File No. 812.00/6379a.
The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador.
Washington, February 25, 1913—1 p.m.
36. Your February 25, noon. While the Department fully understands the Embassy’s disposition to further consolidation of warring factions through general acceptance of a provisional government, you will, nevertheless, be carefully guided by the President’s direction that, for the present, no formal recognition is to be accorded those de facto in control, except upon specific instructions from the Department to do so.
Meanwhile, all business between the two countries to be transacted in the informal manner usual during such intervals before formal recognition is accorded.