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Colombia <2 Poor Reéeption ere: Englishwoman i in Medellin to parents in England: ",,. Today: ! ; - Wallace, Vice President of the United. States, arrived in-Medellin: f : for a few hours. He has been to every country in. South America. aoe excépt the Argentine. He had a very poor reception here as the. - people were all too busy with their religion. He could not have’ - : chosen a worse day in all the year to come. anyway I don't think 2° he would have had a much better reception if he had come on another. day as the people here do not like the Americans. ..." (4/23/43). Only One Discordant Note Vife of American official in Bogota to California: "fallace has just paid us a visit...He seems to have made a very good im= pression... The only discordant note. I heard was the painting on - our apartnent house building and on the auxilliary Subassy quarters across the street (the reute down which he came with the President of Colombia on his way from the airport) of notices to the effect: ‘Down with Tallace,' ‘Down with the Yankees,' ‘Vie have no more Pan amas...' However, that sort of thing is to be expected froma dis- otk gruntled minority or frou German elements ying to stir up trouble.” eis (4/23/43) - . Radicals Blamed for Adverse Signs oy, American businessman in Puerto tilches to Texes: "Vice: Fres< , : ident “allace arrived here wednesday and left todsy. There wed. ° : ” quite a celebra 2u20n here in hig honoz. Also some rudical exoups’ a a +. managed to ake themselves Known by paiating a let ef uncomplimén- tary signs in prominent olaces around tovn. ‘The signs said in: ays Spanish: ‘Wallace, we have ac oblher Panama. Down with the Yankeesi! 0° 0 coon’ © (2/237 43 } cs _ ; - ro oy o a ft ae * Call fallace "Don Eprique™ “Resident of Cali, we - icy of simpetia or liking ea . are giving to the kind of ‘ipl used on his ous ak : side ot. Bae the ce Pbresicent soened te dike tam. Tt sas Spat ” : . @ ehugie Incident, ta war vhe WAVE OF goed. ~ natives call “allace 'Don Enrique <! Den being noth. feeling... The ae: respectful and intimate. He was put on public divplay and paraddd “6. oo. through clamoring crowds an several cities. He wa showered with“. 0, oc gifts but refusea to accept anything of. value.” . (4/26/43 3 ae ea . ; aie Varied Public Demonstrations ; oo oe ; ~ Golombian in fi Bogota’ Lo Republic of Panama: “Daring Tice dent ialace’s visit many public demonstrations were given. . Nazi Criolics’ pas articipated, showing meny shewbidie 13 wskve Lo Panama, One of these bills read ‘No Otner Panama Sor Sale ““Byt. 24 — here atid those individusle are | tolerated, nothing was dere te them.” A (nfs poles : : - _ or ak * bias N\.