April 19, 1930
[Released April 19, 1930. Dated April 18, 1930]
I HAVE received Your Majesty's telegram informing me of your accession to the imperial throne of Ethiopia and I assure you of the satisfaction with which I receive this announcement.
HERBERT HOOVER
[His Majesty Haile Selassie the First, King of Kings of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa]
Herbert Hoover, Message to Haile Selassie I on His Accession to the Imperial Throne of Ethiopia. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/209620