Historical Documents - Office of the Historian

Colombia:

Contents

Message of President Suárez to the National Congress, July 20, 1919 (Document 723)
Treaty of April 6, 1914, with the United States (Documents 724–758)
- Amendments to the treaty proposed by the United States and accepted by the Colombian Government—Proposals for an amendment, protocol, or separate agreement safeguarding oil interests (Documents 724–758)
Petroleum legislation (Documents 759–777)
- 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)
Ownership of Roncador and other cays (Documents 778–785)
- Proclamations assuming exclusive jurisdiction of the United States; erection of lighthouses—Protest by Colombia (Documents 778–785)
Boundary dispute with Panama
Boundary dispute with Peru
Boundary dispute with Venezuela