Ambassador
MEXICO CITY
COLONEL CHARLES A LINDBERGH WASHINGTON D C
IT HAVING REACHED MY KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU INTEND A FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO HAVANA IN THE ANTILLES I INVITE YOU TO DO SO VIA MEXICO WHERE YOU MAY REST ASSURED OF THE WARMEST WELCOME
PLUTARCO ELIAS CALLES PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
WASHINGTON D C PRESIDENT CALLES MEXICO CITY
AFTER THE WISHES OF COLONEL LINDBERGH I HAVE THE
HONOR TO INFORM YOU WITH PLEASURE THAT TODAY AT TWELVE TWENTY SIX HE STARTED ON HIS DIRECT FLIGHT TO MEXICO
MANUEL TELLEZ AMBASSADOR
TALLULAH LA TO MANY U S NEWSPAPERS
AN AIRPLANE BELIEVED TO BE COL LINDBERGHS WAS SIGHTED AS IT PASSED OVER TALLULAH BY FRANK HULE A TRAIN DISPATCHER AT ELEVEN TEN CENTRAL TIME TONIGHT ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON TEXAS TO MANY U. S. NEWSPAPERS AN AIRPLANE BELIEVED TO BE THAT OF COL LINDBERGH PASSED OVER HOUSTON AT TWO TWENTY OCLOCK THIS MORNING ASSOCIATED PRESS
Detroit
New York Times New York City
Mrs. Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh, the flier's mother, declared that his latest undertaking was a matter that concerned him alone. . . . She then returned to her class (she teaches chemistry in the Cass Technical High School).
(A correspondent)
Mexico City To Many U. S. newspapers:
Thousands of Mexicans were at the Valbuena Flying Field at dawn this morning eager to greet Col. Lindbergh. . . . At 8:40 President Calles arrived accompanied by his entire cabinet . . . Ambassador Morrow, seated between President Calles and General Obregon. . . . With reports at 10:30 that Col. Lindbergh was half way between Tampico and Mexico City, the huge crowd (more than 25,000) began to mill around eager to get good positions. Nine Mexican Army airplanes hopped off to meet him. One of the planes doing stunt flying went into a nose dive and crashed several hundred yards in front of the Presidential stand. The pilot was not injured. Federal soldiers constantly arrived. . . . 10,000 men in and around the inclosure. . . . Returning scout planes landed at 11:42 without having sighted Col. Lindbergh. . . . Silence almost approaching gloom prevailed over the great crowd as the 25th hour passed with Lindbergh's whereabouts unknown. . . . The authorities set fire to dry grass which covers the field to make a smoke signal. . . . Although hoping for the best, both President Calles and Ambassador Morrow were unable to conceal grave emotions. . . . The Associated Press
Mexico City
New York Herald Tribune New York City
The intrepid American flyer brought his Spirit of St. Louis down on Valbuena Field at 2.39. . . . He had covered more than 2,000 miles in 27 hours, 15 minutes . . . from the crowd delirious shouts of joy . . . motorcycle police rushed toward the spot . . . Lindbergh was lifted upon the shoulders of his new Mexican admirers and placed into an automobile which began a slow trip to the Presidential stand. . . . The American hero seemed tired when he marched up to the President, but he was smiling happily. Speaking through an interpreter, President Calles assured him of Mexico's delight. . . . The greeting not entirely formal. The President grasped the flyer's hand warmly and threw his arms around the Colonel's shoulder. . . .
