834.00/794: Telegram
The Minister in Paraguay ( Howard ) to the Secretary of State
Asunción
, February 19, 1936—4
p.m.
[Received February 20—11:55 a.m.]
[Received February 20—11:55 a.m.]
21. Colonel Franco arrived at Asunción at 3 o’clock. It is understood that he traveled in a plane chartered by the Buenos Aires newspaper Crítica. It is probable that efforts to form a provisional government will begin at once.
Repeated to Buenos Aires.
Howard