832.01/6b: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Morgan)
81. Your 144, November 7, noon. While your telegram indicates that the new administration is in de facto control and promises and [Page 451] is able to fulfill the international obligations upon which recognition would be postulated, yet you do not advise me directly as to your views upon recognition and the inference of the last paragraph seems to be that you do not advise recognition at present in spite of the facts which you have previously stated. I am not able to understand the object in waiting for a call for an election of a constitutional convention unless we also wait for the resulting action of such a convention which would involve a very long delay. In the cases of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru we recognized upon the frank basis of a control by a de facto government. Are you willing to advise that the de facto control of the present Government of Brazil is sufficiently complete for similar prompt action?