File No. 704.6712/1.
The Secretary of State to the American Consular Officers in Mexico .
Washington , January 9, 1915 .
Sir: The Department has received a note, dated December 7, 1914, from the Turkish Ambassador Washington, D. C., expressing the [Page 1073] desire of his Government, pending the appointment of an Ottoman consular agent, to place the interests of the Ottoman subjects residing in Mexico in the hands of the American diplomatic and consular representatives in that Republic.
You are instructed, in compliance with this request, to use your unofficial good offices in behalf of Ottoman subjects in your consular district in accordance with the principles set forth in Paragraph 174 of the Consular Regulations.
I am [etc.]