812.51/1734
The Acting Secretary of State to the Mexican Ambassador ( Téllez )
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your Note No. 0268 [02628] of June 26,
1931, in relation to litigation pending in the courts in the State of
New York which Gustavo Gallopin instituted against Thomas W. Lamont and
others constituting the so-called International Committee of Bankers on
Mexico. You state that you are informed that an appeal taken by the
defendants from an order issued by a Justice of the Supreme Court of the
State of New York will be heard before the Appellate division of that
Court on Friday, July 3, at 10:30 o’clock in the morning, and you ask
that the Supreme Court of the State of New York be informed:
I have requested the Attorney General to instruct the appropriate United States attorney to appear before the Appellate division at the time mentioned and state to that Court the position of this Government as above outlined.
Accept [etc.]