812.51/661: Telegram
The Chargé in Mexico ( Summerlin ) to the Secretary of State
Mexico
,
October 21,
1921—5 p.m.
[Received 10:35 p.m.]
[Received 10:35 p.m.]
196. Lamont reports failure of negotiations due to Government’s insistence on attempting to carry out bond purchase clause of oil agreement. However, door is left open for resumption of negotiations on sound basis when Mexican authorities appreciate that bond purchase proposal is not workable.
Summerlin