Office of the Historian

821.6363/1148: Telegram

The Minister in Colombia (Caffery) to the Acting Secretary of State

Bogotá, July 24, 1931—11 a.m.
[Received 5:13 p.m.]

100. Regulating decree under the oil law will probably be published in Diario Oficial today. The date for receiving proposals formerly fixed August 1st will be extended to September 1st; October 15 remaining fixed for the other proposals.

[Paraphrase.] If the regulating decree is published in the form President Olaya said he was accepting yesterday, it will be highly satisfactory. The extension to September 1st was made at the suggestion of Mr. Metzger. [End paraphrase.]

Caffery