Office of the Historian

832.20/567: Telegram

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

Rio de Janeiro, December 13, 1943—3 p.m.
[Received 5:14 p.m.]

5686. On the same occasion that President Vargas spoke to me about my 5684, December 11, 8 p.m.85 (1) he asked me when we would be ready to transport the first contingents of the Brazilian expeditionary force to North Africa. He said he hopes that a rumor which had reached him mentioning the month of June is not correct. (2) He said also that a rumor had reached him from Washington that we would be unable to continue to carry out our “commitments” under Recommendation No. 1486 of the Joint Brazil-United States Military [Defense] Commission. He strongly hopes that this is untrue.

Caffery
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. This recommendation of January 20, 1943 (not printed), outlined the number and location of Brazilian military units and established priorities for the supplying of these forces by the United States with military materiel (832.20/488).↩