Office of the Historian

811.20 Defense(M)Colombia/582: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Colombia (Lane)

Washington, March 16, 1943—9 p.m.

327. Embassy’s telegram 452, March 13, 7 p.m. In view of the desire of the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Department withdraws its objection to the inclusion of numbered paragraph 10 in the draft text of the proposed note.

Accordingly, you may proceed with the drafting of the note with the inclusion of paragraph 10. When you are satisfied that the revised draft embodies the amendment and clarification of numbered paragraphs 3 and 5, as suggested in Department’s telegram 292 of March 10, you may proceed with the exchange of notes.65

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  1. The notes were signed and exchanged on March 29, 1943. For texts, see Executive Agreement Series No. 442, or 58 Stat. (pt. 2) 1546.↩