File No. 812.00/21933
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico ( Fletcher)
1005. Secretary of War has called my attention to fact that Mexicans are accumulating a large force opposite Big Bend district and that General Ruckman has suggested that with this force the Mexicans now ought to be able to prevent raids in that district from the Mexican side.
You are instructed to point out to the Mexican Government the perils caused by these raids to the good relations now existing between the United States and Mexico, and to suggest that the presence of this large force of Mexican soldiers on the border now places it in the hands of the Mexican Government to take effective steps to prevent a further recurrence of these raids.