File No. 812.00/6326.
The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.
Mexico, February 22, 1913—6 p.m.
25. Department’s February 21, 11 p.m. I indicated to De la Barra this morning precisely what the Department has indicated to me. I believe that I can secure the results aimed at by the Department without resorting to the refusal of full recognition or of [sic] the course of taking the matter up with General Huerta directly. The Department will probably recall that my relations with De la Barra are extremely intimate, as I have known him for more than 12 years, I shall not commit our Government further or take any additional steps until I have had an interview with De la Barra, which he arranged on Monday [the 24th]. This Government understands that I expect something to be done immediately and there seems to be every disposition to be grateful to the Embassy for its good offices to bring about termination of the conflict. If the Department desires me to act immediately in the sense of its February 21, 11 p.m., I would like to be so instructed, but I advise the other course.