825.01/101
The Brazilian Ambassador (De Lima e Silva) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 23.]
My Dear Mr. Secretary of State: I have just received a cable from Rio de Janeiro asking me to express to Your Excellency that the Brazilian Government would have very much liked to recognize the new Chilean Government at the same time as the United States but has been obliged to hasten said recognition in view of the present situation in South America.
The rupture of diplomatic relations between Argentine and Uruguay33 and the aggravation of the conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia,34 at the Brazilian frontier, create now an atmosphere of continental intranquillity.
The cooperation of Chile, with which Brazil has always maintained relations of extreme cordiality, may be of much value for the solution of that serious question.
With assurances [etc.]