812.00Sonora/579: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico (Morrow)
253. American Consul, Monterrey, telegraphs requesting that hospital supplies which he enumerates and trained nurses are urgently needed for taking care of 436 wounded soldiers who reached Monterrey April seventh. If Mexican Government desires our Red Cross to furnish the hospital supplies, our Red Cross is prepared to do it upon request. Impracticable for our Red Cross to furnish trained nurses. They suggest that perhaps they may be obtained at El Paso or other nearby border towns.
Please take up with Mexican Government and advise Department as soon as possible of decision reached.