825.00/372: Telegram
The Ambassador in Chile ( Collier ) to the Secretary of State
Santiago
,
January 27,
1925—11 p.m.
[Received 11:58 p.m.]
[Received 11:58 p.m.]
13. Acute crisis appears to be settled. After day of greatest anxiety Army and Navy signed an agreement constituting a new junta presided [Page 586] over by Emilio Bello Codecido, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Interior, General Dartnell and Admiral Ward. Alessandri declared Constitutional President and to be asked to return; new constitutional convention to be called at once and all political prisoners to be immediately released.
Collier