740.0011 European War 1939/31419: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery)
3790. The War Department hopes that there will be no change in the plans to send the Generals mentioned in your 4707, October 4, 7 p.m. and cadres of officers to the United States since the training they will receive here is an essential preliminary to possible joint operations. According to present very tentative plans, the second Brazilian division would not be sent for several months, probably not until next spring.
It should be thoroughly understood that plans for sending Brazilian troops overseas will have to be approved by the Combined Chiefs of Staff and that problems of availability of shipping and the like are not yet resolved. Colonel Hertford’s inquiry, covered by your 4695 of October 4, 4 p.m., was intended solely to ascertain whether the Brazilians were prepared to send an expeditionary force in order that appropriate recommendation to the Combined Chiefs of Staff might be prepared. No formal proposal can, of course, be made until that body has taken action.