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File No. 701.1237/2

The Minister in Cuba ( Gonzales) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram—Extract]
Habana, May 21, 1918, 11 a.m.
[Received 3.02 p.m.]

Foreign Office informs me confidentially that Mexican Chargé d’Affaires has been instructed by his Government to turn over Legation archives to Mexican Consul General and return to Mexico.1 Foreign Office does not know whether this means breaking off diplomatic relations and has telegraphed for further information to its representative in Mexico.

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Gonzales
  1. According to telegram from the Ambassador in Mexico, No. 1106, May 25 (File No. 701.1237/5), the date of the instruction referred to was May 18.↩