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The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy (Forrestal)

Washington, June 13, 1945.

The Acting Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Honorable the Secretary of the Navy and refers to memoranda of June 4 and June 8, 1945 from Rear Admiral J. L. McCrea35 requesting that the Navy Department be informed whether the Department of State concurs in the proposed disposal of U.S. Naval Air Facilities at Maceio, Caravellas, and Santa Cruz located in Brazil.

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The Department, from the standpoint of foreign relations, perceives no objection to the proposed action.

  1. Memorandum of June 8 not printed.↩