File No. 312.11/8518
Chargé Summerlin to the Secretary of State
Mexico City, December 19, 1917.
Sir: With reference to the Department’s telegrams Nos. 620, December 8, 4 p.m., and 627, undated, received 9 a.m., December 13, regarding the activities of the Yaqui Indians in Sonora, and their attacks on Esperanza and the properties of the Richardson Construction Company, I have the honor to report the receipt from the Foreign Office of two notes dated the 15th instant, regarding this matter, in both of which the statement is made that the Department of War has been requested to send sufficient troops to the region stated.
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