Office of the Historian

File No. 312.115/348

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

No. 1566
Mexico, undated.
[Received November 9, 1918.]

Sir: In compliance with the Department’s instruction No. 690 of September 10, 1918, a note was addressed to the Mexican Foreign Office under date of October 3, 1918, transmitting a copy of the statement furnished to the Department in despatch No. 466 of August 5, 1918, from the Tampico Consulate, relative to the outrages committed upon American citizens in the Tampico Consular District.

In reply thereto, the Foreign Office states in a note dated October 28 (copy and translation enclosed) that the Mexican Government regrets deeply the outrages committed against American citizens, and that sufficient forces are being sent to the Tampico region to push the campaign against the bandits, and thus be able to extend adequate guarantees.

I have [etc.]

Henry P. Fletcher
[Enclosure—Translation]

The Mexican Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs ( Pérez) to the American Chargé ( Summerlin)

No. 3656
Mexico, October 28, 1918.

Mr. Chargéd d’Affaires: I have had the honor to receive your courteous note No. 642 of the 3d instant, enclosing a list of crimes committed against citizens of the United States of America in the Tampico region.

The Government of Mexico regrets profoundly the crimes of which these citizens have been the victims, and at the same time I beg to state that sufficient forces are being concentrated in that region to push the campaign against the bandits and thus be able to give ample guarantees.

I avail [etc.]

By order of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs:
E. Garza Pérez