File No. 812.516/211

The Ambassador in Mexico ( Fletcher) to the Secretary of State

No. 1183

Sir: With reference to my despatch No. 1167 of June 26, reporting in part the amounts of money taken by the Mexican Government from the Banco de Londres y México, the Banco Nacional and State banks of issue, I regret to report that I have not yet been able to obtain that data promised in regard to the Banco de Londres. The British representative here informed me verbally to-day that the total taken from British banks in round numbers would amount to approximately 50,000,000 pesos. Additional data will be forwarded to the Department as soon as it shall have been received.

I have [etc.]

Henry P. Fletcher