740.21112A/565: Airgram
The Ambassador in Colombia (Lane) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 1—10 a.m.]
A–265. Reference Department’s airgram no. 729, dated May 13, 1943,99 stating that persons, other than Americans, who rent or purchase residential property from Proclaimed List nationals should not be recommended for inclusion on that sole account.
Reference is made also to the Department’s airgram no. 215, dated March 18, 1944,99 stating that the acceptance of a power of attorney from a Proclaimed List national does not in itself furnish sufficient [Page 840] basis for listing action, but if the agent named in the power of attorney undertakes to actively administer the property, the nature of the administration might be such as to make listing desirable.
The Department’s instructions are now requested as to the policy which should be followed with respect to persons dealing in residential property belonging to Proclaimed List nationals, either as brokers for the sale of the property or as administrators collecting rents and forwarding them to the owners, where the property of the principal is not subject to fiduciary administration. A case has recently been presented involving the Agencia de la Espriella, of Barranquilla which serves as the broker and renting agency for residential properties belonging to Heinrich Lindemeyer (PL) and Erwin Heumann (PL). The Agencia de la Espriella has refused to terminate its connections with and for these Proclaimed List nationals on the ground that it involves residential property only and if it surrenders the management of such property, some other agency will accept them.