File No. 812.00/16384.
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Formal reply just received, usual heading:
In due reply I have the honor to inform you that the First Chief has read with surprise the contents of the note referred to. Inasmuch as he has received no notice whatever referring to the acts mentioned by you, the First Chief has issued the necessary orders to the General in Chief of the zone to the end that with the greatest brevity possible he order the necessary investigation for the clearing up of this matter and that he render the information he may obtain, in order that the First Chief’s headquarters may take proper measures for the severe punishment of those found guilty, if, unfortunately, this deed should be confirmed. I will thank you at the same time if you will communicate to the Department of State that the First Chief’s headquarters deems unjustified the supposition that it could be even possible that it had ordered the commission of the acts referred to, especially since the Constitutionalist Government has given numerous and eloquent proofs of the sentiment which animates it in preserving the frank and harmonious friendship in its relations with the United States.
Usual closing.