Office of the Historian

832.24/2803: Airgram

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

Rio de Janeiro, February 28, 1944—noon.
[Received March 4—1 p.m.]

A–345. President Vargas has personally brought following to my attention with request for good offices:

Within the next few days he will instruct his Ambassador in Washington to apply for some 3000 to 3500 trucks under Lend-lease. He explained to me that the transportation system of the country is critical and that these trucks are urgently needed not only for the Army but also to move foodstuffs, etc., from the interior.

I told the President that I would transmit this information to the Department.

Caffery