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).