840.48 Refugees/1169: Telegram
The Chargé in the United Kingdom (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 22—1:45 p.m.]
1461. From Rublee. We have heard confidentially from Lobo who says that he has received his instructions in preparation for the full meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee and that they are most disappointing. His Government, which he believed would take approximately 5,000 involuntary emigrants a year for the next 3 years, now states that it merely will take 3,000 in all, on condition that [Page 881] they are proven agriculturalists and possess the sum of 500 pounds each plus fares and settlement expenses. Lobo adds that he has not been instructed to accept a vice chairmanship. His instructions merely state that he should serve as Brazilian delegate. His general conclusion based on conversations with several Latin American representatives is that it would be useless to hold a full meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee unless there is a radical change in the situation. [Rublee.]