832.506/28: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Brazil (Scotten)

22. Your despatch 1342, April 15, 1937. You are authorized, in your discretion, to leave an aide-mémoire with the Brazilian Government, in which you may state that your Government confidently assumes that in connection with any insurance legislation which the Brazilian Government may enact, the rights of American companies now legally operating in Brazil will be adequately protected.

Please cable summary of reply when received.

Hull