612.119/2945
The Secretary of State to the Consul in Chargé at Mexico City (Ferris)
Sir: I am in receipt of your despatch No. 2156, of September 6, 1920,73 reporting that several shipments of arms and ammunition have been received recently by Mexican firms from European countries, and stating that American companies interested in such business have complained against the American embargo on the shipment of arms and ammunition from the United States to Mexico.
In reply you are informed that the Department has decided to permit the exportation from the United States to Mexico of moderate quantities of shotguns, shotgun shells, loading tools, sporting [Page 248] powder, percussion caps, primers, BB caps, .22 caliber rifles, .22 caliber cartridges, and trap shooting material of all kinds.
I am [etc.]
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