812.504/1448: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Mexico (Hawks)
36. Reference telegram dated March 14, 11 a.m. from Consul at Ensenada regarding situation of Chinese in Baja California. The Department desires you to keep this matter actively before the attention of the Mexican Foreign Office emphasizing our reliance upon its assurance given you recently that adequate measures will be taken to prevent illegal entries of Chinese into the United States. In your discretion you may say that the recurrence of a situation similar to that which arose in connection with the exodus of Chinese from Sonora would be highly embarrassing to this Government and would necessarily entail the adoption of protective measures which would restrict freedom of transit in detriment to the interests of citizens on both sides of the frontier.