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The Secretary of State to the Minister in Bolivia (Maginnis)

3. Your January 25, 10 p.m.

Cable Department whether, in your opinion, disturbances are likely to occur which would prove embarrassing to the United States if the Government of Bolivia were accorded formal recognition after the inauguration of Saavedra. Will the convention continue to function as a congress for the constitutional period, or will new general elections be held next May?

Colby