837.00/2899: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Guggenheim) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:25 p.m.]
145. Tagle died yesterday morning. Foreign Office has been requested to investigate. Report being made to Department with affidavits by Tagle and eyewitnesses to incident.
Thursday,12 Senate passed bill authorizing President to suspend constitutional guarantees when deemed necessary in any part of Cuba for 60 days and authorizing President to use Treasury funds in any manner desired for enforcement without accounting for extraordinary expenditures to Congress. Lower House expected to act Monday. This is unofficially stated by Government as answer to students demand for the fall of Machado regime.
- November 20.↩