812.00 Colima/18
The Chargé in Mexico (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 28.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Department’s telegram No. 147 of June 12, 1928, 4 p.m., relating to reported revolutionary disturbances at Manzanillo and requesting in substance that suitable representations be made to the end that American interests in that City be adequately protected.
Following the receipt of a copy of a telegram from the American Consul at Manzanillo dated June 11, 1928, 11 a.m.,51 the Embassy addressed an urgent communication to the Foreign Office dated June 11, 1928, embodying the observations of the Consul as well as the observations of a representative of the California Standard Oil Company of Mexico, which Company owns a plant at Manzanillo representing $1,500,000.00 U. S. Currency. A copy of this communication is enclosed,52 from which it will also be noted that the Foreign Office was also requested to take such steps as might be possible to protect the interests of the California Standard Oil Company at Manzanillo, as well as other American interests in that City. In reply to this communication, the Embassy is now in receipt of a letter from Mr. Sierra,53 dated June 18, stating in substance that the Federal military authorities concerned had been advised telegraphically of the information contained in the Embassy’s communication, to the end that adequate protection might be afforded the American interests in question.
I have [etc.]