832.24/374: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
Rio de
Janeiro, May 15, 1941—6
p.m.
[Received May 15—5:03 p.m.]
[Received May 15—5:03 p.m.]
476. My 466, May 14, 8 p.m.86 After I exchanged the notes with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs last evening Pierson signed a contract with the Bank of Brazil for the 12 million dollars Export-Import Bank credit for Brazilian purchases of arms in the United States.
Caffery