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Viewing cable 09PARIS78, FRENCH PRESIDENT ISSUES CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09PARIS78 2009-01-21 15:58 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Paris 
VZCZCXYZ0013
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHFR #0078 0211558
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 211558Z JAN 09
FM AMEMBASSY PARIS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5273
RHEHAAA/WHITE HOUSE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
INFO RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
 
UNCLAS PARIS 000078 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH PRESIDENT ISSUES CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO 
PRESIDENT OBAMA 
 
 1.  On January 20 at 18:19 CET (12:19 EST), the official 
website of the President of the French Republic Nicolas 
Sarkozy included a congratulatory letter to President Obama. 
 Embassy Paris provides the following unofficial translation. 
 
 
2.  Begin text. 
 
Mister President, 
 
With your election, the American people expressed with vigor 
its faith in progress and the future, as well as its wish for 
the open, new, strong and united America that you embody. 
 
At the time you take office, please accept my best wishes, 
both personally and on behalf of the French people, for 
success in your mission at the head of the American nation. 
 
I also want to assure you that France is determined to work 
hard in hand with America, its friend and ally, so that we 
can resolve together the immense challenges that confront our 
world today. 
 
Nicolas Sarkozy 
 
End text. 
 
 
PEKALA