832.3421/41: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil ( Morgan ) to the Secretary of State
Rio de
Janeiro
,
May 23, 1918, 1 p.m.
[Received July 24, 3.59 a.m.]
[Received July 24, 3.59 a.m.]
Confidential. Department’s June 24, 2 p.m. Forwarded today in pouch number 20 by cruiser Montevideo text of Vickers Armstrong proposition, which would close the open door, covering 55-year monopoly of construction steel plant, shipyards, et cetera, with important ramifications. Itabira not controlling factor in awarding contract.
Morgan