824.00/3076: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:36 p.m.]
1687. Department’s 1434, May 5, 8 p.m.76 Aranha asked me to come to see him this morning to see a telegram from Martins77 reporting the departure of Ambassador Warren for La Paz. He told me also that he had heard from his Embassy at La Paz that the Bolivians were expectantly awaiting him there. Then he let go again. I shall not repeat all he said for the Department would think he was either putting on an act or was about to break relations with us. Among other things, he charged that by taking unilateral action in Bolivia, a next door neighbor of Brazil, we are destroying his prestige not only in the neighboring countries but in Brazil as well. “The only way” he observed “I can protect myself is to recognize Bolivia before Ambassador Warren gets there”.
To make a long story short, I talked him out of all this, showed him the Department’s telegram No. 1434 of May 5, 8 p.m.