710.Consultation (3)/222: Telegram

The Ambassador in Colombia ( Braden ) to the Secretary of State

16. For the Under Secretary. Your telegram No. 10, January 4, 2 p.m. I know the President will greatly appreciate the information you have sent me and which I will convey to him as soon as possible after his return to town on January 7. On January 2 Santos referring to the draft resolution said that of course Colombia would strongly support it in every way but he felt it would be more effective if boiled down to only a concise resolution by all the Republics to break relations. He added that the Colombian delegation would wish to help us in every way at Rio.

The Secretary General of the Foreign Office when he gave me copy of aforementioned resolution expressed his personal opinion that Argentina had been frightened by it and therefore had accepted the representation of Italy in order to use it at Rio as an estoppel to her agreeing to break relations.

Braden