824.00/753: Telegram
The Chargé in Bolivia ( Muccio ) to the Secretary of State
La
Paz
, May 17, 1936—8
p.m.
[Received 11:53 p.m.]
[Received 11:53 p.m.]
22. My telegram May 17, noon. Manifesto by Acting Chief of General Staff declares that after consulting army, Republican Socialists and Socialists Parties mixed Junta assumes charge of the Government at 5:30 today. Junta consisting of four military, two Republican Socialists and two Socialists with Colonel Toro as President of Junta. La Paz continues tranquil.
Muccio