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

File No. 812.00/9431.

The American Chargé d’Affaires at St. Petersburg to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Embassy,
St. Petersburg, October 27, 1913.

Department’s October 24, 6 p.m. As requested Russia will take no immediate action toward recognizing the Government of Mexico, but only after consultation and agreement with other powers. The Minister for Foreign Affairs said: “I consider Mexican question as concerning only the United States. In my opinion the only satisfactory solution is annexation, and this action Russia would see with approval.”

I replied that I felt authorized to state that the United States had no such intentions and that nothing was further from the views of the President.

[C. S.]

Wilson.