File No. 812.00/6574.
The Secretary of State to the American Ambassador.
Washington, March 11, 1913—7 p.m.
97. Your 96, March 9, noon. While the Department is disposed to aid in the reestablishment of peace and order in Mexico in all proper ways, it feels that it would be better not to give to the authorities anything more than a general indication by word of mouth as to conditions in certain various localities, of which you have learned through reports from consuls. Obviously, information of too precise a character might be used in such a way as to militate against a consul’s effectiveness, if not actually to jeopardize his safety and freedom of action.