File No. 837.00/510.
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Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 1198 of the 16th instant [etc.] I have the honor to report that an agreement reached yesterday by the commission has been approved by the President and by the Council of Veterans. * * * Briefly stated, the agreement provides [Page 238] for the immediate removal from office of all “guerrilleros” who are not protected by the civil service law. * * * Those employees who are protected by the civil service law are to be suspended from their posts until a law can be passed which will effectually bar them from the public service. * * * In return for these concessions the veterans pledge themselves to support the Government in case any disorders arise as a result of carrying out the agreement.
The Government has thus clearly complied with all the original demands of the veterans and completely receded from the resolute stand taken when the question arose. * * *
I have [etc.]