Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 5, 1916

File No. 812.00/17369

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El Paso, March 8, 1916, 3 p.m.

Carranza Consul has called on Carranza for troops. This situation is putting Carranza Government to a critical test. If Villa is permitted to remain in the open as at present, without efficient action by the Carranza forces, it will encourage border opposition to Carranza and tend greatly to undermine the de facto Government.

Cobb