DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
DIVISIOH 	OF LANGUAGE SERVICES 
(TRAN SLA Tl OM) 
LS MO. 	18573 T-39/R-XX French 
Porto Novo, August 22, 1964 
Mr. President: 
The p~ople, the Government of Dahomey, and I myself greatly appreciate the friendly congratulations you were good enough to send us in the name of your Government and your people on the occasion of the fourth anniversary 
of the independence of Dahomey. I send Your Excellency my very sincere thanks on behalf of the people and Gover nment of Dahomey. 
I in turn wish to convey to you my best wishes for your personal happiness , f or the prosperity of your people, and for the attainment and s t rengt hening of the ideal of mutual peace and solidarity with which our 
two countri es are imbued. Accept, Mr. President, the assurance of my very high consideration. 
S. M. Apithy 
His Excellency Lyndon B. Johnson, Presi dent of the United States of America, The White House, Washington, D.C.