Office of the Historian

814.00/567: Telegram

The Minister in Guatemala (McMillin) to the Secretary of State

Guatemala, December 6, 1921—9 a.m.
[Received 11:30 p.m.]

47. A revolution through the Army began at midnight ending five this morning overthrowing Herrera government. Generals Orellana, Lima, and Larrave head a provisional government. President Herrera prisoner in his home. All his Cabinet in military prison. About a dozen killed by police resistance. Many natives arrested. City quiet.

McMillin