724.3415/4055: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson)
117. The Department has today cabled the following instruction to the American Ambassador in Buenos Aires:
[Page 74][Here follow first and second paragraphs of telegram No. 103, August 30, 4 p.m., to the Ambassador in Argentina, printed supra.]
Please advise the Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs of the substance of the views expressed by this Government to the Argentine Foreign Office and state that the Department will greatly appreciate receiving the expression of the views of the Brazilian Government and any suggestions which the Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs may care to offer in order that the present negotiations may not be prejudiced. The Department is advised that Avenol intends to approach Brazil immediately, if he has not already done so.