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Colombia Third Nation
In Latin America to
Break With Russians
ly the Auociot.d Pr««
BOGOTA, Colombia, May 4.—Co
lombia became the third Latin
American nation today to sever dip
lomatic relations with Russia. A
break has been expected ever since
President Mariano Ospina Perez
blamed international communism
for the bloody April 9 revolution.
The Colombian cabinet decided on
the break late yesterday. A short
time later, a note announcing the
action was delivered to the Soviet
Legation. Its contents were not dis
closed.
The government radio broadcast
in English an announcement of the
rupture last night. Informants be
• lieved the government will inform
Colombian citizens of its decision
today.
Communism Condemned.
Colombia's action followed that of
Chile and Brazil. Both broke with
the Soviet October 21, 1947. A 21-,
nation decision condemning inter
national communism was passed by
the Pan American Conference which
closed here Sunday.
For the last month responsible
sources say, Mr. Ospina Perez and
his Conservative cabinet colleagues
have been trying to persuade Liberal
Party members that Colombia
should break with the U. S. S. R.
Observers believe the Liberals!
were swung over last week when |
Carlos Arango Velez, Colombian
Ambassador to the Vatican, chief
Colombian delegate to the Pan
American Conference and a top Lib
eral leader, declared in a radio
speech that Communists engineered
the April 9 uprising, which claimed
1.500 lives and disrupted the con
ference for several days. The assas
sination of Liberal Party Leader,
Jorge Elieeer Gaitan touched off the
revolt
Mr. Arango Velez warned that!
Colombia was only the first South i
American nation to be selected for i
a Communist campaign aimed at I
dominating the Western Hemi-^
sphere.
Reply to Red Note.
informants said the government j
decided to wait until the conference j
ended before making known its de
cision on Russia.
A few hours before the rupture!
was announced. Foreign Minister
Eduardo Zuleta Angel said Colombia
had replied to a Soviet note pro
testing an alleged armed raid April
12 on a Bogota house in which
Russian legation stafT members were
living.
The Russian note charged the
raid was conducted by Colombian
government agents.
Mr. Zuleta Angel said the Colom
bian reply denied that government
agents had entered the house. He
said it acknowledged that agents
did raid the office of the Soviet In
formation Bureau and seized docu
ments which later were returned.
The Foreign Minister aaid the
Russian note was strongly worded
and declared that the legation sec
retary and another employe were
detained and the legation prevented
from communicating with Moscow.
Colombia denied both charges, he
said.
Pawley, Armour See Revolt
In Bogota Binding Americas
MIAMI, Fla.. May 4 (AT-William
D Pawley, former Ambassador to
Brazil, and Assistant Secretary of
State Norman Armour concluded
last night that the recent Colombian
revolt served to “bind the Amer
ican republics more firmly together.”
Mr. Paw'ley and Mr. Armour, who
arrived here in Mr. Pawley's private
plane from the ninth Inter-Amer
ican Conference in Bogota, Colom
bia, declared the Communists tried
to break up the conference, but
f Ailed.
"The uprising showed representa
tives of all countries (attending the
conference) what could happen to
any of us. Its a good thing they
were there to winess it," Mr. Pawley
said.
Mr. Armour termed the confer
ence "very successful.”
“I have the greatest admiration
for the Colombian government," he
said, “they enabled us to go ahead
with the conference after the rev
olution. It was very laudable.”
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30-Day Sentences Given
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Nine defendents of a total of 132
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The board’s recommendation
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