REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIO DEPARTMENT OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF Staré fue le hus. Brief OF STATE Ulah melanggan ALO PA DIVISION OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS OF STATE November 7, 1940 ERICAN REPUBLICS Mr. Pool: 45 November 7, 1940.
In view of continuing reports of the illness of IN COSTA RICAS President Calderón Guardia, Itution of Costa Rica (Article would you kindly prepare a blic memorandum discussing the various The President of the Re the death or resignation of possibilities for a temporary the Vice Presidents (desigreplacement by one of the appointment shall hold that designados.
Laurence Duggan term of the presidential PA LD: GMB 10Air AM ignados elected by the Costa. Congress on May are, in order, as follows. 1) Rafael Calderon Munoz ei (2) Jorge Hine Saborioica. bet (3) Francisco Calderon Guardia.
818100 1627 RECORDS MFAN NOV 5 1940 DIVISION OF CATIONS AND RESET The first presidential designado. Rafael Calderon PS FF Munoz. is the father of the President. He is an old man COMMUNICE and now lives in California, where he is understood to be undergoing medical treatment. For all practical purposes, he would probably not figure in the succession, although he is by law the one who should take over.
The second designado. Jorge Hine Saborio. is the Director of the Bank of Costa Rica. The files do not appear to contain much about him. The author of the letter DEC 1940 FILED to Mr. Welles, Fernandez Mon tufar, states that Jorge Hine