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711.2127/10–1846: Airgram

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

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Washington , October 18, 1946

A–337. CAB has requested redescription of routes in Section A Annex of proposed bilateral air transport agreement to read as follows:

  • “1. The United States to Bogotá and thence to points in Ecuador and beyond.
  • 2. The United States to Barranquilla and beyond Colombia (a) to the Panama Canal Zone and beyond and (b) to points in Venezuela and beyond.
  • 3. The Panama Canal Zone to Barranquilla and beyond Colombia to points in Venezuela and beyond.
  • 4. The United States (including the Panama Canal Zone) to Cali and thence to points in Ecuador and beyond Ecuador (a) from Quito, Ecuador to Ipiales and (b) to points in Peru and beyond.
  • 5. The United States (including the Panama Canal Zone) to Barranquilla, Bogotá or Cali and thence to points in Brazil and beyond.”

For Embassy’s background information, Braniff would be designated for route 1, Panam for routes 2 and 3, and Panagra for route 4. Route 5 would cover new route across interior Brazil via Manaos provided for in recently concluded US-Brazilian agreement which route has not yet been awarded by CAB to any US carrier.

While these descriptions may be regarded as somewhat general in nature, they are intended to reflect the actual routes and route points described in the CAB’s Latin American decision, plus route 5 above.

CAB drafted above route redescriptions before receiving Embassy’s despatch 1925 September 27,64 which Dept has called to CAB’s attention with a request for further comments. While it is possible that the Colombians may desire more specific route descriptions than outlined above, Embassy is requested to proceed at early suitable opportunity, with discussions for bilateral agreement on foregoing basis, and necessity or desirability of further describing U.S. routes will be considered when Colombian route proposals have been officially submitted.

Byrnes

[The negotiations continued for many months without producing an agreement. The Colombian Government maintained that the United States, by denying Colombian Airways certain route and terminal facilities, had failed to fulfill the 1929 agreement. (711.2127/5–2147)]

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