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LONG WU Y27 553 NL PD 1/160=SJ MEXICO CITY MEX AUG 15 FERD OWEN=
IN NUMEROUS CONFERENCES WHICH I HAVE HAD WITH UNDER SECRETARY
FLORES HE HAS STATED TO ME CLEARLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY THAT
TRIGG HAS CALLED HIM FLORES OVER THE TELEPHONE FROM WASHINGTON
SEVERAL TIMES AND URGED PROPOSALS DESIGNED TO PUT PRESSURE ON
FLORES TO CANCEL THE OWEN CONTRACT STOP FLORES HAS ASKED TRIGG
TO PUT THESE PROPOSALS IN A TELEGRAM BUT GRIGG HAS CONSISTENTLY
REFUSED STOP WHEN TRIGG CAME TO MEXICO FLORES REPORTS THAT HE
TRIGGS KEPT AFTER FLORES TO REDUCE THE OWEN CONTRACT DOWN TO
TEN THOUSAND MULES AND STATED THAT IF THAT WAS DONE HE TRIGG
WOULD GET THE JOINT MEXICAN AMERICAN HOOF AND MOUTH DISEASE
COMMISSION TO HELP PAY FOR THE TEN THOUSAND MULES AND THAT THEN
HE TRIGG WOULD OPEN BIDS AT WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER FIRST FOR MORE
MULES STOP TRIGG HAS REPEATEDLY STATED TO ME AND HE DID SO AS
LATE AS YESTERDAY BY LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE FROM WASHINGTON
THAT HE TRIGG WOULD GET THE JOINT MEXICAN AMERICAN COMMISSION
TO PAY FOR MULES PURCHASED IN THE FUTURE BUT NOT FOR MULES
PURCHASED UNDER EXISTING CONTRACTOS STOP SINCE YOU HAVE ONLY
EXISTING CONTRACT TRIGG IN EFFECT SAYS THAT HE WILL GET THE
COMMISSION TO PAY FOR OTHER MULES PURCHASED BUT NOT FOR YOURS
STOP FLORES REPEATS THAT HE SIGNED YOUR CONTRACT IN GOOD FAITH
AND WILL BACK IT TO THE LIMIT STOP THAT WHEN HE SIGNED THE
CONTRACT HE ANTICIPATED HE WOULD HAVE THE HELP OF THE
AMERICANS BUT THIS HELP HAS BEEN DENIED TO HIM BECAUSE TRIGG
INSISTED ON BUYING THE MULES IN THE UNITED STATES STOP WHEN TRIGG
CALLED FOR BIDS IN WASHINGTON HE OPENED THEM WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MEXICANS AND FLORES TOLD TRIGG THAT
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