740.00111 A.R.N.C./162: Telegram
The Chargé in Brazil (Burdett) to the Secretary of State
Rio de
Janeiro, January
22, 1941—11 a.m.
[Received January 22—10:18 a.m.]
[Received January 22—10:18 a.m.]
43. For the Under Secretary from Fenwick. My telegram No. 42, January 21, 3 p.m. Contrary to my expectations the Neutrality Committee [Page 3] reconsidered the text of the Security Zone Convention and eliminated from article III reference to warships making repairs and obtaining fuel in neutral ports. [Fenwick.]
Burdett