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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to President of Mexico Miguel Aleman
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Letter from President Harry S. Truman to President of Mexico Miguel Aleman
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January 2, 1947 My dear Mr. President: I have received your kind letter of December fifth and I greatly appreciated your thoughtfulness in writing to me as you did. I was glad to be able to appoint the Special Mission to your inauguration, and it is good to have your generous comment on its participation. I was also very pleased that the Secretary of the Treasury, the Honorable John Snyder, was able to accept your kind invitation with my wholehearted approval to be present at the inaugural ceremonies. I am delighted to accept your courteous and friendly invitation to visit your great nation. Depending upon circumstances prevailing at the time, I should like to make the visit for a few days sometime during the period between February fifteenth and March fifteenth next, the details of which can be worked out at a later date. In addition to visiting Mexico City for two days if that meets with your approval, I should like to spend approximately a week making informalivisits to some of the other areas of Mexico, and your suggestion regarding the opportunity to fish at Acapulco interests me greatly. During the visit to your nation's capital, I plan to reside at the United States Embassy. It affords me great pleasure to extend to you a cordial invitation to repay my visit as soon as practicable and at a time which will be convenient to you. It occurs to me that subject to your approval, sometime during April would be a very suitable time for you to come to Washington as the official guest of the Government of the United States. I take this opportunity to renew to you, Mr. President, the assurances of my highest consideration and cordial friendship. Very sincerely yours, His Excellency (Sgd) HARRY S. TRUMAN Licenciado Miguel Aleman, President of the United Mexican States, Mexico, D. F. Copy sent to Hon. Stanley Woodward, State, for his files.