File No. 812.00/6223c.
The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador.
Washington, February 17, 1913—5 a.m.
4. The following has to-day been sent to all consuls throughout Mexico:
You may publicly and officially state that the telegram of President Madero regarding American intervention is entirely misleading; that President Madero has been informed of his error; that the fact is that the policy of the United States remains unchanged, that no American forces have been landed in Mexico, and that no action has been taken except on the principles set forth in the Department’s public statement to the press, which was telegraphed you on February 10 and on February 11, 4 p.m. The marines ordered to Guantanamo today are being sent on exactly the same principle, namely, as a measure of natural precaution.
Communicate to the Consul General, who will forward to Puebla, Guanajuato and Oaxaca.