702.1211/1150

The First Secretary of the Mexican Embassy (Téllez) to the Chief of the Division of Mexican Affairs, Department of State (Hanna)

[Translation]

My Dear Mr. Hanna: With reference to the antecedents in the case of the complaints of the Oliver American Trading Company, I have received instructions, which I hereby carry out, to apply to the Department and to say that the Government of Mexico yesterday sent to the Consul General at New York permission to appear, if necessary, before the United States Judges who now have charge of the said case, with the understanding that when he so appears he will have no other object than that of confirming before the said Judges the protests already made by the Government of Mexico at the Department of State, and insisting that Mexico does not acknowledge their jurisdiction over a case in which the Government appears as a defendant. I am further instructed to make it clear that the appearance of our Consul General at New York in the Federal court above mentioned does not mean that the Government of Mexico acknowledges them to have jurisdiction in any way whatsoever in the case.

I beg [etc.]

Manuel C. Téllez