837.00/2878: Telegram

The Ambassador in Cuba (Guggenheim) to the Secretary of State

128. Today’s partial congressional elections are thus far reported to have passed without incident throughout Republic. Polls closed at 3 p.m.; the efforts of Nationalists and the Menocal group of Conservatives to persuade abstention from voting had limited response. Military and police reserves for maintenance of order not used, although undoubtedly public knowledge of precautionary measures had salutary effect.

Guggenheim