Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I send my heartiest congratulations upon your inauguration as the first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and my best wishes for the success of your Administration.

Context

Proclamation 2148—Establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines

11/13/1935

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