740.0011 European War 1939/31420: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
Rio de
Janeiro, October 4, 1943—7
p.m.
[Received 10:10 p.m.]
[Received 10:10 p.m.]
4707. My 4695, October 4, 4 p.m. President Vargas says that he likes the suggestion for sending a division to Africa in December and accepts it in principle. (Under those circumstances he assumes that our War Department does not desire that the Generals, who were to proceed to the United States in a few days, to proceed now.)
As reported in my 4694, October 4, 3 p.m.,57 President Vargas is going tomorrow to Rio Grande do Sul for a few days. When he returns he will take up the details.
Caffery
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