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

File No. 312.11/8460

Ambassador Fletcher to the Secretary of State

No. 221

American Embassy,
Mexico City, June 11, 1917.

Sir: With reference to the Department’s telegram No. 217, May 31, 7 p.m., I have the honor to state that a communication has been received from the Foreign Office to the effect that the matter had been referred to the War Department with the recommendation that orders be issued to afford adequate protection to the lives and interests of American citizens in the Yaqui Valley.

I have [etc.]

Henry P. Fletcher