Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I must, of course, accept your wish in the matter."

"All letters addressed in the care of a consular office should be held at the disposal of the addressees for the period prescribed by the laws of the country in which the consular office is situated."

"Consular officers should countenance and protect American citizens before the authorities of the country in all cases in which, they may be injured or oppressed; but at the same time they should impre..."

"I shall welcome any further reduction which can be made and still preserve the proper and just functioning of the Federal Government."