Office of the Historian

721.23/1008: Telegram

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

Bogotá, February 4, 1933—3 p.m.
[Received 8 p.m.]

25. Department’s telegram No. 16, February 3, 6 p.m. Personal for Rublee. Do I understand your telegram correctly90 as follows: Peru would turn over Leticia at once to Brazil; conference would start at once Rio de Janeiro and no matter what result conference Brazil would deliver Leticia to Colombia at expiration of 60 days? Olaya would accept that formula but would not propose it to Brazil as Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs has declared efforts at mediation ended and he wants to be free to have Vasocobo [Vasquez Gobo?] move early next week (public patience with the Government may be exhausted any moment).

Caffery
  1. In telegram No. 17, February 6, noon, the Secretary of State replied for Mr. Rublee: “Your understanding my telegram is correct.”↩