381.8121 El 6/3
The Secretary of State to the Diplomatic Agent and Consul General at Tangier (Blake)
Sir: The Department has received your despatch No. 249, of October 19, 192125 in which you report that, acting in your judicial capacity, you have declined to render executory against the American protégé, Allal Weld El-Hadj Boazza Ben Mamoon, a judgment forwarded to you for execution by the French Resident General.
Inasmuch as it appears from your despatch and the enclosed copy of your communication to the Resident General, under date of October 15, 1921, that you have left it open to the Resident General to give equitable adjustment to the case, should he adhere to your conclusions, and have expressed your willingness, in the event that your conclusions are not endorsed by him, to submit all the evidence to the Department for decision as to the course to be followed, the Department prefers to refrain from making any comment at this time concerning the matter.
I am [etc.]
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