Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1918

File No. 412.00/66

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

No. 886

Mexico, April 2, 1918.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Department’s instruction No. 470 of March 8, 1918, relative to the establishment of a claims commission by the Mexican Government. As directed by the Department, representations regarding this matter were made to the Foreign Office in the Embassy’s note No. 288 of March 29, 1918, a copy of which is attached hereto.

I have [etc.]

Henry P. Fletcher

[Enclosure]

The American Ambassador ( Fletcher) to the Mexican Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ( Aguilar)

No. 288

Mexico, March 29, 1918.

Excellency: At the direction of the Department of State I have the honor to invite the attention of your excellency to presidential decree of November 24, 1917, published in the Diario Oficial of the 28th of the same month, relative to the creation of a commission to pass upon claims for damages to persons and property growing out of the Mexican revolutions, and to the regulations thereof dated December 24, 1917, published in the Diario Oficial of the 28th of the same month.

In connection with this matter, I am instructed to say to your excellency that [Here follows a transcript of Department’s instruction No. 470 of March 8, 1918, except first and last paragraphs.]

Accept [etc.]

Henry P. Fletcher