File No. 312.115/353
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico ( Fletcher )
Sir: Referring to a despatch, No. 572, of November 23, from the Consulate at Tampico, transmitting a protest addressed by certain American and other oil companies to General Caesar Lopez de Lara, concerning depredations upon their property by military forces under his command, you are instructed to make appropriate representations in the case, and report to the Department in regard to the statements contained in the despatch and its enclosures, copies of which, the Vice Consul in charge states, have been mailed to the Embassy.
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