811.20 Defense(M)Colombia/612: Telegram

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

510. Department’s telegram 357, March 20, 7 p.m.66 Complete preliminary agreement has been reached with the Minister of War67 on the air rubber agreement based on terms conforming with the original contract submitted by Defense Supplies Corporation. To [Page 34] simplify procedure Colombian authorities have considered it advisable to put this agreement into effect as one of the individual steps to be taken in the implementation of the more general agreement on strategic materials concerning which the exchange of notes referred to in the Embassy’s telegram 495, March 19, 3 p.m.68 and previous correspondence is pending. It is expected that the air rubber agreement will be made effective after such exchange of notes.

Lane
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  2. Presumably Ramon Santo Domingo, who succeeded Alejandro Galvis Galvis on March 16, 1943.
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