Office of the Historian

821.1561/86: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Colombia (Caffery)

Washington, February 13, 1930—7 p.m.

12. Grace & Company inform the Department that the customs authorities at Buenaventura have imposed a special tax on privately owned lighters at that port. Messrs. Zalles and Parmerton, representatives of the Company will arrive in Bogotá shortly and will request your assistance in connection with this matter. You may take such informal action on their behalf as you consider proper and advisable. Mail instruction follows.3

Cotton
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