Telegram from John W. Tuthill to the Embassy of Brasilia on economic development

01/03/2024

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Telegram from John W. Tuthill to the Embassy of Brasilia on economic development.

Collection The United States and the dictatorship: from the 1964 coup to redemocratization.

BR SP IRI USP USA RIPEB RB USA 1969.01.02.

Production date:

02/01/1969.

Available in: Home - NACE CNV-Brazil /en/usa-and-dictatorship/john-w-tuthill-telegram-to-brasilia-embassy-on-economic-development/. Access at: 18 Oct 24

Documents

1969.01.02_Rio 14720_1_RG 84_P72_Box 30_POL 1-General Policy_1

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1. Identification area

Reference code

BR SP IRI USP USA RIPEB RB USA 1969.01.02

Title

Telegram from John W. Tuthill to the Embassy of Brasilia on economic development

Initial production date

02/01/1969

Final production date

02/01/1969

Level in the general structure

Item

Dimension and support: Format

PDF

Dimension and support: Documentary type

Telegram

2. Contextualization area

Producing entity

Embassy of Rio de Janeiro

Origin

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

3. Content area and structure

Scope and content

Telegram (Rio 14720), sent by John W. Tuthill to the Embassy in Brasília, on January 2, 1969. It deals with issues related to economic assistance, political development, the impacts of AI-5, among others. It suggests the implementation of a "Wait-and-See" strategy regarding the relations between the United States and Brazil, as well as reports predictions about the position that the country can adopt within this strategy in relation to each of the assistance programs for Brazil.

Arrangement system

Collection The United States and the dictatorship (USA) | Dossier United States of America (USA) | International Relations and Brazilian Foreign Policy Series (RIPEB) | Subseries Bilateral Relations (RB)

4. Access and use conditions area

Access conditions

Public

Language

English

5. Related sources area: existence and location of originals

Custodian entity of originals

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Original reference code

Folder: POL 1-General Policy
Box: 30
Series: Classified Central Subject Files, 1961–1976 (P 72)
Collection: Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State (RG 84)
NARA II, College Park

Location

Washington (DC)

6. Related sources area: related description units

References cited

State 288130; 291004; 292127; Rio 14497

Related documents

Telegram (State 288130), dated December 17, 1968, from Dean Rusk to the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro with instructions and requests regarding the development of the Brazilian regime after the implementation of Institutional Act 5 (AI-5), as the official position of the embassy; outreach to influential leaders to communicate the U.S. position without confronting the Brazilian government; and the stance toward the international press. Rusk ends the telegram with instructions on how the ambassador's trip to Washington should be handled in the press.

Reference code

BR SP IRI USP USA RIPEB RB USA 1968.12.17

7. Access Points and Subject Indexing

Access point - Subjects

AI-5 | Economic assistance | Institutional Acts | Economic development | Loans | Political extremism | Press freedom | Civil liberties | United States Aid Program | Brazil-USA relations

Access Point - Entities and Organizations

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) | National Housing Bank (BNH) | National Steel Company (CSN) | Vale do Rio Doce Company (company)

Access Point - Names

John Wills Tuthill

9. Description control area

Rules or conventions adopted

NOBRADE | ISAD(G)

Status

Complete

Description of

Daniela Ferreira

Description date

01/03/2024

Reviewing

Fernanda Abreu Silva

Review date

12/03/2024