832.00 Revolutions/242: Telegram
The Chargé in Brazil (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
Rio de Janeiro, July 12,
1932—9 a.m.
[Received 9 a.m.]
[Received 9 a.m.]
53. All ports São Paulo are declared temporarily closed to domestic and foreign shipping by a decree issued last evening.
The cruiser Rio Grande do Sul was despatched last night to Santos which is in the hands of São Paulo forces.
Thurston