File No. 412.11/5.
The American Ambassador to
the Secretary of State.
No. 692.]
American Embassy,
Mexico,
June 30, 1911.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of the Department’s instruction No. 376 of the 16th instant,
relative to the preparation of claims by American citizens for damages
resulting from the late revolution, and to say that I have complied with
the directions therein given.
I enclose to the Department a copy of a letter which I have addressed to
the forty-three claimants who have already filed claims with the
Embassy, and also a copy of a list of these claimants with their
addresses.1 An
identic letter, with the exception of the omission of the last two
sentences, will be sent to all new claimants.
I presume the Department has instructed all American consular officers in
Mexico in the matter of the preparation of claims, and for this reason I
have said nothing to them with regard thereto.
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure.]
The American Ambassador
to American Claimants.
American Embassy,
Mexico,
June 30, 1911.
Sir: Acting under instructions from the
Department of State at Washington with regard to American claims
against the Government of Mexico growing out of the recent
revolution, I inclose to you a copy of a circular prescribing the
manner in which claims should be prepared. Your attention is called
to the great importance of conforming as nearly as possible to the
rules of this circular, and you are advised to strengthen your claim
in any way in which in your judgment this may be done. On receipt of
a claim prepared in accordance with this circular the matter will
receive careful attention by the Department of State.
It is suggested that even if your claim has already been presented,
it will be greatly to your advantage to prepare such claims anew, so
as to conform to the provisions of the circular. This will greatly
aid in expediting its treatment.
I am [etc.]
