Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The American Republics, Volume V

832.51/1324: Telegram

The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State

Rio de Janeiro, July 18, 1938—3 p.m.
[Received 4:45 p.m.]

172. President Vargas has authorized Ambassador Pimentel Brandão,⁶⁰ upon his return to Washington, to initiate conversations with the Foreign Bondholders Protective Council. Brandão asks that the matter be kept entirely confidential and he particularly desires that the Council be not informed of this, also the Brazilian authorities do not desire the European creditor nations to hear of it. It is Brandão’s present intention to leave here on the 22nd instant for Buenos Aires, returning to Washington by way of La Paz and the west coast of South America. He hopes to arrive in Washington the latter part of August.

Caffery

60. Mario de Pimentel Brandão, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, succeeded Aranha in April 1938 as Brazilian Ambassador in the United States.