Telegram from George Messersmith to Secrertary of State Edward Stettinius

DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION EOC-631 Mexico City This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated April 17, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone (SECRET) Rec'd 9:10 p.m. DECLASSIFIED Secretary of State, E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 Washington. :- BYNLTTHL NARS Date 7.25.75 516, April 17, noon. FOR THE PERSONAL ATTENTION OF SECRETARY STETTINIUS I have received your circular telegram of April 16, 4 p.m., sent by authorization of the President. I would appreciate very much your conveying to the President the following message from me. "Dear Mr. President: I am completely in accord with the circular telegram which I have just received from Secretary Stettinius that you should be entirely free to make such replacement: S or changes among chiefs of mission as you may consider desirable, and to that end I herewith submit my resigna- tion as Ambassador to Mexico. Should you so desire, I shall be very glad to continue to serve as Ambassador at this post where, I believe, I am for the present render- ing the maximum service which I am capable of rendering to you and to our government and people at this time, I need not assure you that it is my very sincere and deep desire ARCHIVES AND HATIONAL service" RECORDS and