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Colombia, 1-40, 903
Barco petroleum controversy, settle-
ment of, contract between South
American Gulf Oil Co. and Colom-
bian Government, 18-28
Negotiations: Attitude of Colom-

bian Congress, 19, 20, 21, 22,
26-27; royalties, discussion of,
19, 20, 23; Rublee, George (Ad-
viser to Colombian Govern-
ment), study of Barco matter,
and efforts for prompt action in
settlement of controversy, 18-
20, 22; suggestions by President
Olaya, and attitude of Gulf Co.,
20-21, 22-23, 25

Signature of contract, 25, 28n
U. S. attitude:

Efforts toward

settlement of
controversy, upon President
Olaya's requests for good of-
fices, 22-25, 26-28

U. S. Minister: Opinions and
suggestions, 21-22, 23, 27;
U. S. commendation, 26
Good offices of U. S. Department of
State in resolving differences be-
tween Colombian Government
and American bankers, 28-40
Confusion over two $4,000,000
credits and question of balanc-
ing of Colombian budget:
Colombian position, and observa-
tions of U. S. Minister, 28,
30-32, 33-34, 36
Discussions of U. S. officials with
bankers, and explanation of
bankers' position, 29-30, 32-
33, 35-36
Signature of contract for $4,000,-
000 and renewal of outstand-
ing credits, 36-37

Request of President Olaya for loan
from Federal Reserve to meet
foreign debt services, 37-39;
U. S. position, 39-40

Petroleum legislation affecting Amer-
ican interests, 1-18

Conferences between Colombian of-
ficials and American oil repre-
sentatives concerning proposed
measure, 4-6
Congressional action on bill: Ap-

proval by Council of Ministers
and Interparliamentary Petro-
leum Commission prior to pre-
sentation to Congress, 10; ef-
forts of President Olaya in sup-
port of bill, 11, 13, 15; progress
through House and Senate, 11,
14, 14-15

Regulating decree, 14, 17-18

Colombia-Continued

Petroleum legislation affecting Amer-
ican interests-Continued
Rublee, George, work as Financial
Adviser to Colombian Govern-
ment: Appointment, 1, 2, 3, 6;
assistance in drawing up regu-
lating decree, 14; study of
project, and conferences with
Colombian officials, with Amer-
ican oil representatives and
U. S. Minister, 7-10, 10, 11–12;
termination of work, and ex-
pression of appreciation and
commendation by Colombian
officials and U. S. Minister, 16-
17

Signature of bill, 15
U. S. Minister: Comments on pro-
posed bill, 2-3, 6; efforts on be
half of passage by Congress,
12-13, 15; U. S. commendation,
16
Recognition of revolutionary govern-
ment in Panama, 903

Supía Marmato mining claim (Brit-
ish), settlement of, 28, 29-30, 30,
31
Commercial treaties and agreements.
See under Treaties.
Concessions, contracts, etc. See Colom-
bia: Barco petroleum controversy;
Iraq: Oil concessions; Morocco:
Tangier Administration: Awarding
of electric light concession.
Conciliation. See Switzerland: Trea-
ties with United States: Arbitra-
tion and conciliation.
Consular archives, inviolability of,
888-889

Consular courts. See Ethiopia: U. S.
consular court; Morocco: Tangier
Administration: Tangier Mixed
Tribunal.

Consular officers. See Mexico: Repre-
sentations and U. S. consular off-
cer at Guaymas; Netherlands: Ar-
rangement with United States;
Norway: U. S. Consul at Stavan-
ger; Russia: Visas; Switzerland:
Right of consuls.

Costa Rica:

Aid to Nicaragua following earth-
quake, 793
Nonrecognition of revolutionary gov-

ernment in El Salvador, 176–177,
204-205, 205-206, 208

Recognition of constitutional govern-
ment in Guatemala, 399, 401-402;
of revolutionary government in
Panama, 903

Cotton. See Egypt: International con-
ference, proposed; Germany: Ne
gotiations for sale of surplus Amer-
ican wheat and cotton.

