812.659/50: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico (Messersmith)
1078. Your views concerning instruction no. 3574 of June 24, 1943 were placed before the President. The President replied as follows:
“I do not think we should withhold having Messersmith make the suggestion. I think he should do so but with the definite explanation that the action decided on is wholly up to the decision of the Mexican Government and that we are not trying to force anything down their throats.
“But I do think it important that President Camacho and Secretary of State, Padilla, receive the information direct instead of through a committee or any other Mexican authority.”
In accordance with the foregoing, please transmit the note and the President’s letter with the explanation quoted above. We should, of course, appreciate being promptly informed of the reaction of President Camacho and the other Mexican authorities.