File No. 812.00/21577
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Mexico ( Summerlin)1
663. Department has given following statement to press:
The Department of State is informed that certain newspapers in Mexico are reproducing articles recently published in the United States to the effect that this Government is making preparations to cope with disturbances in the Tampico oil district and that American forces are held in readiness for that purpose. The Department of State desires to announce that there is no foundation whatever for the articles mentioned.
Publish substance foregoing. Tampico, Vera Cruz, and Guadalajara similarly instructed.
- Similar telegram, on the same date, to the American Consuls at Tampico, Vera Cruz, and Guadalajara.↩