November 1, 1944                      
 
                   TO: HON. MYRON TAYLOR                    
 
                    FROM: THE PRESIDENT                     
 
                                                            
 
 
The legal advisors to the State Department inform me that because of the   
precedents created by President Lincoln in accepting citizenship conferred   
by San Marino, and President Wilson in accepting citizenship conferred by   
Rome and several other Italian cities, as well as other cities in France   
and Spain, there is no constitutional objection to my receiving honorary   
                    citizenship of Rome.                    
 
                                                            
 
 
Will you tell them , therefore, that I shall be very happy and honored to   
           have this conferred on me in absentia?           
 
                         ROOSEVELT