835.30/44: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery)
47. Your 75, April 1, noon. Please inform Aranha that this Government is not sending any naval mission to Argentina nor has it been requested to do so. As he knows, three American naval officers [Page 315] have been acting as instructors in the Argentine Naval War College for the past three years.32
I believe that the unfounded report he has received is due to the fact that the Argentine Government has requested this Government to lend the services of American instructors in aviation. This Government has agreed in principle to do this but the details have not yet even been discussed. Since this matter is as yet entirely confidential and any premature publicity would be unfortunate, I leave it to your own judgment whether to communicate these facts to Aranha for his strictly confidential information or not.