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Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Clark) of a Telephone Conversation With the Ambassador in Mexico (Morrow), March 10, 1929
March 10, 1929
Ambassador Morrow telephoned last evening and, in addition to covering the military situation (the most important points of which appear in the morning press), he communicated as follows:
- (1)
- He asked for, and I secured for him, authorization for Colonel McNab, Military Attaché to Mexico, and now in Mexico City, to accompany Mexican Federal officers by airplane today (March 11) to Brownsville, Texas, and thence to San Antonio, Texas, for the purpose of arranging for the shipment of certain supplies to Mexico. Attached is the War Department memorandum giving authority for the trip.9
- (2)
- The Ambassador stated that he had advised the Mexican Government to make all purchases through Ambassador Téllez in Washington.
- (3)
- He suggested that we make the contract for these arms upon the same terms as they were granted in 1924 when the De la Huerta revolution was on. These terms he understood to be a certain payment down and installment payments from then on till full payment had been made. The Ambassador felt that the claim for this material should have preferential treatment over any and all other claims.
The Ambassador understood that an attempt was to be made to purchase 3,000 rifles with accompanying ammunition. He stated that he was under the impression that the army officials had wanted considerably more but had been held in check by Montes de Oca, Secretary of the Treasury.
J. R[euben] C[lark]
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