Office of the Historian

824.00/7–2146: Telegram

The Ambassador in Bolivia (Flack) to the Secretary of State

us urgent
La Paz, [undated].
[Received July 21, 1946—8 p.m.]

Unnumbered. Members Embassy saw body ex-President Villarroel hanging in Plaza Murillo, apparently killed about 2:30 today by revolutionary forces. Other members of Government, including some Cabinet Ministers reportedly killed. General situation apparently much calmer but still unsettled and sporadic. Shooting audible.

All employees left Chancery safely at 2:30 p.m. today.

Flack