File No. 812.00/13802.
Special Agent Canova to the Secretary of State.
General Carranza through General González today repudiated what the latter telegraphed last night saying he was only willing to deliver the executive power to a person of his entire confidence for instance to General González and that Villa deliver the country he holds to General Gutiérrez and these two representative elements meet in Mexico with the Convention to elect a provisional president for the entire pre-constitutional term. That he and Villa leave the country immediately and both be in Flavana by November 25 and if by then the country was not completely pacified he would return and again assume the executive authority.
It is understood Villa will start for Mexico November 17, 8 a.m. and if he meets opposition he is amply prepared to clear the way of all obstacles.