Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1926, Volume II

711.212/5

The Minister in Colombia (Piles) to the Secretary of State

Bogotá, November 8, 1926.
[Received November 29.]

No. 971

Sir: Referring to my despatch No. 964 of October 18 and my telegram No. 33 of the 6th instant,¹⁷ I have the honor to enclose herewith copy and translation of the reply of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to my note of October 14th with respect to entering into a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights between the United States and Colombia, from which it will be seen that the proposal has found favor with the Colombian Government. (Copies of this despatch and the enclosures thereto will be forwarded in the pouch leaving here today.)

Future developments concerning the subject will be promptly reported.

I have [etc.]

Samuel H. Piles

[Enclosure—Translation]

The Colombian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Gomez) to the American Minister (Piles)

Bogotá, November 3, 1926.

Mr. Minister: I have the honor to refer to Your Excellency’s courteous note of October 14, last, bearing No. 598, with which Your Excellency sent me a copy of a treaty concluded between the United States and Germany on December 8, 1923.

Your Excellency expresses in said note the desire of the Government of the United States to conclude a similar treaty with Colombia, with the idea “of doing all it can to continue and strengthen the friendly relations existing between Colombia and the United States;” and Your Excellency also states that treaties of this nature have been signed by your country with various other nations.

In reply, I am pleased to inform Your Excellency that the Government of Colombia is disposed to begin the study and bring about the completion of a pact of such importance with all the more reason because, as Your Excellency well knows, Colombia gives the greatest attention to everything which may contribute to strengthen its good relations with the United States.¹⁸

I am [etc.]

Antonio Gomez Restrepo

17. Neither printed.
18. In a memorandum of the Treaty Division, dated Jan. 21, 1931, it was stated that: “On August 28, 1926, instructions were sent to the American Legation at Bogota requesting the Legation to inquire whether the Government of Colombia was disposed to conclude a treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights (711.212/2A). An affirmative reply was reported by the American Legation on November 6, 1926 (711.212/3). Instructions and a draft treaty were prepared, but never sent.” (File No. 711.212/10.)