File No. 312.115/341

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

No. 690

Sir: The Department encloses herewith a copy of a despatch dated August 5, 1918, from the American Consul at Tampico, transmitting a list of outrages upon American citizens that have been committed by Mexican bandits in the Tampico consular district since August 15, 1917.

You are instructed to present to President Carranza a list of the murders and robberies of American citizens set forth in the Consul’s despatch and its enclosure, and to ask him what steps he plans to take for the protection of American citizens in and about Tampico; and you will, if necessary, continue to press President Carranza for an answer to your representations.

I am [etc.]

Robert Lansing