832.00 Revolutions/392: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul General at São Paulo (Cameron)
Your September 27, noon, and September 27, 4 p.m. Ambassador Morgan has advised against sending a warship. He reports that the British sloop Scarsborough arrived Rio de Janeiro September 27 for an ordinary official visit and that this probably created the report in São Paulo of British measures for protection.
In view of the foregoing and in the absence of information that American lives are in danger, Department does not perceive reason in the present situation to warrant sending a warship to Brazilian waters. If in your view subsequent developments warrant reconsideration of the matter please advise Embassy and Department promptly, giving your estimate of the situation and your recommendations. Of course, in the event of disorders in São Paulo, the only object in sending an American warship to Santos would be to evacuate from Santos Americans whose lives might be in danger.