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The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery)
3096. Your no. 3914, August 16, 4 p.m.92 This morning the Acting Secretary of War93 made the following statement to General Dutra94 in regard to the 400,000 bags of coffee:
“It is a great privilege for me to acknowledge personally for the War Department the gift of the 400,000 bags of coffee from His Excellency President Vargas. This great gesture of friendship and cooperation will long be remembered by the members of our armed forces. President Roosevelt has already expressed his own deep appreciation to President Vargas and to Dr. Salgado Filho, the able Air Minister of Brazil, who so graciously on his recent visit here made known your Government’s gift to the armed forces of this country. I am happy to be able to inform you that arrangements are now in progress with a view to moving the coffee so that it will be of immediate advantage to our armed forces and to our common effort.”