Office of the Historian

822.00/818: Telegram

The Chargé in Ecuador (Dawson) to the Secretary of State

Quito, October 22, 1931—9 a.m.
[Received 4:09 p.m.]

59. Presidential elections held Tuesday and Wednesday were orderly, free and fair. Returns give Bonifaz a large plurality insuring his election. While Bonifaz had declined to identify himself with any party and received considerable conservative support he declared Tuesday night that liberal institutions would have nothing to fear from his administration.

Dawson