File No. 2483/4–5.
Ambassador Thompson
to the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Mexico, January 29,
1907.
No. 412.]Sir: I acknowledge the receipt of the
department’s No. 182, of the 17th instant, inclosing a copy of a letter
from the Secretary of Agriculture relative to the requirement by the
Mexican Government that
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American meat certificates shall be viséed by a Mexican consular
officer, and directing that my good offices be used with the Government
of Mexico, in order to induce it, if possible, to accept the
certificates without the requirement in question, on the ground of
mutuality of interest in the commercial relations between the two
countries.
I inclose a copy of my note addressed to the foreign office in pursuance
of this instruction.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Ambassador Thompson to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs.
American Embassy,
Mexico, January 29,
1907.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note,a dated November 5,
1906, inclosing a copy of a communication from the department of
government, which contains the recommendation of the superior board
of health that American meat certificates be accepted by the Mexican
authorities when viséed by a Mexican consular officer.
I am instructed to inquire whether it would not be possible to waive
the requirement of the consular visé on the ground of mutuality of
interest in the commercial relations between the two countries.
It would seem that this certificate for meat products, when issued,
represents an official certificate from the United States
Government.
I renew, etc.,
