April 26, 1948
I HAVE received with great pleasure and gratitude Your Majesty's telegram announcing the posthumous award to President Roosevelt of the Grand Cross of the Military Willems Order. I am sure that the late President would have been particularly proud of this honor, as he always felt a special esteem and admiration for Your Majesty and the people of the Netherlands.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
[Her Majesty Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, The Hague]
NOTE: Queen Wilhelmina's telegram, dated April 17, follows:
The President, The White House
It is a pleasure to me to announce to you that I have bestowed posthumously upon the late President Roosevelt our highest honor the Grand Cross of the Military Willems Order as a recognition of his inspiring leadership and as a token of gratitude to the American people and its millions of combatants.
WILHELMINA
I HAVE received with great pleasure and gratitude Your Majesty's telegram announcing the posthumous award to President Roosevelt of the Grand Cross of the Military Willems Order. I am sure that the late President would have been particularly proud of this honor, as he always felt a special esteem and admiration for Your Majesty and the people of the Netherlands.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
[Her Majesty Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, The Hague]
NOTE: Queen Wilhelmina's telegram, dated April 17, follows:
The President, The White House
It is a pleasure to me to announce to you that I have bestowed posthumously upon the late President Roosevelt our highest honor the Grand Cross of the Military Willems Order as a recognition of his inspiring leadership and as a token of gratitude to the American people and its millions of combatants.
WILHELMINA