837.00/3812: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:30 p.m.]
222. A commission of sergeants visited President Céspedes this morning in his house to inform him that Colonel, former Sergeant, Batista was willing to support his restoration to the Presidency provided President Céspedes would confirm him in his position as Colonel and Chief of Staff of the Army and guarantee his safety and that of his associates in this mutiny. President Cépedes stated that he was unwilling to make any commitments whatever as to what would be done provided he was reinstated in power. I have just been informed that the meeting of the political leaders at the Palace with the members of the revolutionary group has resulted in the determination to restore the presidential form of government. No decision has yet been reached as to the Presidency.