October 4, 1940.
I am enclosing two copies of
a telegram picked up In Japanese at the
R.C.C.S. Monitoring Station at Rockcliffe,
addressed to the "Press Information Officer,
Tokyo", unsigned, from Rio de Janeiro.
Copies have been given to the
State Department.
Yours sincerely,
R. M. Macdonnell
Secretary
. K. Helm, Esq.
Coordination Centre
The British Embassy
Washington, D.C.
The following Is a translation of a
telegram intercepted at the R.C.C.3. Monitoring
Station, Kockcliffe, addressed to the n°ress
informstion Officer, Tokyo", unsigned, from Rio
de Janeiro:
"(17) 02100 on 4th, at the dinner party
given by Aranha, the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Brazil, to Uruguay's Foreign
Minister who is now visiting Srazil,
Mr. Aranhs declared that the newly con-
tracted Anglo-American agreement not only
fulfills the national defence of America
Itself, but will strengthen their co-opera-
tion in their trade among ^en-American
countries in the Western Hemisphere, and
that hs is well pleased with the agreement."