812.001C13/88: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Governor of Texas ( Moody )

Referring to your telegram of December 6th, stating in effect that you felt certain there are no charges pending against General Calles and that no action will be taken by Prosecuting Attorney Valls to arrest or otherwise embarrass him, I desire to inform you that I have been advised by American Consul at Nuevo Laredo that Valls has already issued warrant. According to press reports warrant is in the hands of the sheriff. Furthermore, Valls has written American Consul mentioned that no amount of evidence will convince him that the United States Government would invest Calles with immunity to enable him to escape arrest and that if Calles produces a certificate under seal from the Secretary of State he will not molest him. On [Page 517] December 9th I advised the Consul that Calles carries a diplomatic passport issued by the Government of Mexico on July 12 of this year which bears a diplomatic visa issued by an appropriate authority of this Government and that the President of the United States recognizes the diplomatic status of General Calles. This information was conveyed to Valls in a letter from the Consul dated December 12.

In view of the foregoing I desire to invite your attention to the request contained in my telegram of the 5th instant with regard to this matter.

Henry L. Stimson