File No. 812.032/43
The Ambassador in Mexico ( Fletcher) to the Secretary of State
1860. No. 1858, December 25, noon. Department’s instruction No. 799 received to-day. Does the Department wish me to add to the Department’s draft of the note to the Foreign Office a short paragraph stating that the United States Government has learned that the Mexican Congress has been asked by the President to ratify petroleum expiration [sic] and that should this be done the United States Government wishes to renew its protests heretofore made in regard to the petroleum decrees and legislation and to make clear its non-acquiescence therein on the grounds already communicated to the Foreign Office, or shall this be done in a separate communication [Page 791] to be sent simultaneously, or shall it be done verbally? I believe representations should be made separately. Please instruct.