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

File No. 812.00/9361.

The American Ambassador to Great Britain to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
London, October 24, 1913—8 p.m.

84. Department’s October 24, 6 p.m. Would you favor authorizing me to ascertain whether the British Government as an act of friendliness will refrain from recognizing anyone claiming to be elected President of Mexico at the elections of October 26 until our Government has had reasonable time to consider its course?

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