710.Consultation(2)/407a: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the American Delegate to the Second Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics (Hull)
1. For the Secretary. The Brazilian Ambassador called to see me this morning and gave me a copy of a telegram he had received from Aranha in which Aranha approved of all of our projects but suggests that in the resolution dealing with European possessions, one country rather than three be appointed as the committee to undertake the administration of each European possession and further suggests that any deficit in the administration of a particular possession be met by the committee in charge of that possession rather than by a pro rata division among all of the 21 republics.
[Page 234]At the conclusion of the telegram Aranha says “Please assure the Secretary of State of our desire to cooperate in the best possible form with the Government of the United States for a successful solution of the initiative undertaken by the United States. Please give him, with the reservations above noted, the assurance that Brazil is disposed to sign the convention even if only the United States were to be the other signatory and that Brazil is likewise anxious to advance in every possible way in Habana the realization of the United States project.” The Ambassador is cabling Nabuco, the Brazilian delegate. I thought it desirable for you to have this before you talked with the latter.