Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 812.00/24278a.

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador of Brazil.³⁵

Department of State,
Washington, August 9, 1915.

My dear Mr. Ambassador: I enclose for your information copies of the communication³⁶ to the chiefs of the factions in Mexico, such as the Conference agreed upon at its last meeting.³⁷ As you will recall, it is proposed to send this communication to a number of influential persons in Mexico, a preliminary list of which was prepared by Ambassador Suárez and is being considered by me with a view to ascertaining whether any names could be added. * * *

I am [etc.]

Robert Lansing.

35. The same to the other conferees.
36. Not printed; it was revised at the meeting of August 11. See the telegram of August 13, 6 p.m., to Mr. Parker.
37. The meeting of August 5 (see the Secretary’s July 29).