710 Conference (W & PW)/2–145: Circular telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Diplomatic Representatives in the American Republics Except Argentina and El Salvador
The Department naturally does not wish to have any bilateral negotiations undertaken by our Delegation at Mexico City. You should therefore seek discreetly to discourage any tendency that you may discover on the part of the government to which you are accredited to undertake bilateral negotiations of any nature whatsoever in Mexico.
With particular reference to the Department’s Circular Telegram of January 19, midnight, the Department does not wish to encourage the making of any specific requests of the American Delegation. Information regarding such requests should therefore be discreetly obtained. The Department does, however, wish to have the best information discreetly obtainable regarding such requests in order that it may have an opportunity to decide in advance what its attitude should be toward them.
Please submit additional reports as further information may reach you. Repeated to Buenos Aires and El Salvador for information only.