DRAFT LETTER 

Excellency: I 
take pleasure in acknowl~dging your official request of February 16, 1967, for the United States to consider assigning Peace Corps Volunteers.to the Republic of Dahomey. 
I have asked the Director of the Peace Corps to arrange a visit of a Peace Corps official to your country in the near future to discuss this request with members of your Government and American 
Embassy officials. I am confident these discussions will prove fruitful . Accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. 
· Lyndon B. Johnson 
His Excellency Christophe Soglo, President of the Republic of Dahomey, Cotonou.