721.23/595: Telegram
The Minister in Colombia (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
Bogotá, December
21, 1932—7 p.m.
[Received 9:55 p.m.]
[Received 9:55 p.m.]
86. Department’s 54, December 20, 6 p.m. Olaya’s first reaction to Maúrtua proposal is favorable although he said that offhand he saw two decided objections:
- 1.
- The joint commission to go to Leticia should be presided over by an American and,
- 2.
- The delay mentioned in the fourth sentence of the Department’s telegram could not be more than 2 weeks as it would be impossible for him to hold up any longer troops now at, and about to arrive at, Para numbering about 2,000 aboard five vessels under command of Vasquez Cobo.
The President said he would consult his various official advisers tomorrow morning and give me a definite answer in the afternoon.
Caffery