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Memorandum from William M. Wheeler, Jr., to Ambassador William Pawley
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DECLASSIFIED
SECREY
E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973
By NLT- HC , NARS Date 6-23-75
25 June 1947
MEMORANDUM FOR THE AMBASSADOR.
Subject: Departure of Soviet Ambassador from Brazil.
1. A usually reliable source has informed
me that, according to an informant in the Brazilian
Foreign Office, Soviet Ambassador SURITZ, before his
departure from Rio in May, wrote a letter to the For-
eign Minister of Brazil stating that he greatly regret-
ted the occurrences which culminated in the closing
of the Communist Party and which would probably cause
the expulsion of Communist members from the National
Congress.
2. SURITZ is alleged further to have stated
that he could not continue to represent in Brazil a
country whose chief of government is subjected to daily
insults and injuries in the press. He reiterated his
sympathy for the Brazilian people, but stated that un-
der the circumstances he had no choice but to follow
the course which he had taken.
3. The same source states that there is
considerable speculation in the Itamarati over the
question of whether or not Russia will suspend diplo-
matic relations with Brazil, unless for political ex-
pediency, they decide to send a new Ambassador to
Brazil. The Foreign office does not expect SURITZ to
return.
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Wm. M. Wheeler, Jr.
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Special Assistant
To The Ambassador
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