P HARRY TRUMAN LIBRARY Papers of NÄTHANIEL P, DAVIS NEW ferge Pue je exupoa Toda MU TO Voorvet blog Dimry, Anril 3, 1949.
Yesterday afternoon. Setuidav. Lovise and were.
terreacefully restringing her ne rls when the telephone rong and Miss Penny told me that machine gun had been placed on the roof behind her nenthouse on he men hed said they would return to place one on her tersece, told her to tell them that they could not do that becouse of her Embassy status, and that would get in touch with the authorities. She did not know what was the sixnificance of this move, called the.
Toreign Minister but could not find him, then called the President private number. Aman, evidently muar, sns. wered and said misht try the office. called there and got Alex Murray. He said the President and his cabinet were in the Pacific Railway station and asked if knew what was going on. said that WAS what was trying to find out. He said that Cardona, Minister of Public Security, and the Cortes brothers had started a military revolt, making certain demands on the President which he would not grant. Cardona had control of the cuartels and a larre portion of the government arms, but relatively few mon. Figueres had the nolice, controlled most of the city and had his hesduerters pt the Pacific Sta.
tion. With this alermine, but, in view of information coming in in recent weeks, not too startline news, went to the office.
Various members of the staff were there and by judicious XX phone calls we began to niece together various items of news. suggested to Col. McBride that he mnd Herrison Co to the station and find out from Figueros himself what the situation was, They did so and returned ith substantially the same story Alex Murrey had told me, edding thot Figueres hed received Assurances of lovelty from the thorities of 9ll of the Provinces except Gilenecoste, from which no renort hed yet come. in. Later Georse Woodbridge came from Tirueres to asl.
about licenses for ammunition, exnl ining that while the povt had plenty of men, Carrone had the bulk of the srms and still more ammunition. If the fight should be prolonged the covt would need more ammo in a hurry. He also said that Figueres and Ulate would broadcast at six. We stick Brould until seven thirty to but there was no broadcast. After sending a brief telegram to the Dept went home to dinner taking Andy and the inspectors with me. We had hardly cot there when the office called that Figueres had sent wors that he wanted to see me Andy and left immediately, nicked un col McBride at the office and drove on to the station. We had no difficulty setting there. It 19S enparent that the few armed men in the streets were 11 Figueristes. The President received us in the manager office, surrounded by a crowd of nearly two hundred nersons in the office, weiting room, and corridor. All of the cabinet, excent of course Cordon TOTO there. nd many of the men had first met rt Ficueres headCarters in Certaro iust a year ago, including Frank Marshall. Fisieres was saddened ut determined. He Snoke ith considerable emotion of the Soms iscrece to Costa A1 isine, but excused the rebels by saying that GEAHE werelys some neonle ho o und it hard to set AB LODECH. SEKOICE life after war. This Hevolt micht be looked non is that sort of ftermath to his revolution of Isst year. He then save us. factual story of lum Daly Costa