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

File No. 812.00/6287.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Telegrams—Paraphrases.]

American Embassy,
Mexico, February 20, 1913—8 p.m.

20. The Department should immediately instruct me as to the question of recognition of the Provisional Government, now installed and evidently in secure possession. It would be well to note that the Provisional Government takes office in accordance with the Constitution and precedents.

Wilson.