868.001 C 76/30
The Greek Chargé (Dracopoulos) to
the Secretary of State
Washington, March 2,
1921.
Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to
transmit to you herewith an autograph letter from His Majesty King
Constantine addressed to the President of the United States, and to beg
Your Excellency to be so good as to cause it to be brought to its
destination.
Accept [etc.]
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King Constantine to President Wilson
Very Dear and Great Friend: I deem myself
happy to be able to announce to you that, having been summoned by
the unanimous suffrage of the Hellenic people to resume my royal
duties, I have acknowledged it as my duty to respond to so honorable
a call and have assumed the throne. This event has taken place in
the midst of circumstances at once gratifying to myself and
reassuring for the future of my country. I trust that under these
auspices my hopes for the welfare of my people and my desire to
fulfill to the best of my ability the high task which falls to me
will achieve beneficial results and will effectually influence the
sources of prosperity and the social happiness of my people. I am
also persuaded that you will be gratified to see my accession hailed
by the acclamations of a generous people who are an element of order
in the East and to whose happiness I have undertaken to dedicate
myself, and that you will be disposed to accord to me your highly
valued friendship in the exercise of my royal dignity. I beg you to
be assured that on my part I shall be pleased to reknit the best
relations between us and to draw closer the ties of good accord
which happily subsist between our two countries. In expressing my
earnest hopes for your welfare and the prosperity of the people
whose destinies have been confided to you, I take this occasion to
tender you the expression of my very high esteem and of my
unalterable friendship, with which I am,
Very Dear and Great Friend,
Your Sincere Friend,
Constantin R.
Written at Our
Palace, December 10/23, 1920.
D. G. Rhallys
