Office of the Historian

839.00 Revolutions/2: Telegram

The Minister in the Dominican Republic (Curtis) to the Acting Secretary of State

Santo Domingo, February 24, 1930—8 a.m.
[Received 9 a.m.]

11. Minister for Foreign Affairs came at 6 this morning to request asylum for President2 and wife and Vice President3 saying their lives were in danger from revolutionists coming by automobiles from Santiago. I consented reluctantly. Only the wife is here. The President and his party left for fortress.

Curtis
  1. Horacio Vásquez.↩
  2. José Dolores Alfonseca.↩