812.512/3129
The Chargé in Mexico (Summerlin) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 10.]
Sir: Complying with the Department’s telegraphic instruction No. 100, dated February 19, 3 P.M., regarding instructions for the American Consul at Guadalajara that American citizens are not to repay taxes paid to persons in de facto authority, I have the honor to report that, in my note No. 271 of February 20, 1924, I brought this to the attention of the Mexican Foreign Office, stating that I had no doubt that the Mexican Government would desire to call the attention of the Jalisco State authorities to the applicable rules and principles of International Law. I am now in receipt of note No. 2214 of the Mexican Foreign Office, dated February 25, 1924, a copy in translation enclosed herewith,20 in which it is stated that the corresponding authorities have already been informed of my representation in the matter, to the end that they report on the subject and issue orders fitting to the case.
A copy of this despatch, together with its inclosure, has been forwarded to the American Consul at Guadalajara.
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