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...plus checking with tables of airline distances, shows that -even allowing for a Kiska stopover-the Japs would find Minneapolis at least 300 miles farther from Tokyo than is San Diego. And, similarly measured on great circles, Chicago is at least 1,000 statute miles closer to Punta Gallinas, Colombia, than to the nearest Siberian point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 26, 1942 | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

...incident." This week mass meetings in various cities indicated that Chileans were choosing sides and Santiago's evening tabloid, Ultimas Notidas, went so far as to say the government might decide to resign. Various Good Neighbors had already come to Sumner Welles's support. Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia were all reported working for Chilean-U.S. understanding. President Roosevelt sent a message to President Rios hoping that his visit was "merely postponed for a short time." President Ríos thanked President Roosevelt for his message. In the end Sumner Welles's straight talk might prove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: The Aftermath | 10/26/1942 | See Source »

Describing the ever-increasing pressure of public opinion in Colombia as decidedly pro-Ally, Professor de Haas said that her entry is only a matter of time, and as Columbia has already broken diplomatic relations with the Axis, the first provocation may give the government its opportunity to declare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Colombian War Call Foreseen by de Haas | 10/21/1942 | See Source »

...past three weeks, J. Anton de Haas, Professor of International Relations at the Business School, has been in Bogota, Colombia, where he is aiding the local authorities in preparing plans for a college of business administration. To carry on this important duty, Professor de Haas was appointed Special Consultant of the Coordinator of Inter-American affairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: De Haas Sets Up College in Bogota | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

...present there is no school of commerce in the Republic of Colombia. The growth of commercial relations between that country and the United States has created the need for a school in which the young men of Colombia can learn American methods and in which students from the United States can learn about the methods of business prevailing in South America...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: De Haas Sets Up College in Bogota | 9/28/1942 | See Source »

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