Office of the Historian

873.00/29a: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Switzerland ( Stovall )

Washington , December 4, 1918—8 p.m.

3447. Press reports originating in Vienna indicate that the King of Montenegro has been deposed and succeeded by the National Assembly, meeting at Podgoritza. The Montenegrin Minister has communicated to the Department an official despatch from his Government,4 stating that such reports had no foundation whatsoever. Please investigate and report facts immediately.

Polk
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