File No. 812.00/17898
Special Representative Rodgers to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Mexico City, [undated; received April 17,
1916, 11.50 p.m.]
18. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs requests me to state for General Carranza that while he has received oral communication in relation to matter of withdrawal American troops from Mexico presented in note of de facto Government 12th instant, he desires formal reply in text of Department Washington.
Evidently there will be no further discussion until such formal note presented. General Carranza undoubtedly desires formal note in order to publish same if it is necessary.
Rodgers