October 30, 1930
[Released October 30, 1930. Dated October 29, 1930]
ON THIS anniversary of the day which marked the establishment of the Turkish Republic it is a great pleasure for me to express my sincerest wishes for Your Excellency's personal welfare and happiness. On behalf of the American people I also extend to the people of Turkey an assurance of our continued friendship and of our desire for the prosperity and success of Turkey.
HERBERT HOOVER
[His Excellency Ghazi Mustapha Kemal, President of the Turkish Republic, Ankara, Turkey ]
Herbert Hoover, Message to President Mustapha Kemal on Turkey's Independence Day. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212150