File No. 812.6363/344
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico ( Fletcher)
[Telegram]
Washington,
February 25, 1918, 5 p.m.
795. See Tampico’s February 19, 8 p.m., and inform Mexican Government of seizure by Mexican troops of draft animals, money, and commissary supplies, without their offering payment or receipt to oil companies, and request Government to issue orders to appropriate authorities in Tampico district to return animals, money, and supplies to companies or adequately to compensate companies concerned.
Lansing