Office of the Historian

321.1163/16

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

No. 1518
Washington, August 19, 1943.

Sir: Reference is made to your strictly confidential despatch no. 2192 of May 29, 194372 and previous despatches concerning attacks made on Protestant missionaries in Colombia.

The Department has reviewed the developments as reported in the despatches under reference and approves the action taken on this question by the Embassy.

Very truly yours,

For the Secretary of State:
A. A. Berle, Jr.
  1. Not printed. In this despatch Ambassador Lane reported that he had discussed the situation with President López and with Foreign Minister Gabriel Turbay. The two Colombian officials assured the Ambassador that the Government would see to it that the missionaries received protection, but the President stated that anything which might be done discreetly to prevent further numbers of missionaries from coming to Colombia would be advisable (321.1163/16).↩