837.00/4114: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Welles) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:58 p.m.]
333. Batista has just sent me word that he has placed a guard around the National Hotel to prevent any further looting by soldiers and especially distribution of contents of wine cellars. He assures me that the lives of all the officers now in custody will be personally guaranteed by himself and that I may feel confident that order will be maintained in the city tonight.
From all information I can obtain, in view of the difficulty of communications, all sections of the city have been relatively quiet during the past 2 hours.