812.512/3482: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Ciudad Juarez (Dye)
Your April 16 is being repeated to Embassy with instructions to request that appropriate Federal authorities in Juarez and other places in Chihuahua be instructed by telegraph not to insist upon payment of taxes which have already been paid by American citizens to persons [Page 397] exercising de facto authority in accordance with principles of international law set forth in Department’s March 29, 4 [6] p.m.51 You will advise American citizens who may be forced to repay such taxes to Federal authorities not to pay except under protest and to demand receipts.