File No. 812.512/1993
The Ambassador in Mexico ( Fletcher) to the Secretary of State
1170. The Mexican Government has ordered publication full text of note of April 2, protesting against petroleum decree and all papers carry it to-day with display headlines. Pueblo, official mouthpiece, heads it “President Wilson threatens Mexico”; Democrata’s head in red letters is “The Government of the United States threatens to intervene in Mexico if its pretensions are not satisfied.”
The publication of our protest at this time by the Government looks like an attempt to offset and destroy effect of the President’s recent speech,1 and an endeavor to tie our hands in regard to petroleum decree.