File No. 835.73/44

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Brazil ( Benson )

[Telegram]

You are instructed to bring the following to the attention of the Brazilian Government:

The American Government on account of its belief that it is the desire of Brazil to facilitate telegraphic communication between Brazil and the United States would be glad if the Brazilian Government would find a method of modifying the decision published in the Official Gazette of February 18, which amounts practically to a discrimination against telegrams exchanged between the United States and Brazil and therefore leaves these telegrams in an unfavorable position in contrast with telegrams exchanged between Brazil and other foreign countries.

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The Government of the United States recognizes that Brazil is somewhat hampered by her arrangements with the Western Telegraph Co. but in spite of that it hopes that unfavorable discrimination against telegrams to the United States may be removed since it is a matter in which our people may be interested.

Lansing