839.00/3035: Telegram

The Minister in the Dominican Republic ( Young ) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]

20. President Vasquez is considering plan for lengthening his term of office to six years and Senator Alfonseca1 is supporting the project. As I am without instructions from the Department I shall limit my action to informal representations making our attitude clear but not committing us thereby to a position which we might not be able to maintain.

Young
  1. Leader of the Partido Nacional, which united with the Partido Progresista in 1924 to elect President Vasquez; see Foreign Relations, 1924, vol. i, p. 618 ff.