411.12/1158
The Ambassador in Mexico (Clark) to
the Secretary of State
Mexico, December 23, 1930.
[Received
December 29.]
No. 69
Sir: Referring to my telegram number 354 of
December 22, 5 p.m., regarding the memorandum dated December 17th but
received yesterday from the Foreign Office, relative to the time and
place of meeting of the General and Special Claims Commissions, United
States and Mexico, I have the honor to transmit herewith copies of the
Spanish and English original texts as received by me. I received two
copies each of the English and Spanish texts, and I have returned two
identical original copies (one English, one Spanish) to the Foreign
Office after having initialed them.
I also transmit herewith a copy of a memorandum which I submitted to the
Foreign Office on December 17th,34 on which Mr. Vázquez Schiaffino’s memorandum is
presumably based. In returning Mr. Vázquez Schiaffino’s memorandum to
the Foreign Office with my initials, Mr. Lane pointed out that there was
one apparently unimportant discrepancy between the English and Spanish
texts of his memorandum, namely, in the English text the word “periods”
appears on line 12 of Enclosure No. 2 to this despatch, while in the
Spanish text, on line 14 of Enclosure No. 3, the words “etapas ó
períodos” (stages or periods) are used.
Respectfully yours,
[Enclosure]
Copy of English Text of a Memorandum Presented
by the Mexican Foreign Office, and Initialed by Mr. Vázquez
Schiaffino and Ambassador Clark
Memorandum
It is agreed that the General and Special Claims Commissions between
the United States and Mexico shall hold their forthcoming sessions
as hereinafter provided.
1. The Special Claims Commission shall meet in Mexico City on or
about February first, 1931, and shall continue in session there
until on or about May first, 1931.
At the request of the Mexican Government, the Government of the
United States agrees that it will not present to the Commission
during the session provided for, any case involving acts of Villa or
his followers committed during such periods when his official
relationship to the Mexican Government was of doubtful character,
nor any acts of Victoriano Huerta during the period from February
19, 1913, to July
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19,
1914. It is understood and agreed that by withholding these cases
from the consideration of the Commission during the sessions
provided for above, the Governments of the United States and Mexico
do not waive any of their rights with reference to such cases, which
are to be in no way prejudiced by such postponement.
2. The General Claims Commission shall meet in Washington on or about
May 5, 1931, and shall continue in session until on or about July
15, 1931.
At the request of the Mexican Government, the Government of the
United States agrees that it will not present to the Commission
during the session above provided for, any case based upon the
taking of land for agrarian purposes under the agrarian laws. It is
understood and agreed that by withholding these cases from the
consideration of the Commission during the session above provided
for, the Governments of the United States and Mexico do not waive
any of their rights with reference to such cases, which are to be in
no way prejudiced by such postponement.
Mexico, December 17, 1930.
