837.00/4141: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8 p.m.]
344. At a meeting of the Diplomatic Corps held this afternoon to discuss the measures taken by the Dean in behalf of the Corps to insure the safety of the captive officers, the Chilean Minister and the Argentine and Brazilian Chargés d’Affaires stated to me that their Governments would not consider recognition of the present Cuban government until it had been so reorganized as to obtain the support of at least a considerable portion of public opinion. They further stated that unless such support was obtained they saw no hope for the maintenance of even a semblance of public order.
The British Minister expressed very considerable alarm at the conditions of disorder existing in Habana.
Up to the present time, although the government daily announces impending recognition by the United States and by Latin American Republics, only Mexico and Uruguay are maintaining official relations with the government. I can find no evidence of the belief on the part of any other diplomatic representative here that there is any justification for recognition at this time.