Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1920, Volume III

812.00/24400: Telegram

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

Washington, July 31, 1920—6 p.m.

196 Your July 28th, 2 P.M. Seek early interview with Covarrubias¹⁹ and inform him that this Government confidently expects that instructions will be given Commanders, Expeditionary Forces, en route Lower California, to avoid provoking hostilities near international frontier, whereby American lives and property may be imperiled.

Point out danger to entire Imperial Valley, California, of any accidental or intentional interruption irrigation canals, upon which the very existence of 60,000 Americans depend[s].

Colby

19. Miguel Covarrubias, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Huerta Government.