Office of the Historian

811.248/258: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery)

Washington, January 22, 1942—7 p.m.

175. Your 2222, December 28, 6 p.m.1 War Department increasingly concerned for safety of trans-Atlantic ferrying operations,2 particularly because of continued operation of clandestine stations. Department desires you if you deem it advisable to approach Brazilian authorities to ascertain extent to which Brazil has facilities available for locating such stations.

War Department also states that since former Axis-hired employees are still operating stations, particularly those of Lati3 and Condor,4 it feels only remedy is to dismantle stations. In view of your 2222, do you consider such steps necessary? Department desires your comment in this connection.5

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  1. Not printed; it reported the Brazilian prohibitions on code messages.↩
  2. For correspondence regarding Brazilian-United States defense measures, see pp. 632 ff.↩
  3. Lineas Aéreas Transcontinentales Italianas.↩
  4. Sindicato Condor, Ltda.; for correspondence on the denazification of this line, see pp. 766 ff.↩
  5. The Ambassador reported in telegram No. 227, January 24, noon, that dismantling was unnecessary (811.248/309).↩