Office of the Historian

740.00116 European War 1939/1428: Airgram

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

Rio de Janeiro, May 6, 1944—noon.
[Received May 13—4 p.m.]

A–820. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Secretary General of the Foreign Office both disclaim any knowledge in connection with the report set out in the Department’s secret instruction No. 5884 of April 29, 1944,47 to the effect that the Brazilian Ambassador at London had approached the British Government regarding the question of Brazilian membership on the War Crimes Commission.

Caffery
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