Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 812.113/387.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Ambassador.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, April 14, 1912—2 p.m.

You will request Mexican Government to grant permission for entry into Mexico 150 rifles via Nuevo Laredo, and to telegraph immediately appropriate instructions to officials concerned. Was it possible to secure from Vera Cruz the 50,000 rounds ammunition desired?

Huntington Wilson.