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822.00/1668: Telegram

The Ambassador in Ecuador (Scotten) to the Secretary of State

Quito, May 29, 1944—9 p.m.
[Received May 30—6:10 a.m.]

527. The President has turned over the power to Fausto Navarro Allende, Vice President of the Senate.8 This appointment appears to have enraged the opposition. Disturbances in the center of the city appear to be increasing.

Scotten
  1. The Ambassador in Ecuador reported as follows in telegram 529, May 30, 10 a.m.: “Ex-President Arroyo appears to have taken refuge in the Colombian Embassy.” (822.00/1673)↩