File No. 033.1100 K77/166.

The Secretary of State to the Minister of Venezuela.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 18th instant in which you offer your congratulations to me on the sentiments of American fraternity which inspired my recent visit to certain of the Latin-American countries, and especially the good impression created thereby in Venezuela.

Thanking you for your courteous note, I have the honor to say that the cordial reception I met with in your country will always be most agreeably recalled by me and it cannot fail to promote the good relations between the two Governments which we both sincerely desire to be strengthened.

Accept [etc.]

P. C. Knox.