710.Consultation 3/456: Telegram
The Ambassador in Chile (Bowers) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 23—9:13 p.m.]
142. Following telegram has been sent to Rio, January 23, 5 p.m.
For the Under Secretary. Saw Pedregal, Secretary of the Council of Ministers, which accepts the latest Brazilian resolution but wishes to add the phrase from original resolution about legislative approval. Pedregal now trying to reach Rossetti with instructions to seek this addition and to support resolution. This stand is predicated on alleged ground that here foreign relations is an executive function and war is legislation and the resolution is generally considered equal to a declaration of war.