Date:
10 November 2008
Author(s):
Robert A. King (Western Hemisphere Affairs Directorate)
Classification Level:
Confidential with Secret Attachment
Citation:
National Security Council. Executive Office of the President. Colombia. Robert A. King. Transition 2844.
Transition Memo:
Memorandum for the Record –Transition 2844
Colombia
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Author(s): William B. Wood (U.S. Ambassador to Colombia), Fernando Araujo Perdomo (Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs), Juan Manuel Santos Calderón (Colombian Minister of Defense)
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