740.00111A.R.–N.C./79: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
Rio de
Janeiro, April 3, 1940—3
p.m.
[Received 3:14 p.m.]
[Received 3:14 p.m.]
137. From Fenwick for Duggan. Committee now considering security zone and recommendation favoring internment of belligerent merchant vessels in neutral ports when withdrawn from regular commerce, object being to prevent occasions for violation of zone by belligerents. Please communicate any ideas you may have on the general subject. [Fenwick.]
Caffery