611.3231 Mixed Commission/9: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery)
97. Your 192, December 20, 7 p.m. The Department does not have the impression that any procedure for establishing the joint commissions was decided upon during the conversations with the Brazilian financial mission. While the Department does not attach great importance to one procedure as compared to another and would be glad to discuss any divergent views of the Brazilian Government, it is inclined to favor the nomination of American members of both commissions by this Government and the Brazilian members of both commissions by the Brazilian Government instead of having each Government formally appoint all the members of the commission in its own country.
The Department is also inclined to suggest that the appointments be for a specified term, for example, 2 years.
It is presumed that the Brazilian Government agrees that the commissions and their members will have no official standing as representatives of the governments and will not be entitled to remuneration for services or expenses.
Consulate General’s despatch No. 102, December 11,94 mentions Richard P. Momsen95 as a selection of the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil, but his name was not included in the nominations received from the National Foreign Trade Council. Have you any comments regarding him as a possible member?