VOLUMES I AND III ARE INDEXED SEPARATELY

Cuba, 41-83, 994
Political unrest, conflict between Gov-
ernment and Opposition ele-
ments, 41-83

Announcement by President Ma-

chado of his intention to remain
in office till end of his term, 80-
81
Constitutional guarantees, suspen-
sion of, 46-47, 59-60, 68, 82
Constitutional reform program of
President Machado. See Re-
form program, infra.
Constitutionality of Government,
decisions of Supreme Court, 61,
64-65
Disturbances, and efforts of author-
ities to maintain order, 41-44,

50
Economic and other factors, relation
to political situation, 44-46, 51–
54, 71, 82-83
Negotiations to bring about accord
between President Machado and
Opposition elements, reports
concerning (see also Rapproche-
ment, infra), 41, 44, 46, 48-50,
55-59,
60-63
Political prisoners, 41, 42, 44, 47-
48, 52-54, 63-64, 72, 78, 79
Rapprochement between Govern-

ment and Opposition elements,
efforts of both factions to bring
about, 77-80

Reform program of President

Machado:

Preliminary discussions. See

Negotiations, supra.

U. S. Ambassador's conferences
with President Machado

concerning, 66-67, 71-76;
Machado's message to Cuban
people and Congress, 75-76
Revolutionary movement: Activi-
ties of conspirators and meas-
ures of Government to counter-
act, 60, 65-66, 67-69, 71; arms
shipments from United States,
question of, 68, 70; capture of
rebel leaders, 70

U. S. Ambassador's views of situa-
tion (see also Reform pro-
gram, supra), 62, 71, 80-82
President Machado. See Political
unrest, supra.

Recognition of Spanish provisional
government, 994

Customs. See Egypt: Customs regime;

Ethiopia: Treaty; Portugal: Ship-
ping discriminations; Spain: Tariff
discriminations; and under France.
Czechoslovakia, recognition of Spanish
provisional government, 992

Debt agreement, U. S.-Germany, June
23, 1930. See Germany: Morato-
rium.

Debts, intergovernmental. See France:
Visit of Prime Minister Laval:
Joint statement and Program of
subjects.

Dexter and Carpenter, Inc. See Swe-
den State railways.
Disarmament. See France: Visit of
Prime Minister Laval: Joint state-
ment and Program of subjects.
Discrimination. See Portugal: Ship-
ping discriminations; Spain: Tariff
discriminations; and under France.
Dominican Republic, 84-137
Amortization payments on the exter-
nal debt, suspension of. See un-
der Foreign debt, infra.
Boundary dispute with Haiti, 137
Efforts to obtain loan in United
States, 84-110

Lee, Higginson & Co.:

Interest in short-term loan:
Details of loan plan desired by
Dominican Government,
92-94; conditions set up by
Lee, Higginson & Co., and
U. S. attitude, 95-98
Negotiations, inconclusive ar-
rangements for, 98-99
Recommendation of basic pro-
gram for Dominican finan-
cial stability:

Outline of plan in communica-
tions to U. S. Department
of State, 99-104, 104-106
U. S. disinclination to be in-
volved in

106-108

arrangement,

Views of Dominican Govern-
ment, and inability of Lee,
Higginson to accept new
basis proposed, 108-110
U. S. views with respect to pro-
posals for Dominican financ-
ing (see also Lee, Higginson &
Co., supra, and White & Co.,
infra), 84-85, 90-91

White & Co., J. G., proposal for $5,-

000,000 loan: Dominican desire
for U. S. approval, 85-87; U. S.
objections to company's plan,
88-90, 91

Financial Adviser to Dominican Gov-
ernment: Appointment of Wil-
liam E. Dunn, 91, 98, 99, 100;
general recommendations of Lee,
Higginson & Co., 101-102; work
in connection with Dominican ef-
forts for readjustment of foreign
debt, 117, 118-121, 121-123
Foreign debt, efforts for readjust-
ment of obligations in view of fi-
nancial crisis, 110-137

