File No. 412.00/2.
The American Ambassador to
the Secretary of State.
Serial 672.]
American Embassy,
Mexico,
June 23, 1911.
Sir: I have the honor to inform the Department
that it has come to the knowledge of the Embassy, through a
communication from the American Vice Consul at Manzanillo, that the
Mexican Department of Government is seeking, through the Governors of
the various States and certain other officials, information as to the
extent and character of foreign claims growing out of the late
revolution. As the Consul at Manzanillo requested instruction, and as it
also seems advisable that there should be uniformity of action in this
matter on the part of all Consular officers, I have to-day addressed to
the
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various Consular officers
in this country an instruction, a copy of which I enclose herewith.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure.]
The American Ambassador
to American Consular Officers in
Mexico.
American Embassy,
Mexico,
June 24, 1911.
The attention of the Embassy having been called to the fact that the
Department of Government has requested of all Mexican officials
throughout the country a full report as to the damages suffered by
foreigners in their persons and property, as a consequence of the
recent revolution, desires to say to the American Consular officers
in Mexico that if they should be called upon by the State Governors
or other Mexican officials for information relative to the damages
suffered by American citizens, they should comply with the request
by furnishing a list of such cases as have come to their knowledge,
stating at the same time that such action is purely provisional, as
all discussions relative to claims must necessarily be carried on by
the Embassy at Mexico City, which reserves all rights of reclamation
for damages suffered, pending the receipt of definite instructions
from the Department of State at Washington.
