Cairo Legation Records
The Minister in Egypt (Kirk) to the Chief of the Egyptian Cabinet (Hassanayn)
My Dear Pasha, I venture to solicit your good offices with a view to advising His Majesty the King for his personal information that the President of the United States is expected to arrive in Egypt in the very near future accompanied by several of his advisers.
I need not add that it is a source of regret that owing to the exigencies of travel in time of war it was impossible to establish preliminary contact on this matter with His Majesty and I am certain that His Majesty will understand this necessity for secrecy both prior and subsequent to the arrival of the President in Egypt.
Believe me, my dear Pasha,
Yours very sincerely,
- A notation on the source text reads: “(Envelope marked—personal, secret, urgent)”.↩