File No. 3172/126.
The American Ambassador
to the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Mexico, July 30,
1910.
No. 156.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, a
translation of a note from the Mexican foreign office of the 28th
instant, which explains the action taken by the Mexican Government.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure—Translation.]
The Minister for Foreign
Affairs to the American
Ambassador.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, July 28, 1910.
Mr. Ambassador: I have the honor to advise
your excellency that, acting in accordance with the wishes of the
American Government as expressed in the copy of the telegram you had
the kindness to send me under date of the 23d instant, the President
of the Republic has been pleased’ to direct that Mr. J. A. Ockerson
and the persons who accompany him be given all possible facilities
that will enable them to make their surveys and investigations along
the Colorado River, in the case that they should have to cross the
dividing line and study on the Mexican side the various canals by
which the above-mentioned river is diverted; and to that end I am
now requesting the department of gobernación, as well as the
department of the treasury, that telegraphic instructions be given
to the proper authorities, directing them not to prevent in any way
the work of the American commission in question and that it be
permitted the free entry of such supplies as it may bring with it
for the purpose of its works.
I avail [etc.],
