701.4111/487
The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Howard)
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note Number 564 of June 24, 1924, by which, under instructions from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, you inform me of the conclusion which His Majesty’s Government has reached that it is desirable that the handling of matters at Washington exclusively relating to the Irish Free State should be confided to a Minister Plenipotentiary accredited by His Majesty The King with credentials which would enable him to take charge of all affairs relating only to the Irish Free State.
Responding to the hope which you express on behalf of Your Government that the Government of the United States will concur in the appointment of an Irish Free State Minister at Washington in conformity with the proposals of His Majesty’s Government as set out in your note, I have the honor and the pleasure to inform you that the President, always happy to meet the wish of His Majesty’s Government in every proper way, will be pleased to receive a duly [Page 248] accredited Minister Plenipotentiary of the Irish Free State, on the footing you indicate.72
Accept [etc.]
- Timothy A. Smiddy presented his credentials as Minister to the President on Oct. 7, 1924.↩