File No. 763.72/4984
The Ambassador in Brazil (Morgan) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Rio de Janeiro,
May 29, 1917, noon.
[Received 6.30 p.m.]
[Received 6.30 p.m.]
Foreign Relations Committee of Brazilian Chamber has recommended that Congress authorize the Executive power to utilize German merchant vessels anchored in Brazilian ports; also to take measures to defend Brazilian foreign commerce, arranging the matter with friendly nations so as to assure freedom of importation and exportation, revoking for this purpose present neutrality decrees when such action may be expedient.
Morgan