821.24/8–2844: Airgram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Colombia ( Lane )
Washington
, September
4, 1944—10 a.m.
A–598. Reference the last paragraph of the Embassy’s despatch no. 3806 of May 20, 1944 and the Embassy’s telegram 1509, August 28, 7 p.m., it does not appear that the detailed information you request would be useful for the purpose you indicate, since for your secret information, the total figure in the lend-lease agreement and the sum total of actual deliveries is larger for the other country.
Hull