Office of the Historian

812.52 Agrarian Commission/164: Telegram

The Assistant Chief of the Division of the American Republics (Bursley) to the American Commissioner, Agrarian Claims Commission (Lawson)

Washington, June 13, 1940—2 p.m.

Reference our telephone conversation this morning. Quintanilla19 informs me that Mexican Ambassador sent telegram no. 250 yesterday to Secretary of President Cárdenas indicating that Serrano apparently still had not received promised instructions. Quintanilla suggested that if this matter was not straightened out by the time you reach Mexico that you communicate with me immediately whereupon on advice from me the Mexican Ambassador would telephone to President Cárdenas.20

Herbert S. Bursley
  1. Luis Quintanilla, Mexican Minister and Counselor of Embassy.↩
  2. In a memorandum of June 14, Mr. Bursley stated that Dr. Quintanilla had telephoned him that the Ambassador had a message from President Cárdenas to the effect that Serrano now had instructions permitting him to negotiate a global settlement of the Agrarian Claims.↩