837.00/2887: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Guggenheim) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:55 p.m.]
138. In an endeavor to terminate the present disorder and agitation, I am extending my unofficial good offices to bring about a modus vivendi between Machado and General Menocal and Mendieta heading Opposition, in the hope that these difficulties can be peacefully settled by proposed political reforms. Since the Opposition’s rejection of a proposed peace last spring, the present situation is the first occasion in which any advice on my part would be helpful rather than harmful. The events of yesterday have somewhat modified the method for developing a rapprochement. As yet it is too early to judge whether these efforts can succeed.