740.0011 European War 1939/17782: Telegram
The Colombian Minister for Foreign Affairs (Lopez de Mesa) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 22, 1941—11:14 p.m.]
I have received with pleasure the message in which Your Excellency comments in friendly fashion on the attitude of the Colombian Government in breaking off diplomatic and consular relations with the Governments of Germany and Italy in fulfillment of our pacts of Pan American solidarity and in the service of the continent’s welfare. To work for the honor and justice of our nations is indeed one of life’s rewards and to be able to do so in the noble company of statesmen like Your Excellency, to whom I am united by such lofty memories, adds a highly cordial stimulus thereto.