837.00/4306: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 31—12:18 a.m.]
417. The University Student Assembly this afternoon was attended by about 1,500 students. The meeting from beginning to end was in continuous disorder. Chibas, a member of the Directorate, was permitted to make a speech, not in that capacity, but solely as a student. He announced that the Directorate had delivered an ultimatum to Grau San Martín “to change the identity of the government” before November 4th and requested those supporting the Directorate to leave the hall with him. About 100 left with him. The remaining 1,400 students are still in session. All of these oppose the government and the Directorate.