File No. 711.1216 M/315 a.
The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador.
Washington, January 26, 1912.
Referring to previous correspondence1 and to the understanding arrived at in November last between the Assistant Secretary of the Interior and the Minister of Fomento to the effect that the latter would undertake to relieve, by a bill introduced in the Mexican Congress, the Colorado River Land Company of all duties which would be and which had been charged against it for necessary material, food, clothing, etc., brought into Mexico and used in connection with the Colorado River levee works under erection with funds furnished by this Government, take the matter up with the Mexican Government that a bill may be introduced into the Mexican Congress to relieve this Government and the Colorado River Land Co. of all liability for customs charges above referred to, and to remit the duties which have already been paid.