Letter

Roustan to Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, October 9, 1882

Author

Roustan

Recipient

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Date

October 9, 1882

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 152. Mr. Roustan to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

[Translation.]

Legation of France, Washington, October 9, 1882. (Received October 10.)

Mr. Secretary of State: You kindly communicated to me on the 7th instant that the United States Government proposes to take part in the conference for the protection of submarine telegraphic cables which will meet at Paris, and that it has designated Mr. Morton, United States minister at Paris, and Mr. Henri Vignaud, secretary of legation, to represent it at this conference.

I am grateful to you, Mr. Secretary of State, for having so promptly given me the opportunity to apprise my Government concerning the intentions of the federal Government, and I hasten to communicate them to the department of foreign affairs. I have the satisfaction to announce to you that, according to a telegram that I have just received, the principal powers have signified their adhesion to the conference.

Accept, &c.,

TH. ROUSTAN.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.