701.60d11/24
The Finnish Delegate (Saastamoinen) to the Acting Secretary of
State
Sir: Having been appointed Delegate of the
Finnish Government to the United States of America, I take the
liberty of tendering you a copy of my letter of credence, sincerely
hoping that you will receive me personally so as to give me an
opportunity to present you the original thereof.
I beg to remain [etc.]
A. H. Saastamoinen
Washington
,
May 19, 1919
.
[Enclosure—Translation]
Letter of Credence of the Finnish
Delegate (Saastamoinen)
We, Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Regent of Finland,
desiring to establish relations of friendship and good
understanding between Finland and the United States of America
and also to enter into negotiations with the Government of that
Republic on all questions bearing on the political and economic
relations of the two States, therefore and placing full reliance
in the ability, zeal and devotion of Armas Herman Saastamoinen,
our Envoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at
Copenhagen, we have appointed and commissioned the said Armas
Herman Saastamoinen in the capacity of delegate of the
Government and by these presents, signed by us, we do appoint
and commission him to discuss and negotiate all the aforesaid
questions with the person or persons who shall have been
authorized thereto by the Government of the United States of
America.
In Faith whereof we have ordered these presents to be sealed with
the Seal of the State.
Given at Helsingfors on the fifth day of the month of March of
the year of Grace one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
G.
Mannerheim
[
seal]
Carl
Enckell