Mr. Hay to Lord Pauncefote.

Personal]

My Dear Mr. Ambassador: I beg to thank you for your personal note of the 3d instant, and to inclose for your information a copy of an instructiona which I have sent to Mr. Choate, directing him to formally request Lord Lansdowne to instruct His Majesty’s agent at Sofia to take charge of United States interests in Bulgaria, as before.

I am, etc.,

John Hay.
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