Office of the Historian

839.00/3367: Telegram

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

Santo Domingo, April 7, 1930—noon.
[Received April 8—1:05 p.m.]

48. The President and the civil authorities appear to be taking all possible steps to maintain order but to have no control whatsoever over the Army and very little over some of the provincial authorities.

The story of Trujillo’s interview with Colonel Cutts, at which Rafael Brache was present, has leaked out apparently through telephone operators and has gained wide circulation which only further injured Trujillo’s candidacy.

Curtis