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

File No. 312.11/8177

The Acting Secretary of State to Mr. Parker, representing American interests

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, November 6, 1916, 5 p.m.

531. Several Americans in Parral, Chihuahua, reported to have been executed by Villistas.

Immediately inform appropriate authorities and request them to exert every effort to obtain facts and to afford protection for those Americans who may still be in Parral and its vicinity.

Polk