U. S. Military Hi e« ions •
Visit of Brigadier General George C. Marshall, U. S. Deputy
Chief of Stuff, to Brazil, and return visit of General Goea
Atonteiro, Chief of Staff of the Brazilian /.ray to the U.S.A.
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Following fee receipt by the United States Governeant
of an invitation fran the Govarnnrmt of Brasil for Brigadier
General George C. Marshall, deputy Ghlof of Staff flat Chief of
Staff deoignate, to visit that Hepublie during the latter port
of Hay and early June, General Marshall only sad led from Mew
Xork on Way 10th In the U. 3. 8. "Nashville" accompanied by the
following Staffi-
Colonsl James S. Cheney, Air Corps*
Lieut,-Colonel Lehman v. Miller, Corps of Sngineern.
Hajer Matthew B. Fidge»yf (infantry) General Staff Corps.
¦ajar Leeds J. Oonpten, (Field Artillery) General Staff Corps.
Captain flKussa north, Field Artillery.
After brief-'Stops at Sen Juan, Puerto Rioo, end Bert of Spain,
Trinidad, the party will arrive in sio do Janeiro on May 25th;
a Stay of ei$£gaytBa£ely tee weeks will bo made in Brazil _
2. The United States Government has invited General Goes
Xonteiro, Chief of Staff of the Brazilian. My, to visit the
United States and he end Us staff will aocomp&tty General Marshall
end staff on their return voyage to the United States in the U.S.S.
TIsssTtlla". arriving at Annapolis, Maryland, en or about June
MMeU
8. The visits will bo primarily of syakolical si#sificanee;
they are, however, considered particularly important sinoe General
Monteiro hoi been invited not long a&> to visit Germany ss s
Q .eoial guest where he was to be offered the honorary osvnand of
a division in s ©ereracial parade, an invitation which he declined.

0. 3. Military Missions -
Yisit of Brigadier General CocrflS 6* Marshall, U.S.Deputy
Chief of Stiff, to MlU, and return visit of General Goes
fconteiro, Chief of Staff of the Brasilia* Amy te the tf.8«A«
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4. At a Department of State press oonf ereneo a few days
NP * correspondent stated that the inference had been made that
General MarsbaU*a visit to ftrasil indLoateft that the 9* 8.
Coveraaent nay be esnoliarIng a gensral Military understanding
with Srasil for the 4«fenco of the Western Heiaisphere in the event
of a world waar« Xr. Cornell Hull, Secretary of State, replied
that GenrraX Marshall's visit and the return visit of General Goes
Montelro to this oo unary are purely visits of courtesy. Bo added
that naturally, as la the case of «atchftngesi of visits hutwuaa
high civilian off ioials and j i mil I so St business and profeasion&l
¦an of the jsnrloaa Hetrablioa, It is Jg%a4 that this eaohunge of
visits between the higient ranking military officiala of the toe
nations will fcrra saeth^r sad a valuable niiaial for tho dav«lopaent
of mutual cotttarehension and understanding of their oeanon problems.
5, In this connection it will bo reraocabsred that a 9* 3.
Military S&saioH has been la Brasil fbr eaestiwe for the yurpaae
of eoosvireting with the srasilien Ax-op- la the development and
functioning of the Brazilian Coast Artillery Instruction Centre.
The life of this Kiosion was recently extended for too years tsm
govei&er, 193$ (vide mj 36. 109 of Karth 9th, 1950.)
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Colonelf
Military Attache.