611.3231 Mixed Commission/34: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery)
10. Your No. 12, January 21, 11 a.m.1 The following is the text of the statement which the Department plans to issue for tomorrow morning’s papers with respect to the Mixed Committees:2
“The Department of State today announces the establishment by the Governments of the United States and of Brazil of two Mixed Committees of private trade interests to observe the course of trade between the two countries, to observe the operation of the United [Page 405] States-Brazilian Trade Agreement, and to report thereon to their Governments.
“These Committees have grown out of discussions in Washington in July, 1937, with reference to trade relations between the two countries. The joint statement issued on July 15, 1937, by the Secretary of State and the Minister of Finance of Brazil summarizes this part of the discussions as follows:
“(Quote fourth and fifth paragraphs of joint statement)
“The two Committees are, as indicated above, private bodies entirely independent of their Governments. Through these Committees there is established an organization representative of commercial interests with the specific purpose of observing trade relations and of reporting their observations and suggestions to the two Governments.
“The members of the Committees, who will serve for a period of 2 years, are as follows:
“(American members as given in Department’s No. 2, January 8, 3 p.m. Brazilian members as in Embassy’s No. 9, January 15, 11 a.m.)”
Please give this text to the Foreign Office for its information. The Department has no desire that identical statements be issued but wishes to avoid any divergencies in the two announcements which would give rise to different interpretations in the press.