Office of the Historian

812.00/23943: Telegram

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

Mexico, May 7, 1920—noon.
[Received May 11—9 p.m.]

183. President Carranza, his Cabinet and other adherents abandoned the Capital by train about 10 o’clock this morning preceded by a number of trains carrying troops, equipment, supplies, archives, etcetera. Several trains loaded with Federal artillery and supplies [are] still in one of the railroad stations here awaiting orders to leave. It appears that all these trains are to proceed to Vera Cruz.

Summerlin