740.00111A.R.–N.C./13a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery)
19. The resolution of the Neutrality Committee containing an inquiry as to its competence to deal with problems arising from the Declaration of Panama has been received by the Pan American Union and will be submitted by that organization to the Governments of the American republics through their representatives in Washington. It is the Department’s view that it would be highly desirable to obtain an affirmative answer on this point as soon as possible. The Department is thinking of instructing our chiefs of mission in the other American republics to make known our views informally to the governments to which they are accredited.
You are authorized in your discretion to discuss the foregoing procedure with Aranha in order to ascertain his views as well as the possibility that the Brazilian Government may wish to take similar steps.