July 23, 1932
PERMIT ME to extend to Your Majesty on this birthday anniversary cordial congratulations of the Government and people of the United States and my own personal greetings.
HERBERT HOOVER
[His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]
Herbert Hoover, Message to Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia on His Birthday. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207255