File No. 810.51/574
The Secretary of State to the Chargé d’Affairs of Argentina
Washington, March 7, 1916.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 23d ultimo, extending to the Government of the United States the invitation of the International High Commission, which is to meet in Buenos Aires on the 3d of April, to participate in that meeting.
[Page 22]You are so good as to further inform me that the delegates who may be appointed on the part of the United States will be received as guests of the Argentine nation.
The Government of the United States, in carrying out the plans of the recent conference of American financiers at this capital, is glad to avail itself of the opportunity afforded for further discussions upon topics of such vital importance to the Governments of the Americas, and the courteous invitation of the International High Commission is accepted with the prophetic feeling that great results will ensue from this important conference.
The American Section of the commission will embark on its mission from Hampton Roads on board the U. S. S. Tennessee on the 8th of March, the personnel of the party being as follows:
- The Secretary of the Treasury, Chairman, and Mrs. McAdoo.
- The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and Mrs. Peters.
- United States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher.
- Mr. Paul M. Warburg, of the Federal Reserve Board.
- Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Untermyer, of New York City.
- Mr. John H. Fahey, President of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and
- Mr. Archibald Kains, of San Francisco, as delegates.
- Mr. J. Brooks B. Parker, and
- Mr. C. E. McGuire, Assistant Secretaries General of the Section, will accompany the party, as will also
- Mr. G. A. Sherwell and
- Mr. H. N. Branch as interpreters and translators, and
- Mr. Claud de Baun, and
- Mr. S. J. Katsberg, and
- Mr. T. A. Gray as stenographers.
- Richard Greene will be messenger to the party.
- The American Section purposes to reach Buenos Aires on or about the 31st of March.
Accept [etc.]