812.00Sonora/90
The Secretary of State to the Attorney General (Mitchell)
Sir: I have the honor to call to your attention the situation which now exists in Mexico.
This morning’s despatches bring to the Department information that the revolutionists operating in Sonora have appointed a Mr. … as a “commercial Agent at Douglas, Arizona, for revolutionary government”. I call the foregoing to your attention as indicating a possible intention by revolutionary leaders to carry on in this country activities which might be in violation of so-called neutrality statutes.
I have the honor to request that you instruct the representatives of your Department, particularly in the States along the Mexican border, to exercise the greatest vigilance to the end that the provisions of the “neutrality” statutes shall be strictly observed. I regard this as of the utmost importance.
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