Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 812.00/20190

The Secretary of State to Mr. De Negri

Department of State,
Washington, January 8, 1917.

Sir: I am in receipt of the letter, dated December 27, 1916, signed by Mr. Eliseo Arredondo, transmitting a translation of a memorandum from the Mexican Foreign Office, relative to alleged activities along the Mexican border of Mexican political agitators residing in this country.

A copy of the letter under acknowledgment and a copy of its enclosure have been sent to the Attorney General, for such action as may be deemed appropriate by his Department.

I am [etc.]

Robert Lansing