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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

I, George Platt Waller Jr, American Vice and Deputy Consul at Karlsbad, do hereby certify that the bearer of this document Sir Henniker Heaton, Baronet, former Postmaster General of England, and Member of Parliament for many years is a British Subject, of great distinction and worldwide fame.

As under the present distressing circumstances, the American Consulate has been requested to extend its good offices to the British Subjects, I hereby bespeak for Sir Henniker Heaton, any and all aid that it may be possible to extend under your jurisdiction in expediting his peaceful and speedy progress on his lawful occasions, both as a British Subject and ap a Benefactor of the Human Race.

Given this 31st day of August 1914.