Office of the Historian

800.24/8–2345: Telegram

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

Rio de Janeiro, August 23, 1945—7 p.m.
[Received August 24—4 a.m.]

2641. For Department and Freedman, FEA.16 Department’s telegram 2047, August 22.17 Foreign Office informally but authoritatively states Brazil unconditionally accepts liquidation of Decentralization Plan of export control. Formal note to this effect is to be delivered by 25th. It is believed public announcement may safely be made on basis of assurance received from office.

Berle
  1. Walter Freedman, Acting Director, Requirements and Supply Branch, Bureau of Supplies, Foreign Economic Administration.↩
  2. Not printed.↩