File No. 711.21/277.

The Secretary of State to Minister Thomson.

No. 26.]

Sir: The Department has received your telegram of June 17, 3 p.m.

The Department will be glad to be promptly advised when any formal arrangements shall be proposed for spending the amount stipulated for payment by the United States in the pending treaty between the United States and Colombia.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
Robert Lansing
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