Roosevelt Papers
President Roosevelt to King Farouk of Egypt
My Dear King Farouk, It is a cause of profound regret to me that owing to Your Majesty’s absence from Cairo following your regrettable accident I am forced to leave Egypt without having the pleasure of meeting you.
My visit to your country has been brief, and the exigencies of my duties while here have prevented me from enjoying all that Egypt [Page 806] holds of interest and beauty. I wish, however, to assure you that I have been happy to be here and that I appreciate deeply the hospitality of this land and the signal courtesies which you have proffered.
I hope that I may visit Egypt again and that then circumstances will permit our meeting. In the meanwhile I extend to you my best wishes for your speedy recovery and for the welfare and happiness of your people.
I very much hope that you will find it possible some day to visit me at the White House. It would give all of us the greatest pleasure to greet you and to give you the opportunity of seeing the United States.
Those most delicious ducks have just arrived. I am having some of them tonight and the rest of them we are taking with us to eat on the return voyage home.
Again with many thanks, I am,
Your sincere friend,