852.48/253
The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
Rio de
Janeiro, September
28, 1938—11 a.m.
[Received September 28—10:55 a.m.]
[Received September 28—10:55 a.m.]
228. Notwithstanding the situation described in my 221, September 22, 1 p.m. the Brazilian authorities have decided, solely because we are suggesting it, to donate coffee for Spanish refugees. They want to know how much coffee is desired and they hope that measures can be taken to insure that the coffee is actually used for purposes indicated and none of it sold by the Spanish authorities.
Caffery