No. 916.
Mr. Pratt to Mr. Bayard.

No. 254.]

Sir: Referring to my No. 252, diplomatic series, of the 23d ultimo, I have the honor to report that I have now received from the minister for foreign affairs the official announcement of the appointment of his excellency Hadji Hossein Kouli Khan, Motamed-el-Vésaré, as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Persia to the United States, a copy of which announcement, with translation and copy of my official note in response, is herewith respectfully submitted for your consideration.

The Department will, I hope, approve of my course in this matter.

I am, etc.,

E. Spencer Pratt.
[Inclosure 1 in No. 254.—Translation.]

Khavam ed-Douleh to Mr. Pratt.

Sir: I have the honor to inform you that in order to fulfill the requirements of the friendship and good relations existing between our two great nations, and in accords ance with what had been agreed to in the premises, his excellency Hadji Hossein Kouli Khan, Motamed-el-Vésaré, has been appointed, by order of His Imperial Majesty the Shah, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary near the Government of the United States, and directed to proceed to Washington with Jus letters of credence.

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His Majesty’s envoy has been given the necessary instructions in order to maintain the good relations which unite our two countries, and it is assumed that the ministers of your Government will aid him in the fulfillment of this mission.

Accept, etc.,

Khavam ed-Douleh.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 254.]

Mr. Pratt to Khavam ed-Douleh.

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge your official note of the 21st Schatan (2d July, 1888), apprising me of the appointment on the part of His Imperial Majesty the Shah of his excellency Hadji Hossein Kouli Khan, Motamed-el-Vésaré, as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from Persia to the United States.

This announcement, which I shall forthwith transmit to Washington, will, I am sure, prove most gratifying to my Government and be received by it as evidence of the genuine friendship entertained by His Imperial Majesty for the United States and of His Majesty’s sincere desire to firmly cement the amicable relations which have happily so long existed between the Persian and American Governments.

I have, etc.,

E. Spencer Pratt.