837.00/3626: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:30 p.m.]
141. I have just been handed the official resolution of the Popular Party in which is contained the following declaration: [Page 349]
“The Popular Party in order to bring about concord, reestablish moral peace among Cubans and to maintain and fortify the independence of the Republic against every risk, hereby express their absolute identification with the procedure of the representatives of the Popular Party, all of the agreements reached as to constitutional reform, as to the establishment of the parliamentary system of government, as to the enforcing of the rights of individuals and likewise as to the shortening of the terms of office enjoyed by the members of this party in the national Congress”.
The decision reached by the Popular Party in its National Assembly which met this afternoon thus confirms the declarations previously made to me by the chiefs of that party.
The Conservative Party which has already taken similar attitude as the Department was advised together with the Popular Party comprise a little less than half of the membership of both Houses.