Office of the Historian

812.00/24468: Telegram

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

Mexico, August 17, 1920—noon.
[Received 7:43 p.m.]

366. Today’s press states that Department has advised Mr. Iglesias Calderón that recognition will be extended present Mexican régime on the following conditions: protection for lives and property of Americans in Mexico, indemnity for damages suffered by Americans in Mexico and revocation of confiscatory Carranza laws.

Summerlin