CAKSTE JANIS: (1859-1927) President of Latvia 1922-27. L.S., J Tschakste, two pages, folio, Riga Castle, 10th March 1923, to Aleksandras Stulginskis, in French. In the elegantly penned official letter Cakste acknowledges receipt of his correspondent's letter 'in which Your Excellency has been good enough to inform me of the decision which You have taken to bring to a close the mission which Dr. Zaunius has carried out in My country' and further states 'I hasten to let You know how satisfied I have been with the manner in which he has constantly carried out Your Excellency's instructions, in concentrating all his endeavours and his talent for diplomacy on the maintenance and furtherance of the excellent friendly and good neighbourly relations which subsist so happily between our two countries'. Countersigned at the foot by Zigfrids Anna Meierovics (1887-1925) Prime Minister of Latvia 1921-23, 1923-24 and Foreign Minister of Latvia 1918-24, 1924-25. Died in a car crash at the untimely age of 38. With blank integral leaf (small hole to the centre). Some damp staining to the lower corner and edges of the pages, only slightly affecting the text and the signature of Meierovics, all of which remain legible. About G Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885-1969) President of Lithuania 1920-26. Dovas Zaunius (1892-1940) Lithuanian Lawyer, Diplomat & Politician, Foreign Minister of Lithuania 1929-34.