862.857/55: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Panama (Dawson)
Washington, February
27, 1940—7 p.m.
18. Please inform the Minister of Foreign Affairs that the Department is in agreement with the proposal of the Government of Brazil as to the suitability of a collective protest against the violation of the Security Zone resulting from the Wakama incident. A reply to Dr. Garay’s note of February 16 on this subject is being forwarded by air mail. The following telegram is being sent to the Embassy at Rio:
[Here follows text of telegram No. 42, February 27, 8 p.m., to the Ambassador in Brazil, printed infra.]
Hull