File No. 812.512/1493
Mr. Parker, representing American interests, to the Secretary of State
600. I asked Mr. Siller, Subsecretary for Foreign Affairs, to arrange an interview to the end that I might bring to the personal attention of General Carranza the subject matter of the Department’s telegram 574, December 5, 1 p.m., as instructed in the last paragraph thereof and have just received a communication from the Chief Clerk, Mr. Garza Perez, stating that “the First Chief requests that you be pleased to treat through the medium of this Department (Foreign Office), the matter which you desire to bring to the knowledge of the First Chief to the end that it may be despatched with greater promptness”.
Will the Department please instruct me in the premises.