File No. 812.2311/68.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Ambassador .

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

In compliance with the request of the Mexican Embassy here permission is hereby granted for a brigade of Mexican Federal troops to proceed from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, by rail to Del Rio and Marathon, Tex., at which points they will reenter Mexican territory with the understanding that such troops shall traverse American territory unarmed, their arms and ammunition being sent as baggage and with a small detachment of American troops to accompany them on the train as an escort. Inform the Minister for Foreign Affairs and add that appropriate American authorities have been properly instructed.

Huntington Wilson.