Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1930, Volume III

838.00 Elections/74: Telegram

The High Commissioner in Haiti (Russell) to the Acting Secretary of State

Port-au-Prince, April 21, 1930—11 a.m.
[Received 3:30 p.m.]

73. This morning the Council of State sitting as National Assembly unanimously elected Eugene Roy President of Haiti. Twenty-one votes cast. I shall immediately recognize Mr. Roy as the Presidentelect.

Russell