending in the Supreme Court of the State of New York involving the establishment of certain facts regarding the status of the relations between the United States and the Government of Yugoslavia.

In compliance with your request, I confirm to you herewith that the Government of the United States continues to recognize the Royal Government of Yugoslavia, now temporarily established at London, as the legal Government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and that the diplomatic and consular officers of Yugoslavia in the United States are recognized by this Government in the full exercise of their functions in this country; further, that you, Constantin Fotitch, are duly accredited as the representative of the Government of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the United States, with the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.

Accept [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
Sumner Welles
  1. Not printed.
  2. Fields vs. Predionica I Tkanica A. D., vol. 31, N. Y. Supplement, 2d series, p. 739.