814.00/1040: Telegram
The Minister in Guatemala (Whitehouse) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:34 p.m.]
134. Assembly met at 4 p.m., accepted resignation of Palma and Luis Chacon, then elected Reina Andrade First Vice President by 50 votes to 11 for General Arisa and 3 for Chief Justice Medrano. General [Page 193] Reyes was elected Second Vice President and General Solorzano, Third. First reading was then given to President Chacon’s resignation and also to the Amresty Bill. Second readings will be tomorrow and third Friday,11 when Andrade will assume the Provisional Presidency. The meeting of the Assembly was orderly and so far everything has gone all right.
- January 2, 1931.↩