442. Editorial Note
Assistant Secretary Holland, accompanied by officials from various United States Government agencies, visited six South American countries, November 17–December 3. The delegation visited Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina to discuss inter-American problems with government officials and with Embassy personnel. Upon his departure on November 17, Holland stated: “I shall be interested in seeing, myself, how the economic policies enunciated at the Meeting of Ministers of Finance and Economy at Rio de Janeiro a year ago are going forward.” For text of Holland’s departure statement, see Department of State Bulletin, November 28, 1955, page 897. An account of the trip and related memoranda of conversation were transmitted in despatch 355, November 25. (Department of State, Central Files, 033.1120/11–2555) Additional documentation is ibid., 110.15–HO.