File No. 3294/28.

The Third Assistant Secretary of State to Mr. Jacobs.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th ultimo, regarding your arrest and imprisonment at Marseilles on the request for your extradition addressed to the French Government by that of the Argentine Republic.

In reply I have to say that the energies of the department and of its representatives in France have necessarily been limited to an endeavor to secure for you all rights under the French law applicable to extradition cases. Since it is lawful for France to make surrenders in the absence of extradition treaties upon a stipulation of reciprocity by the demanding government, and since it is understood that the Argentine authorities have complied with the requirements necessary in these cases, the department can interpose no further objection to surrender taking place.

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Although the period during which you have been detained has been considerably prolonged, it does not appear from any representations yet made that the detention is not, under all the circumstances of this case, in accordance with French procedure. If a violation of the local law in this respect should be made to appear, you might bring this feature of your case to the attention of the American embassy at Paris.

I am, etc.,

Huntington Wilson.