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812.00Detention/73

Memorandum by the Chief of the Division of Mexican Affairs (Lane)

[Washington,] May 18, 1929.

Colonel Stanley Ford, of the Military Intelligence Division, called and showed me a telegram which the Department of War had received from Major-General Lassiter, to the effect that the nineteen rebel refugees which had been admitted to the United States at Sasabe, Arizona, during the recent Mexican insurrection, had been turned over on May 3 to the Mexican Consul at Nogales to be returned to Mexico.75

A[rthur] B[liss] L[ane]

  1. The following notations appear at the bottom of this memorandum:

    “Mr. Lane:—What about the safety of these men? J. R[euben] C[lark].”

    “May 18—3:45 p.m. Telephoned the Mexican Ambassador regarding this action, saying that of course we assumed no injury would be inflicted upon these men. He assured me they would be perfectly safe; but to guard against any peradventure he would telegraph both to the Mexican Consul at Nogales and to Mexico City. J. R[euben] C[lark].”

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