812.00Detention/4
The Mexican Ambassador (Téllez) to the Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to request Your Excellency’s assistance in approaching the appropriate authority in order that, there being no objection, the volunteers who crossed the border with Federal troops when the rebels took Ciudad Juárez and who are at present detained at Fort Bliss, may be permitted to return to Mexico crossing the frontier at points which they may choose or that they may be permitted to reside at El Paso, Texas until my Government has retaken Ciudad Juárez. Permit me Your Excellency to make this request in view of the fact that the families of the said volunteers reside in Ciudad Juárez and that their transportation to any other place would entail numerous difficulties and inconveniences to them.
Anticipating [etc.]