Office of the Historian

834.00/6–348: Telegram

The Ambassador in Paraguay (Warren) to the Secretary of State

III. PARAGUAY confidential
Asunción, June 3, 1948.

263. President Morinigo1 resigned at 0030 on demand of Felipe [Page 109] Molas Lopez2 and Mario Mallorquin3 representing the civil forces of the revolution and in obedience to instruction from Colonel Montanaro, Military Commander4 of the revolt. President Supreme Court Juan Manuel Frutos takes oath this morning as Provisional President.…

Warren
  1. Gen. Higinio Morinigo.↩
  2. Interventor of the National University.↩
  3. Director of Lands and Colonization.↩
  4. Col. Carlos Montanaro, Asunción garrison commander. Other leaders of the police–army coup were Chief of Police Liberto Rodríguez, Maj. Adalberto Canata, Commander of one of the Cavalry Regiments, and Abel Dos Santos, Mayor of Asunción. (Despatch 297, June 15, from Asunción, 834.00/6–1548.)↩