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Colombia: Records of the U.S. Department of State, 1960-1963

The documents in this collection offer a snapshot of Colombia at the height of the Cold War. Numerous records track the impact of the Castro revolution in Cuba, for example: "Colombia Tourist Agent Visits Embassy Regarding Prospective Travel of Colombians on Planned USSR Flights Between Havana and Moscow"; and naval equipment on loan: "Colombian Navy would like to lease ... from the United States Navy, under similar terms as those contained in the lease for the Floating Dry Dock." On the economy: National Coffee Federation tabulations (September 1960); and "it was a sellers' market during December for anyone holding dollars for sale as the Colombian peso continued to fall in relation to the dollar. The free market has advanced nervousness since October" (15 January 1963).

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Resource id

106229

Subjects

General and Interdisciplinary Databases History Political Science

Database types

Full Text Database

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Further information

Countries	Mittelamerika Suedamerika
Report time	1960 to 1963

External identifiers

ZDB-ID	3210946-5
ZDB Product code / ISIL	ZDB-1-COR
FIDELIO-PPN	012708860

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