File No. 812.00/1499.
The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador.
Sir: The Department acknowledges the receipt of your dispatches Nos. 472, 479, and 481, of April 17, 19, and 21, respectively, relative to certain circumstances arising from the recent fighting at Agua Prieta.
Through the commanding officer of the Army in the vicinity of Douglas a careful investigation of the facts and circumstances surrounding the battles at Agua Prieta is being made, and as soon as the Department is put in possession of the results of this investigation you will be instructed in regard to what answer, if any, you should make to the notes of Mr. de la Barra.meanwhile, if you have not already acknowledged these notes, it would seem wise that no acknowledgment should be made to them.
I am, etc.,