October 11, 1929
[Released October 11, 1929. Dated October 10, 1929
ON THIS auspicious anniversary I extend to Your Excellency sincere congratulations and the cordial wishes of the Government and people of the United States for the continued prosperity of your great country.
HERBERT HOOVER
[His Excellency Chiang Kai-shek, President of the National Government of the Republic of China, Nanking, China]
Herbert Hoover, Message to President Chiang Kai-shek on China's Independence Day. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207904