818.00/889: Telegram
The Costa Rican Minister of Foreign Affairs (Venegas) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 15.]
I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that Señor Juan Bautista Quiros, taking the advice of the most notable persons of Costa Rica, turned over the Presidency of the Republic to Señor Francisco Aguilar Barquero who has formed the Cabinet as follows: Foreign Relations, the undersigned; Interior, Carlos María Jimenez; Finance, Carlos Brenes; Fomento, Pedro Perez Zeledon; Public Instruction, Joaquín García Monge; War, Aquiles Bonilla; that the Constitution of 1917 has been set aside by my Government and that of 1871 put in force; and that elections for the next President and deputies will be held not later than March next, so that the President elect may assume his office on the following eighth of May, the date fixed by the Constitution. I avail myself of this opportunity to say to Your Excellency that one of the most thankful endeavors of this Government will be to cultivate cordial relations with that of Your Excellency.