Hull Denie&Move for Alliance With Brazil
In Visits orMarshall and Goes Monteiro
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WASHINGTON, May 12.-The of-
ficial visit to Brazil of General
George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff
of the army, who Is on the way to
Rio de J&nelro, was said by Secre-
tary Hull today to be one of cour-
tesy and not to presage a military
alliance. Mr. Hull said this at a
press conference and later con-
firmed It formally In the following
statement:
"At the press conference' Tat the
Department of State this morning
| a correspondent said that the ln-
j foresee has been made that-General
! Marshall's trip to Brazil indicates
| that this government may be con-
¦ aiderlng a general military under-
standing with Brazil for the defense
of this hemisphere in the event of
,a world yar.
sw Tobk Tims.
"The correspondent asked whether
the Secretary cared to comment on
this. Secretary Hull said that Gen-
eral Marshall's visit and the return
visit of General Goes Monteiro (the
Brazilian Chief of Staff) to this
country are purely visits of cour-
tesy.
"The Secretary added that natur-
ally, as in the case of exchanges
of visits by high civilian officials
and prominent business and profes-
sional men of the American repub-
lics, it Is hoped that this exchange
of visits between the highest rank-
ing military officials of our two
nations will form another and a
valuable channel for the develop-
ment of mutual comprehension and
understanding of our common prob-
lems."