Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1919, Volume I - Office of the Historian

Petroleum legislation

Contents

Executive Decree No. 1255bis of June 20, 1919—Executive resolution of July 22 suspending the decree—Objections of the United States to the decree—Decision of the Colombian Supreme Court holding certain articles of the decree unconstitutional—Executive Decree No. 2251 of November 26 annulling Decree No. 1255bis—Enactment by the Colombian Congress of Petroleum Law, No. 120; approved December 30 (Documents 759-777)