File No. 812.00/7013.

The American Ambassador to the Secretary of State.

[Telegrams—Paraphrases.]

163. The Government is in control from the State of Durango south, with the exception of unimportant bands in Sinaloa and Zapata’s forces in Morelos, the latter greatly reduced.

As to Coahuila, Durango, and Nuevo Leon, I believe conditions will steadily improve.

The Government expects to suppress at an early date the Sonora rebellion.

Henry Lane Wilson.