810.34 Leasing/28: Telegram
The Chargé in Brazil ( Scotten ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:19 p.m.]
93. From Ambassador Caffery.13 During my first call this afternoon upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs the latter, who had just returned from a conference with President Vargas, showed me a telegram from Aranha14 regarding Ambassador Espil’s15 visit to the Department to set out his Government’s point of view in regard to postponing the destroyer matter until the holding of a naval conference. Aranha recommends that, should the American Government agree with the point of view of the Argentine, Brazil should relinquish the project of obtaining the destroyers but should at the same time make it clear that Brazil cannot in any way admit the right of a third power to interfere in this question. The Minister then declared that he would at once telephone Aranha that the President and he agreed with him but he added significantly “we do not believe that the American Government will agree with the stand taken by Argentina”. [Caffery.]