Office of the Historian

811.20 Defense (M) Brazil/1355a Supplement: Airgram

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

Washington, January 28, 1943—8:45 p.m.

A–831. Department’s 2721, September 15, 1942, 10 p.m.25 What progress is being made to curtail production of non-essential rubber products through a system of government control?

Korkegi’s recent memorandum to Cooke,26 Rubber Reserve, poses the question of whether immediate limitation can best be accomplished by a Rubber Reserve program of purchasing or governmental decree or both. What appears to be the chance of any action in the near future on part of Brazilian Government?

Hull
  1. Ibid., p. 717.↩
  2. Memorandum not found in Department files; Mr. Korkegi and Mr. Cooke were officials of the Rubber Reserve Company.↩