File No. 812.00/1012.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Mexican Ambassador.
Washington, March 24, 1911.
Excellency: With reference to the Department’s reply of yesterday to your excellency’s communication of the 20th instant inquiring as to Gen. Luque’s desire to purchase certain supplies on this side of the frontier, and with reference also to the duties of American customs officials in connection with such a transaction, I have the honor to point out to your excellency that such officials could be concerned in the ordinary course of their duties only with the proper enforcement of existing regulations, whereby exports and imports may only be effected at an established port of entry.
Accept, etc.,