57 STAT.] MEXICO-CONSULAR OFFICERS-AUG. 12, 1942 I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. E. PADILLA His Excellency GEORGE S. MESSERSMITH, Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, City. The American Ambassador to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 526 Mexico, D.F., August 12, 1942. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of Your Excellency's Note No. 56586 of August 12, 1942, wherein Your Excellency informs me that the Government of the United Mexican States, with reference to the Consular Convention signed today between Mexico and the United States of America, agrees that the provisions of this Conven- tion are not applicable in the Panama Canal Zone. Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest and most distinguished consideration. GEORGE S. MESSERSMITH His Excellency Sefior Licenciado EZEQJIEL PADILLA, Minister for Foreign Relations, Mexico, D.F. The American Ambassador to the Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 853 Mexico, D.F ., December 11, 1942. EXCELLENCY: I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency's Note of September 29, 1942,[J] with respect to the interpretation of the word "suite" as used in the Consular Convention signed by Your Excellency and by myself on behalf of our respective Governments in Mexico City August 12, 1942. I have the honor to state that the following understanding is proposed by, and is acceptable to my Government with respect to the interpretation of "suite" as used in the Convention under reference: "The expression "consular officers and employees in a con- sulate' as used in Article III of the consular convention between Ant, p. 8SO the United States of America and the United Mexican States, ' [Not printed.] 81077-44-PT . II- - -12 821
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