810.5051/8–2444: Telegram
The Ambassador in Colombia (Lane) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:45 p.m.]
1491. According to legal counsel of Rubber Development Corporation, the representative to be appointed by court will be expected to defend on merits of the case. However, he will not be able to defend properly without having full information regarding Uricoechea case which he will not have unless supplied by Rubber Development Corporation. Please confirm Embassy’s understanding that Rubber Corporation should furnish no information to any representative appointed by the court.
Immunity from suit has been requested (Embassy’s dispatch No. 4185, August 565) but apparently has not been recognized by court. Settlement through direct negotiation does not seem possible because of the intransigeant attitude of claimant, although efforts to reach a direct settlement are made whenever possible by Rubber Corporation in the hope of avoiding lawsuits.
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