Berlin, Aug. 3.
Baron Pierre de" Coubertin, honorary president of the Olympic Games, sent to the German Chancellor the following congratulatory message the occasion of the opening of the Olympic flame burns at Stadium and you proclaim the opening of the XIth Olympics, it gives me extreme pleasure to express my admiration of the resolution of deep understanding with which the festival has been prepared. In the evening of my life it Is a great Joy to realize the outstanding service of Germany which (was always favourably inclined towards my work."
The German Chancellor answered:
deeply grateful for your friendly message. The German nation considers itself fortunate enough of being able through the presentation of the 1936 Olympics to further your The scene at Henley Royal Regat'a when Switzerland's ely!
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