File No. No. 763.72113/639
The Ambassador in Brazil ( Morgan ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Rio de Janeiro
,
August 2, 1918, 3 p.m.
[Received August 3, 8.53 a.m.]
[Received August 3, 8.53 a.m.]
Minister of Finance confirmed to me today current report that Brazilian Government is taking over and liquidating the three German banks as well as the principal German houses in Brazil with capital and offices in Germany. Please telegraph résumé of manner in which German houses in the United States are treated whose capital and offices are wholly located in the United States.
Morgan