LETTER TO COMMANDER RUBEN PIEDRAHITA FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

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May 4, 1950

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ER l-21t0-a Approved For Release 2004/01/30 : CIA-RDP86B00269E Q00900080008-6 - Tt may 195? Com ander Ruben Piedrahita Naval Attache Embassy of Colombia 1609 - 22nd Street N. Washington, D. C. Dear Cor.arider Piedrahita : In reply to the questions in your letter of 3 '.:ay 1254, I wish to assure you that no written detailed report was wade regarding the 9th of April incidents in Bogota and, consequently, since none was made, none was distributed among Government agencies or published in the press. Nith best wishes, believe the, Sincerely, -T/ - C'/'9 6- 2 R. F. Hillenkoetter Rear Ad--irai, USN Director of Central Intelligence D:RHH:lec Distribution: Orig--addr 6see 1 cc--DCI' 2 cc--OSO w/ basic Approved For Release 2004/01/30 : CIA-RDP86B00269R000900080008-6 P Approved For Rel6e 2004/01/30: CJA-RDP86B 29R000J00080008-6 188462 D E P A R T M E N T O F S T A T E , F 0 R E I G N S E R V I C E I N S T I T U T E Foreign Service Orientation Conferences Program for four weeks commencing April 26, 1948 Time: 9:00 A. M. M-oe: New State Auditorium ................................................................................................................................................................................. Monday Monday April 26 -- INTRODUCTION TO THE FAR EAST May 100 -- John B. Appleton, Acting Special Assistant, Division of Research for the Far East (DRF) See H. Dewayne Kreager, Assistant ootnote* Director, Foreign Ser'ioe 'Tuesday ApA rIl 27 -- INTRODUCTION TO EUROPE Tuesday Theodore Achilles, Chief, Division of Western European Affairs (FIE) Wednesday April 5 -- THE EUROPEAN AID PROGRAI William H. Bray, Advisor on ERP, Division of International Resources ( IR ) Thursday Apr =g -- INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIA Fr ids. William B. Rallis, Division of Research for Europe (DRE) May TI -- SECURITY IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE Robert B. Freeman, Assistant Chief, School of Administrative and Manage- ment Training, Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Wednesdayy May -- THE PERSONNEL PROGRAM OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE Clement J. Sobotka, Acting Associate Chief, Division of Foreign Service Personnel (FP) Thursday May 13 - PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN THE FOREIGN SE '.VICE Kenneth B. Atkinson, Chief Placement Officer, Division of F. S. Personnel (FP) Apr 30 -- INTRODUCTION TO THE MOSLEM WORLD ay -- THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING At, THE DEPARTMENT AP. STMPT W. Wendell Cleland, Chief, Division of Research for Near J. Carney Howell, Deputy Di- East and Africa (DRN) rector, office of Budget and Planning,(OBP) ..... ............ ................... ......................................................................................... ................................. ........:............................................... ........................................ .................... ......................... .......... Monday Monday May -- INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICA May T7 -- THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A CURRENT SURVEY Tine ada~ ay -w Sheldon T. Mills, Chief, ' Division of North and Test Coast Affairs (N,',C) INTRODUCTION TO THE BRITISH COMMON- WEALTH OF NATIONS Joseph Sweeney, Chief, British Commonwealth Branch, Division of Research for Europe (ORE) Walter C. Dowling, FSO, Associate Chief, Division of Southern European Affairs (SE) Thursday ay - UNDERSTANDING FOREIGN PEOPLES Edward A. Kennard, Foreign Service Institute (FSI) Friday May -- CONDUCT AND CONTACTS ABROAD Ambassador Nelson ,Johnson, .Secretary General, Far Eastern OQMmissiQn (FEC) Robert H. Berkov, Asst. Dir. Office of Information and Educational Exchange (OIL') ........... ........_.....,........._................................... encesonay"17 an1'8' only will be lieYd in Room I{I4~ Old State Building. For further information call Ext. 4679. Dept. personnel are invited to all 9:00 A.M. conferences? THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONING OF FOREIGN SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS Leon Cowles, FSO, Division of Foreign Service Personnel (FP) Tuesdday May lb -- POLITIC.,L OBJECTIVES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY See ootnote* Robert McClintock, FSO, Special' Assistant to Director, Office of United Nations Affairs (UNA) Wednesday a~i y 19 - ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY Arthur G. Stevens, Special Asst. to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs (U-E) Thursday 7a 10 -- EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY Francis J. Colligan, Acting Chief, Division of International Exchange of Persons (IEP) Friday May 2 T -- THE INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAM AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE Approved For Release 2004/01/30 : CIA-RDP86B00269R000900080008-6 Approved For Release 2004101130 : CIA-RDP86B00269R000900080008-6 A C & R COMMUNICATION UNINTERRUPTED between Bogota and U.S. throughout recent crisis! AMERICAN CABLE & RADIO CORPORATION was the only system able to provide uninterrupted telegraph service between Colombia, United States and other parts of the world. Pxiox To THE Inter-American Conference which recently convened at Bogota, All America Cables and Radio, Inc., with its sister company Mackay Radio, established a direct radio teleprinter circuit between the State Department in Washington, D. C. and the American Embassy in Bogota, and kept this circuit in operation to handle important gov- ernment messages and press dispatches which in- formed the world of stirring events that occurred during the past few days. The American Cable & Radio Corporation owns and operates offices at Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Buenaventura, Barranquilla and Cartagena through its subsidiary company All America Cables and Radio, Inc. The American Cable & Radio Corporation is an associated company of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation and, through its sub- sidiaries, owns and operates 134 cable and radio stations abroad which are always in a position to serve the needs of the press and the public, not only in times of crises but during every hour of every day and night to promote international trade and to further the interests of world peace and prosperity. American Cable & Radio Corporation "via All America" "via Mackay" "via Commercial" An I. T. & T. 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