839.51/3996: Telegram
The Minister in the Dominican Republic (Schoenfeld) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 10:28 p.m.]
47. Local press tonight carries official report from Santiago where Congress is in session to the effect that the President of the Republic today submitted to the Senate a bill to extend life of Emergency Law Number 206. Bill is as follows in translation:
“Sole Article. Pending the conclusion of the financial arrangements which are being carried out by the effort of the Government concerning the external debt of the Republic, the life of Emergency Law Number 206 dated October 23, 1931, is extended from and after December 31, 1933.”
Official report adds that the above bill was unanimously passed in the Senate.