721.23 Repatriates/2
The Minister in Colombia (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
[Received February 25.]
Sir: Referring to the Department’s telegram No. 33 of February 21, 11 a.m. in regard to the possible repatriation of Colombians in [Page 554] Peru,5 I have the honor to transmit herewith copies of a telegram sent by the Legation to the American Embassy at Lima at the request of the Colombian Foreign Office.6
The Foreign Office in a note to the Legation expresses “fears that its communications with the Embassy of the United States at Lima may be delayed or interrupted” and remarks that “it has no code with which to communicate with said Embassy.” It wishes this Legation to act as transmitting agent for cables between it and the American Embassy at Lima sent in code. The Foreign Office asks that all such telegrams be charged to the account of the Colombian Government.
Respectfully yours,