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FOREIGN SERVICE COMMITTEE AERO CLUB OF AMERICA 42, FAUBOURG POISSONIÉRE CABLE ADDRESS{NELVEIT-PARIS {AEROCLUB-NEW YORK TÉL. : CENTRAL 29-11 PARIS MAY 31st 1919 HON.W. G. SHARP. Hon. Chairman LAURENCE V.BENET. Chairman SIDNEY B. VEIT. Hon Secretary JOHN WEARE, Treasurer ROBERT WOODS BLISS WILLIAM S. HOGAN Commander READ DR.A. L. HIPWELL C/C American Embassy LOUIS D. BEAUMONT RAYMOND B. PRICE MAJOR E. L. GROS MAJOR WILLIAM THAW G. F. CAMPBELL-WOOD LONDON Dear Sir, The Foreign Service Committee Aero Club of America renew their respects and congratulations wired you care of the American Legation in Lisbon, and now wish to further show their admiration for the brilliant feat of the U.S. Naval Aviation, accomplished under your courageous and skillful guidance. The Committee sends its congratulations to your colleagues also, and express the wish that you and the crew of N.C. 4 may visit Paris from England. It would be a pleasure for the Foreign Service Committee of the Aero Club of America to arrange a banquet in your honor, inviting the aviation authorities among our friends and allies to cooperate in celebrating the first trans Atlantic flight. Awaiting your favorable reply, I have the honor to remain, Yours very truly, [Signature of Sidney B Veit] Sidney B.Veit