812.113/10484
The Secretary of State to the Mexican Ambassador (Téllez)
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s note No. 1756 dated March 26, 1929,24 advising that you have been informed by the Mexican Consul General at El Paso to the effect that a man named …, owner of a ranch at …, Texas, recently sold one hundred eight horses to the rebels and that the said horses were to be taken directly from …, Texas, to the international boundary line for the purpose of crossing to a place called Paso del Pulpito, Sonora. Your Excellency requested, in this connection, that necessary steps be taken to prevent the exportation of these horses to Mexico.
In reply I have the honor to advise Your Excellency that this matter has been brought to the attention of the appropriate Departments of this Government with the request that the necessary steps be taken to prevent the unauthorized exportation of the said horses.
Accept [etc.]
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