Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The American Republics, Volume VII

561.333D3/11–344: Telegram

The Chargé in Brazil (Donnelly) to the Secretary of State

Rio de Janeiro, November 3, 1944—7 p.m.
[Received 10:45 p.m.]

3949. Guedes states that DNC sold approximately 900,000 bags of coffee to exporters in Santos during October. Souza Costa and Guedes told me today that they are making arrangements to sell not less than 1,200,000 bags during November.

Guedes said that information available to the DNC show that vessels have been allocated to lift only 700,000 bags this month (WSA²¹ here confirms this figure). In other words there will be a shortage of space for almost 500,000 bags for shipment to the United States during November. The storage situation at Santos is so serious that unless additional vessels are assigned to the coffee trade the DNC will be forced to reduce entries into Santos.

Exports of coffee from Brazil to the United States during October aggregated one million bags.

Donnelly

21. War Shipping Administration.