File No. 355.115 C76/10.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister .

No. 12.]

Sir: Referring to previous correspondence relative to discrimination practiced by the Belgian Government in the matter of the purchase [Page 11] of lubricating oils for the Belgian State Railways, the Department incloses herewith for your careful consideration copy of a letter from the Texas Oil Company1 complaining of alleged specific discrimination practiced in the adjudication for “black oil” which took place in December last.

You are instructed to investigate this matter carefully, to ascertain the facts respecting the adjudication in question, and to report the result of your inquiry at the earliest practicable time, in order that any further instructions that the Department may deem it desirable to give you may not be unduly delayed.

I am [etc.]

Huntington Wilson.
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