File No. 812.00/21613

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Mexico ( Summerlin)

[Telegram]

685. See Department’s 681, January 4, 8 p.m. You might suggest as a solution of the grave Yaqui situation that Mexican Government [Page 669] immediately send force of approximately 5,000 troops to Sonora to restore order and garrison danger points. You may intimate that you can secure passage over American territory for such an expedition.

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