839.00/2610: Telegram
The Commissioner in the Dominican Republic (Welles) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 3—10:26 a.m.]
26. The members of the Commission, this morning, by unanimous vote, selected Señor Juan Bautista Vicini Burgos as Provisional President. They will proceed tomorrow with the selection of the Minister of the Interior and will, at the same time, draw up the lists from which the Provisional President is to select the remaining members of his Cabinet. Señor Vicini Burgos is about 50 years of age and is a member of the family which has the largest commercial interests in the Republic. He has never taken any part in politics and has never even been a member of any political party. All the party leaders have confidence in his impartiality. He has traveled often to the United States and is favorably disposed towards the American Government. His selection is, I think, in every way satisfactory.