File No. 812.00/6800.
The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
I have just received through the Embassy a telegram from Mr. de la Barra in which he expresses the desire that as many of our war vessels as possible might be removed from Mexican waters; he calls my attention to the Mexican law which does not permit foreign war vessels to remain more than thirty days in Mexican ports. [Page 782] I have in substance replied that since my Government has not yet recognized the Provisional Government as a de jure government, the above-mentioned representations are inopportune and that the attitude of the Mexican Government should be expectant and receptive.