832.51 Sa 6/126: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Morgan)

23. Your 26, June 23, 3 P.M., last clause. The instruction of May 3, 5 P.M., you will remember stated that the Department is not prepared to pass on the merits of the controversy. Neither does it expect you to decide whether the action of the state government is justified. However, the Department believes that as soon as the President’s health permits you should, very informally, of course, take the action suggested in the last paragraph of the instruction cited.

Kellogg