Office of the Historian

632.006/1–2245: Telegram

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

Rio de Janeiro, January 22, 1945—4 p.m.
[Received 9:50 p.m.]

222. Embassy’s 104, January 10, 3 p.m.5 While I was with Velloso this morning Souza Costa telephoned to inform him that he will modify the import control order in accordance with the Department’s desire that it be considered as a temporary war measure. Furthermore that he has reduced the list as reported in the Embassy’s telegram 4574, December 29, 8 p.m.6 He indicated that the order would be put into effect shortly.

Donnelly
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Foreign Relations, 1944, vol. vii, p. 670.↩