740.00111A.R.–N.C./29: Telegram
The Ambassador in Mexico (Daniels) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:55 p.m.]
34. Referring to Department’s circular of January 27, 3 p.m., the Foreign Office informs me today that Mexico’s attitude is in accordance with that of the Brazilian Government. It sent a message to the Mexican representative on the Neutrality Committeee at Rio de Janeiro which said:
“In the terms of the General Declaration of Neutrality of the American Republics and according to the fifth resolutive point, the Committee is competent to handle matters relating to the safety zone. It is indispensable the discussions of the matter be accepted only in specific aspects thereof. Officially Mexico interprets the Declaration of Panama in the sense that the safety zone begins where the Mexican territorial waters end for the purposes of patrols and other acts of vigilance.”