840.48 Refugees/2543: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil ( Caffery ) to the Secretary of State
Rio de Janeiro
, April 19,
1941—2 p.m.
[Received 2:35 p.m.]
[Received 2:35 p.m.]
331. For the Under Secretary. Department’s telegram No. 166, April 3, 6 p.m. Aranha says that after much consideration he has come to the conclusion that it would be unwise to send European refugees to the Amazon region. “They would never remain there,” said he, “and we would have endless difficulties with them.”
Caffery