Jack Starr-Hunt (correspondent)
MEXICO CITY
PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE WASHINGTON D C
IT PLEASES ME PROFOUNDLY TO SEND YOUR EXCELLENCY MY MOST CORDIAL FELICITATIONS AT THIS TIME WHEN COLONEL LINDBERGH HAS ARRIVED AT MEXICO CITY AFTER HIS NOTABLE FLIGHT ACCOMPLISHED WITH GREAT SUCCESS
PLUTARCO ELIAS CALLES PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
WASHINGTON D C COLONEL CHARLES A LINDBERGH MEXICO CITY
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ARE PROUD TO APPLAUD THE SUCCESSFUL CULMINATION OF ANOTHER OF YOUR COURAGEOUS VENTURES I WISH TO ADD MY HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU IN BEING THE FIRST TO FLY WITHOUT A STOP BETWEEN THE CAPITALS OF THE TWO NEIGHBOR REPUBLICS
CALVIN COOLIDGE
Mexico City New York Times New York City
President Calles issued a statement tonight. . . . "The latter portion of Col. Lindbergh's flight over territory absolutely unknown to him over zones of a particularly difficult and dangerous nature because of a lack of means of communication and the deviation from his original route . . . put to the proof his great skill for navigating aloft. His marvelous resolution and energy alone prevented him from coming down and maintained him in his firm intention to reach Mexico without a stop."
(A correspondent)
Detroit
New York Times New York City
"That's all that matters," said Mrs. Lindbergh, told of her son's safe landing in Mexico City. "He has always talked of seeing Mexico."
(A correspondent)
Mexico City New York Times New York City
This has been in some ways the most interesting flight I have ever made. . . . I managed to get completely lost in the fog over Mexico . . . something went wrong. I guess it was me. . . . I am sorry that those waiting for me had such a long time under the hot sun but I was just as anxious to come down as they were to have me. . . . After 10 o'clock the moon came up and I think the first sight of the ground after leaving Washington was somewhere in Mississippi. Then I laid a course for the Gulf and hit it fairly close . . . fog for two or three hours . . . it was necessary to come down low over the water sometimes only 200 or 300 feet above the white line of surf . . . it was far from pleasant flying. . . . I recognized Tampico by the oil tanks despite the heavy curtain of fog which lay over it . . . unable to get beneath the fog I went up again and set a compass course for Mexico City. . . . I must have made some bad errors for when I dived down out of the clouds 2 1/2 hours later there was not a sign of Mexico City. I got completely lost. I knew I was in a bad country to play around in. I tried to puzzle it out by the watersheds. . . . But it was not until I saw a sign of the Hotel Toluca that I really managed to get located and then set my course again for Mexico City. . . . I saw the planes of the Mexican Army coming to greet me. . . . Of the reception I can only say that it was equal, in all its sincerity, with that which I received in France and England. . . . Mexico has some splendid pilots. ... I am grateful to President Calles. . . .
Charles A. Lindbergh
NEWARK N J
COL CHARLES A LINDBERGH MEXICO CITY
HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS I KNEW YOU WOULD MAKE IT
RUTH ELDER MEXICO CITY NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK CITY
MORROW AND I HAVE RESIGNED AS AMBASSADORS IN MEXICO NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE
WILL ROGERS
Telephone call from American Embassy in Mexico City to Mrs. Lindbergh in Detroit:
"We made it mother. I have already been presented with a fine Mexican sombrero." A moment later (another voice):
"This is Ambassador Morrow. I congratulate you on your son. May I extend to you a cordial invitation to spend Christmas in Mexico City with your son?"
COL CHARLES A LINDBERGH MEXICO CITY
(FIVE SIMILAR TELEGRAMS) THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED IN NICARAGUA PANAMA GUATEMALA HONDURAS SALVADOR
THE GOVERNMENTS OF NICARAGUA PANAMA GUATEMALA HONDURAS SALVADOR
MEXICO CITY
TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF NICARAGUA PANAMA GUATEMALA HONDURAS SALVADOR I ACCEPT WITH PLEASURE THE HONOR OF YOUR INVITATIONS
CHARLES A LINDBERGH
DETROIT
AMBASSADOR DWIGHT W MORROW MEXICO CITY
I SHALL BE GLAD TO SPEND CHRISTMAS WITH YOU AND CHARLES IN MEXICO
EVANGELINE L LINDBERGH