Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume III

612.0023/86

The Mexican Ambassador (Téllez) to the Secretary of State

[Translation]

Washington, March 9, 1929.

Mr. Secretary: In compliance with special instructions which I have received from my Government I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that the Federal authorities of Mexico have decreed the closing of the customhouses on the frontier of Chihuahua because military garrisons of that State are in revolution.

I avail myself [etc.]

Manuel C. Téllez