821.24/538: Telegram
The Ambassador in Colombia (Lane) to the Secretary of State
Bogotá, June
1, 1943—9 p.m.
[Received June 2—3:15 a.m.]
[Received June 2—3:15 a.m.]
946. United Press reports appearing in Colombian press May 31 quotes Hector Lazo of the Board of Economic Warfare12 as stating that the Decentralization Plan will be applied in the future only on articles subject to control by War Production Board. Please telegraph urgently whether this statement is true as the effect on the local certifying agency of this unconfirmed report is further to delay the issuance of Import Recommendations.
Lane
- Assistant Director in charge of the Office of Exports.↩