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The Chargé in Peru (Mayer) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:25 p.m.]
184. A decree has been issued whereby the military junta assumes all the attributes which the Constitution confers on the Executive and Legislative powers. Government will be carried on by decrees, laws and resolutions of legislative character which will be promulgated by the president of the junta and the respective ministries in the usual way.
The morning press announces mutual recognition between the juntas of Bolivia and Peru.8
A decree has also been published for a complete revision of the budget for 1931 with a view to cutting down expenses materially.
- See vol. i, pp. 415 ff.↩