{"record":{"aliases":[],"appointmentIds":["mexico-e08fc38aed050a"],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/mx-manuel-tello-baurraud-4e06d345fd/","countrySlug":"mexico","entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/mx-manuel-tello-baurraud-4e06d345fd/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["Manuel Tello Baurraud rose through consular and diplomatic service, including posts in Antwerp and Yokohama and work with the League of Nations. He held senior Foreign Ministry administrative positions before becoming foreign secretary. In April 1951, he explained to American officials that Mexico's support for UN action in Korea did not commit it to sending troops, citing public opposition and the costs of deployment.","In Washington, Tello pursued the protection of Mexican agricultural workers. During a February 1954 meeting with Dwight Eisenhower, he argued that fair wages were the central obstacle to renewing an agreement on their entry into the United States. He questioned whether a prevailing wage formula would adequately protect workers in districts where Mexican labor already predominated and suggested stronger wage language.","Tello returned to the Foreign Ministry under Adolfo López Mateos and helped negotiate the Chamizal settlement. He insisted that the disputed land should return to Ciudad Juárez in accordance with the 1911 arbitration, and signed the 1963 convention with U.S. Ambassador Thomas Mann. He subsequently represented Zacatecas in the Senate and died in 1971."],"id":"mexico:mx-manuel-tello-baurraud","identifiers":{},"legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-4e06d345fd00a116c9f6.html","name":"Manuel Tello Baurraud","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["tello-sre","tello-korea"],["tello-workers"],["tello-nps","tello-reference"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-4e06d345fd00a116c9f6.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[{"certainty":"documented","name":"Rafael de la Colina Riquelme","note":"Both participated in the April6,1951 Washington discussion of Mexico and the Korean War.","profileUrl":"diplomat-26af22009f1c00f84adf.html","sourceIds":["tello-korea"],"targetId":"mexico:mx-rafael-de-la-colina-riquelme","type":"collaboration"}],"relationships":[{"certainty":"documented","note":"Both participated in the April6,1951 Washington discussion of Mexico and the Korean War.","sourceIds":["tello-korea"],"targetId":"mexico:mx-rafael-de-la-colina-riquelme","type":"collaboration"}],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-10-28","revision":"c379705a1788cc0c","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"tello-sre","locator":"Manuel Tello Baurraud section","publisher":"Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico","title":"Cancilleres del siglo XX — Manuel Tello Baurraud","type":"institutional-history","url":"https://sre.gob.mx/cancilleria/reglamento-interno/35-cancilleria/cancilleria/97-cancilleres-del-siglo-xx-"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1951-04-06","id":"tello-korea","locator":"FRUS1951, vol.II, document815","publisher":"U.S. Department of State","title":"Memorandum of Conversation — Mexican Participation in Korea","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951v02/d815"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":"1954-02-03","id":"tello-workers","locator":"FRUS1952–1954, vol.IV, document589, pp.1354–1356","publisher":"U.S. Department of State","title":"Memorandum of Conversation — Entry of Mexican Agricultural Workers into the United States","type":"primary-record","url":"https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v04/d589"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"tello-nps","locator":"Mexican Officials, Manuel Tello","publisher":"U.S. National Park Service, Chamizal National Memorial","title":"People React — Manuel Tello","type":"institutional-history","url":"https://home.nps.gov/cham/learn/historyculture/people-react.htm"},{"accessedOn":"2026-10-28","date":null,"id":"tello-reference","locator":"Biography and convention photograph caption; revision174674224","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Manuel Tello Baurraud","type":"reference","url":"https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Tello_Baurraud"},{"accessedOn":"","date":"","id":"mission-9fe6d5f27d546bc5f4ec","locator":"Official historical roster. Its stale “Actual” entry for Moctezuma is superseded by the current embassy. Blank dates remain unknown; appointment and credential dates are distinct.","publisher":"","title":"SRE Historical Diplomatic Archive — Mexican representatives to the United States","type":"Mission record","url":"https://portales.sre.gob.mx/acervo/images/Embajadores-2024/sedes-2024/1_25-Estados_Unidos.pdf"}],"topics":["migrant labor","Chamizal","Korean War","territorial disputes"]},"schemaVersion":1}