724.3415/4251: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:23 p.m.]
272. I went over the Department’s 151, October 9, 5 p.m., with Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs this morning. He assures me that the Brazilian Government is in full agreement on every point raised by you. He quite understands Department’s reluctance to take any initiative at the present time, and in any event feels that it would be wiser for the mediating powers to wait developments for the reasons stated in my 256, October 1, 9 p.m.;48 that if the contending parties approach us they might well be told that the League action must be terminated or at least clarified in such a way as to justify our taking new steps before we could consider any resumption of good offices. He is in agreement as to the necessity for including the other members of the original group of nine in any resumption of negotiations. This view he had already expressed (see my 250, September 28, 3 p.m.49).
He will be glad to cooperate in any steps that you consider desirable with a view to dissipating misunderstanding on the part of the other American Republics.