File No. 812.00/15687.
Consul Simpich to the Secretary of State.
Referring Department’s August 6th, 10 a.m., Calles replies:
In the attack which I made August 4 upon the enemy’s outposts at Nogales no bullet crossed American territory and I can assure you that this danger will not exist in the future, since the firing of my troops is directed by the chiefs and officers and they have instructions to prevent injuries in foreign territory. With respect to the pact executed in January at Naco, this was nullified when Maytorena, failing in his promise, occupied Naco and made it his base of operations, opening it to international traffic against what was agreed upon. It is a rule generally accepted that obligations stipulated in a contract are binding on the contracting parties equally and that upon the failure of one of them in his promises the other is relieved of his. I entreat of you once more that all affairs of an international character be treated directly with the First Chief of the Constitutionalist Army charged with the Executive Power of the nation, of whom I am a subordinate.
Calles.
Am reliably informed by Commanding Officer American forces Nogales that few projectiles fell on American side. No attack on Nogales since August 4.