THE CUBAN ARMY
PRESIDENT IN COMMAND resignation of chiefs (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph-Copyrtent) HAVANA,-Feb. 4. Colonel Batista left the Presidential Palace to take over personal'command of the army. He suspended, const it u--tional guarantees vrfor; ing the resignqtlph-;of the itfmy chief, Jose Pedrenza, the navy chief, Aurelio. Gonzalex, arid the national police chief, Bernardo Garcia, which wefe reported to be due to a political dispute between departmentaT heads. , The palace is heavily yarded with, 1 machine-guns and sandbags,. Journalists were not permitted to enter and army leave has been cancelled.. ; : Colonel Batista, in a telephone' interview from,'army headquarters, said: “I am la: * he armed forces, peace reign are no disturbances anywhere.” ASSASSINATION PLOT ARMY CHIEFS ARRESTED ' HAVANA, Feb. 4. An anonymous telephone call to Colonel Batista, threatening to' “fire on the palace" preceded the arrests of the army and navy chiefs. The threat is reported to have been part of a plot by the military leaders to assassinate Colonel Batista at midnight, which was abandoned due to lack of support for a revolt.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24525, 6 February 1941, Page 2
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