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The Minister in El Salvador ( Curtis ), Temporarily in the United States, to the Chief of the Division of Latin American Affairs ( Wilson )

ile in the Department the following statement may be of some interest. On the morning of December 3, 1931 I was first informed when I telephoned the Artillery Barracks at El Zapote that the revolutionists intended to make General José María Perralta Lagos president, but when I arrived at those barracks I was informed that it was intended to place Vice President (General) Martínez in the Presidency. (Accordingly, the statement contained in the telegram of April 4 is inexact.) Upon reaching the Infantry Barracks I was informed that it was the intention of that regiment to place General Perralta …

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1932-04-05
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1932, The American Republics, Volume V
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1932v05/d657
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Record ID	`frus:frus1932v05/d657`

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The Minister in El Salvador ( Curtis ), Temporarily in the United States, to the Chief of the Division of Latin American Affairs ( Wilson ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1932. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1932v05/d657.