VOLUMES I AND III ARE INDEXED SEPARATELY

Dominican Republic-Continued
Foreign debt-Continued
Plan for exchange of bonds of for-
eign debt for new conversion
bonds, 110-124; U. S. attitude,
116-117, 117-118, 118-119
Suspension of amortization pay-
ments on external debt:
Texts of emergency laws, and
Dominican explanation of fi-
nancial crisis, 124-130, 133-
134; passage of laws, 132
U. S. attitude: Communication to
Dominican Minister, 131-

132; explanation of policy to
Lee, Higginson & Co. in re-
sponse to inquiry for infor-
mation of bondholders, 134-
137

U. S. Dominican convention of Dec.
27, 1924. Sce Foreign debt,
supra.

Dual nationality (see also Greece: Ex-
emption; Yugoslavia), protocol re-
lating to military obligations in
certain cases of dual nationality
(1930), cited, 387-388

Earthquakes. See under Mexico and
Nicaragua.

Economic problems, world. See France:

Visit of Prime Minister Laval;
Joint statement and Program of
subjects.

Ecuador, 138-141, 900, 902, 903
Granting of asylum to former Presi-

Ident of Panama in Ecuadoran
Legation, 900

Political unrest, 138–141

Assumption of Executive power by-
Larrea Albà, following resigna-

tion of President Ayora, 138-
139, 140-141; U. S. opinion
on question of recognition,
139, 140

Baquerizo Moreno, 141
Asylum in U. S. Legation to former
President Ayora and family,
139

Presidential elections, 140, 141; elec-
tion of Bonifaz, 141

Recognition of revolutionary govern-
ment of Panama, 902, 903
Egypt, 142-168

Agreements with United States. See
Claim of George J. Salem and
Customs regime, infra.
Capitulations. See Customs regime
and Mixed Courts, infra.
Claim of George J. Salem against
Egyptian Government, agreement
between United States and Egypt
for arbitration of: List of pub-
lished documents relating to
claim, 165-166; text signed Jan.
20, 166-168

Egypt-Continued
Commercial agreements:
Permanent conventions with capit-
ulatory powers, question of,
U. S. authorization to Minister
for informal conversations with
French, Italian, and Belgian
colleagues regarding, 160
Provisional agreement with United
States of May 24, 1930. See
Customs regime, infra.

Cotton production, proposed confer-
ence on. See International con-
ference, infra.

Customs regime, U. S. reservation of

rights under provisional commer-
cial agreement of May 24, 1930,
150-160
International conference to regulate
cotton production, proposed, 160-
165

Egyptian proposal, 160-162
U. S. explanation of inability to par-
ticipate, and suggestion for in-
formal discussions between
U. S. and Egyptian representa-
tives, 163, 165; Egyptian ae-
ceptance of suggestion, 164-165
Mixed Courts, U. S. interest in prin-
ciple of equal representation of
principal capitulatory powers,
142-150

Note to Egyptian Government set-
ting forth U. S. position, 142-
143; Egyptian point of view,
143-144

U. S. desire for British support of
American viewpoint: Discus-
sions of U. S. Minister with
British High Commissioner,
144-146, 147-148; representa-
tions to British Foreign Office,
146-147, 148-150

Tax on matches (see also Customs
regime, supra), U. S. consent to
application to American nation-
als, 158-159

Elections (see also Municipal elections
and Presidential elections under
Nicaragua): Ecuador, 141; Guate-
mala, 398, 399, 400, 402; Peru.
921-923

El Salvador, 169-216, 398, 401–402, 793.
805-806, 816

Burglary and assault committed at
the Salvadoran Legation May 13.
212-216

Account of incident and injuries re-
ceived by Salvadoran Chargé,
213-214

U. S. expressions of regret and as
surances of appropriate meas-
ures taken, 212, 215; Salvado-
ran appreciation, 212, 216

VOLUMES I AND III ARE INDEXED SEPARATELY

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