Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 812.00/6002.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
Mexico City, March 27, 1913.

138. The three United States war vessels now at Vera Cruz arrived during the bombardment in Mexico City. The usual permission for them to enter territorial waters was not requested by the Embassy. The Foreign Office now suggests that the Embassy address a note to the Government requesting permission for them to remain, in order to bring their continued presence into conformity with Mexican law.

Henry Lane Wilson.