611.2131/297: Telegram
The Chargé in Colombia (Washington) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:06 p.m.]
32. My 28, February 13, 5 p.m. Foreign Minister Olaya informed me this afternoon that the Colombian Government will be ready to proceed with the negotiations for the commercial treaty in Washington immediately upon the presentation of credentials by Minister Miguel López. As the credentials and the Minister’s instructions are being sent by air mail it is expected that he will be prepared to discuss the treaty within a week or 10 days. Dr. Olaya told me informally that strong objections will be raised to the following changes: elimination of the anti-dumping clause, the revision of old article 4, and article 10.
[Page 438]I emphasized the interest of the United States Government in expediting the negotiations and he promised that he would bend every effort to this end.