File No. 819.00/392a.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister .

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Telegraph immediately whether Porras and Díaz themselves favor American supervision of registration and election, so that the request is in fact made by the Government and both political parties. Do you recommend our acquiescence? Could a committee, consisting of yourself as chairman, Colonel Goethals and Governor Thatcher, devise suitable measures after consulting the Government and both parties?

Wilson.