PERMANENT GREEK DELEGATION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Hotel Sherry - Netherland
Fifth Avenue & 59th St.
New York 22, N.Y.

Hotel Plaza - New York

November 14, 1949

The President
Operation Democracy, Inc.
369 Lexington Avenue
New York, N.Y.

Mr. President,

I am particularly pleased to be able to express hereby the keen interest with which the Greek people were acquainted with the aims and purposes of your organization.

We believe that the closer understanding among peoples which is carried out through affiliation of towns and cities in the United States and foreign countries will be a cornerstone in the consolidation of peace and bring, through the peoples, a closer understanding between governments.

The excellent way in which this high ideal is implemented is very much appreciated by us. I have brought with me from Tucson, Arizona, where I attended the celebration of its affiliation to Trikkala, Greece, the deep feeling that I have witnessed an event which will have an important bearing in the destinies of the world.

Yours sincerely,

(signed) Constantine Tsaldaris

Constantine Tsaldaris
Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece