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Brazil : The Fortunes of War (9780465080700)

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by Lochery, Neill


  objectives, list of, xiv–xv, 29, 289

  Orson Welles, friendship with, 142, Photo 13

  personality of, 27–29

  police chief, power struggle with, 236–237

  reading of Vargas’ last message by, 285

  reconciliation with Vargas, 277

  resignation, interview about, 248

  resignation as foreign minister, 235

  retirement from politics, 290

  Siqueira Campos crisis, management of, 73–76, 78–81

  smear campaign against Vargas, 238

  Society of Friends of America and, 237

  Soviet Union, support for recognition of, 236

  steel mill, negotiations with US for, 62

  United States, relationship with, 26, 98, 116–117, 219

  on US troop deployment request, 107

  Vargas, friendship with, 30

  at Vargas’ final cabinet meeting, 281–282

  Vargas-Roosevelt meeting, memorandum for, 185, 195

  with Walt Disney, Photo 10

  war rally speech, 222

  on wartime fuel shortage, 194

  Arará, 165

  Araraquara, 165

  Argentina

  alliance with Allies, 254

  Brazil’s fear of invasion by, 3, 117, 170, 176, 197

  as haven for ex-Nazis, 253

  Jewish immigrants in, 159

  Navy Day speech, reaction to, 56–57

  pro-Nazi attitude of, xiv, 98, 119, 125, 126–127, 131

  rivalry with Brazil, 2–3, 173, 197–198, 289

  United States, relationship with, 277

  US postwar policy toward, 253

  Arms, Brazil’s need for, xiii, 39–41, 64, 69, 70–71, 75, 87–88, 93, 111, 121–124, 187

  Army chief of staff, attack on residence of, 15

  Associated Press

  on Navy Day speech, 56

  on Roosevelt-Vargas agreement, 191

  Astaire, Fred, xi

  Atlantic, Battle of the, 176

  Avenida President Vargas, 37

  Avenida Rio Branco, 37–38

  Axis powers

  breaking relations with, 121, 130–131

  influence of in Latin America, 6

  influence on immigrant colonies in Brazil, 5, 45, 46

  seizure of assets by Brazil, 146

  Azores, 109–110, 187–188, 196, 217–218

  Baependy, 165

  Bagé crisis, 77, 88–89, 168

  Belém, Brazil, 95

  Belgium, 51

  Belo Horizonte, 280

  Berle, Adolf, 251–252, 268, 269, 274

  Bittencourt, Paulo, 90–91

  Botafogo Beach, Brazil, Photo 5

  Brandão, Mário de Pimentel, 42

  Brasília, ix

  Brazil

  achievements of, 289–290

  anti-German feeling in, 138

  anti-Nazi campaign in, 46, 48

  anti-Semitism in, 7, 154–159

  Argentina, rivalry with, 2–3, 173, 197–198, 289

  arms, purchase of from Germany, xiii, 4, 31, 40–41, 64, 69, 75

  arms, purchase of from US, 39–40, 69, 93, 121–124

  Axis assets, seizure of, 146

  Axis influence on immigrant colonies in, 5, 45, 46

  Axis powers, breaking relations with, 121, 130–131

  communists in, xii–xiii, 8, 86, 247, 262, 276

  as democracy, 276

  democracy in, speculation about, 26, 160, 178, 199, 216–217, 221

  deployment of US troops in, 119, 137

  expeditionary force, establishment of (See Força Expedicionária Brasileira (FEB))

  financial crisis, 276

  foreign ministers conference in, 122–123, 125, 130

  formation of joint force, 176

  Germany, importance of trade with, 43

  Germany, relationship with, 31–32

  Great Britain, relationship with, 29, 93

  gross national product (GDP) of, x

  immigrant communities in, 44–48, 52, 275

  infrastructure, development of, 63

  internal divisions in, 5, 6

  Italy, relationship with, 24–25

  Jewish immigrants, number admitted, 159

  lend-lease agreements with US, 111, 129, 137

  national steel company, establishment of, 63

  neutrality, rationale for, 42–44

  neutrality, reaction to declaration of, 50

  objectives of, xiv–xv, 29, 289

  political crisis in, 262

  postwar economic situation of, 271

  pre-World War II, x–xiii, xv

  press freedom in, 89

  racial diversity in, 104, 133

  Roosevelt’s death, effect of on, 255

  strategic importance of, 98

  support for US, 120–121

  suspension of shipping to US by, 146

  trading markets, loss of due to war, 51

  United States, relationship with, 7, 41, 43, 112, 118–119, 137, 152, 199–200, 220–221, 251, 277–278

  US, wartime support of, 120–121

  Vargas’ accident, political consequences of, 151

  Brazil: Land of the Future (Zweig), 156

  Brazilian National Security Council, 119

  “Brazil’s Pearl Harbor,” 166

  Bulge, Battle of the, 246

  Burdett (American chargé d’affaires), 75–76

  Cabo de Hornos, 158

  Caffery, Jefferson

  Aranha, relationship with, 31, 32, 39, 53, 58, 62, 73, 107–108, 116, 185, 203, 219

  on Aranha’s resignation, 236–239

  on Brazil-US arms deal, 110–112

  on Brazil’s desire for arms, 39

  on Brazil’s pre-war strategy, 43

  cost of living, complaints about, 193–194

  departure from Rio, 251

  description of, 30–31

  on immigrant communities, lack of information about, 47

  interpretation of Vargas’ speech, 55–56, 58

  at meeting with Roosevelt in Natal, 184–187, 190

  with Osvaldo Aranha, Photo 4

  praise for cooperation by Vargas and Aranha, 151

  at President’s Day event, 145

  on press freedom, 153

  Rockefeller and, 99

  steel mill project and, 61, 62

  summer residence, requests for, 85

  US request for troop deployment, 107–108

  Cairu, 138

  Campbell, Sir Ronald, 188, 218

  Campos, Francisco, 12, 13, 153, 155, 160, 242, 247

  Cape Verde Islands, 109

  Carioca, Joe (cartoon), 103

  Cariocas (residents of Rio), lifestyle of, 48, 49, 82–84, 180–182, 194

  Carnaval, ix, 37, 141, 142, 223, 243, 274

  Carnegie Foundation, 201

  Casablanca Conference, Morocco (1942), 185, 186

  Castillo, Ramón, 119

  Catete Palace, 13–14

  Catholic Church, 270

  Charles, Sir Noel, 31

  Chile, 125, 127, 219

  Churchill, Winston, 4, 110, 185, 186, 187, 244

  Ciano, Galeazzo, 24

  Cidade Maravilhosa, ix

  Citizen Kane (film), 139–140

  Clark, Mark W., 233, 256

  Cohen Plan, 8

  Cold War, 33, 188, 236, 269

  Communism, 101

  Communists, xii–xiii, 8, 17, 86, 247, 262, 276

  Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional, 63

  Conference of the American Republics, 6

  Constituent assembly, 264, 268

  Constitutional amendment No. 9, 249

  Copacabana Beach, 83, 133

  Copacabana Palace Hotel, xi, 83, 95, 103, 139, 288, Photo 2

  Correio da Manhã (newspaper)

  attack on President Vargas, 248

  on conquest of Monte Castello, 256

  on death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 254

  on deposition
of Vargas, 268

  pro-British views of, 90, 91

  Corruption, government officials and, 223, 271

  Cost of living increases, 193–194, 243

  Costa, Artur de Souza, 134, 136

  Costa, Euclides Zenóbia da, 282, 283, 284

  Crete, 106

  Critica (Buenos Aires newspaper), on Navy Day speech, 57

  Cunha, Leitão de, 152–153

  Curação, 158

  Cuyaba, 168

  D-Day landings in France, 227

  Dantas, Luis Martins de Souza, 157–159

  De Gaulle, Charles, 185

  Decree 383, restricting foreign political activity (1938), 31, 46

  Decree 3002, establishing a national steel company (1941), 63

  Decree 4744, establishing an expeditionary force (1943), 211

  Decree-Law 3175, restricting Jewish immigration (1941), 155

  Denmark, 51

  Department of Press and Propaganda (DIP), 60, 80, 104–105, 122, 141, 203, 211, 248

  Diário Carioca (newspaper)

  attempt at more press freedom, 153

  on cost of housing in wartime, 194

  support for Vargas, 90

  Diário de Notícias (newspaper)

  on Brazil’s entry into war, 170

  praise for Jews in, 159

  on presidential election, 271

  DIP. See Department of Press and Propaganda

  Disney, Walt, ix, 102–103, Photo 10

  Donovan, William “Wild Bill,” 96–97, 174

  Draft dodging, 213

  Dulles, John, 12

  Dutra, Eurico Gaspar

  Allied war effort, reluctance to join, 151, 167, 169

  Aranha, relationship with, 116

  attacks on British in press, 89

  attempted coup, intervention in, 18–20

  blame of Aranha for break with Axis powers, 135

  expeditionary force, leadership of, 214

  expeditionary force, negotiations with US for, 212

  Fournier, negotiations concerning, 25

  Germany, interest in ties with, 27, 41, 215

  Goés Monteiro, relationship with, 177, 215

  Góes Monteiro Draft, signing of, 70

  London, trip to, 244

  Manuel Aranha conflict, 25

  on military unpreparedness, 120

  new constitution, support for, 242

  news articles, anger at, 90, 92

  plan for mobilizing Brazil’s military, 184, 210–211

  president, election as, 270–271

  as presidential candidate, 250, 263

  resignation, threats of, 86, 88

  at Rubens Vaz’s funeral, 279

  as sacrificial lamb, 244–245, 250

  ship attacks, assignment of blame for, 167

  Soviet Union, opposition to recognition of, 236

  student rally, dispute with Aranha over, 152–153

  troops in Italy, visit to, 233

  US and Britain, distrust of, 71, 73

  US press comments, reaction to, 57

  Dutra, Santinha, 245

  Eden, Anthony, 188, 227

  Einstein, Albert, 155

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 277

  Elections, uncertainty about, 268

  Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense of the Americas, 240

  Estado Novo

  anti-Jewish, perception as, 158

  democracy, effect of on, 160, 178, 199, 224

  establishment of, xiii, 7

  five-year plan, 60

  internal divisions in, 151

  legacies of, 63

  legitimacy of, 32–33

  rationale for, 44

  sixth anniversary of, 216

  steel mill, importance of, 60

  xenophobia of, 154

  Expeditionary force. See Força Expedicionária Brasileira (FEB)

  Fairbanks, Douglas Jr., xi, 201–202

  Farias, Osvaldo Cordeiro de, 265–266, 268

  Favelas (samba clubs of), 141, 142

  FEB. See Força Expedicionária Brasileira

  Fifth column, 89, 167, 175, 222

  Financial crisis, 276

  Five-year plan, 60, 63–64

  Flamengo Beach, 48

  Fluminense Soccer Club, tunnel to, 16

  Flynn, Errol, 201–202

  Fontes, Lourival, 104–105, 153, 160

  Food, increase in prices of, 194, 223

  Food, shortages of, 223, 262, 271

  Força Expedicionária Brasileira (FEB)

  in Battle of Monte Castello, 255–256

  British view of, 228

  casualty rate of, 234, 255, 257

  conscription of, 231

  disbanding of, 257

  equipment and training for, 211–212, 214, 224, 228, 230, 232–233

  establishment of, 211

  farewell parade through Rio, 228–229

  at Italian front, 232, 234, 255–257, Photo 14

  leadership of, 214

  recruitment for, 213–214, 231

  slogan of, 230

  victory parade, 257

  Ford, John, 202, 203

  Foreign ministers conference, 119, 122–123, 125, 130

  Fortunato, Gregório, 279

  Fournier, Severo, 16, 22–25

  France, entry into war, 49

  Franco, Francisco, 40

  Frank, Waldo, 27–28, 48, 91

  Friele, Berent, 99

  Fuel shortages, 138, 147, 194, 261, 272

  Gable, Clark, xi

  Gainer, David, 264

  Gaúchos, xii

  Gazetta (newspaper), anti-Semitism in, 154

  General Mann (ship), 227, 229–230

  Germany

  attacks on Brazilian shipping by, 138, 144, 146, 151, 160, 165–166

  invasion of Poland by, xiii, 39, 41–42, 51

  propaganda campaigns by, 100–102, 152

  rearmament program of, 4

  relationship with Brazil, 31–32

  reply to Brazil’s declaration of war, 171–172

  rise of Nazi party in, 3–4

  sale of arms to Brazil, xiii, 4, 64, 69

  seizure of northern Italy by, 209

  threat of invasion of the Americas by, 107

  Gibralter, 67

  Giraud, Henri, 185

  Góes Monteiro Draft (1940), 70

  Goés Montiero. See Monteiro, Pedro Aurélio de Góes

  Gomes, Eduardo

  British opinion of, 249

  defeat of in 1950 election, 273

  demand that Vargas resign, 280

  as presidential election favorite, 269–270

  at Rubens Vaz’s funeral, 279

  support of military coup, 266

  tribute to Roosevelt in newspaper, 254

  US opinion of, 249

  Good Neighbor Program, 1–2, 4, 62, 96, 98, 139, 252

  Great Britain

  analysis of German community in Rio Grande do Sul, 47–48

  Aranha, opinion of, 29

  Bagé crisis, 88–89

  Brazilian press, subsidy of, 154

  Caffrey, opinion of, 30–31

  entry into war, 49

  future political reform in Brazil, opinion of, 226–227

  Gomes, opinion of, 249

  ministry of economic warfare, 66, 67, 68, 77, 93

  naval blockades by, 64–66, 77, 86

  Queremistas, assessment of, 262–263

  relationship with Brazil, 29, 93, 227

  Vargas, opinion of, 12, 20

  Green Shirts, 17, 122

  Guanabara Palace

  attack on, 14–20

  as Vargas residence, 13–14

  view of presidential residence, Photo 1

  Guggenheim, Solomon R., 201

  Hailey, Foster, 226

  Halifax, Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood), 77, 78

  Hitler, Adolf

  defeat of, 246

  desire for closer ties with Brazil, 31

  expansionist
agenda of, 39

  failure to invade Azores, 188

  message from Vargas, 105–106

  rise to power, 3–4

  suicide of, 256

  U-boat attacks on Brazilian shipping, 151

  Hoover, Herbert, 1

  Hopkins, Harry, 185

  Hotel Gloria, 95

  Housing, rise in cost of, 194, 271

  Hughes, Charles Evans, 1

  Hull, Cordell

  foreign ministers conference resolutions, reaction to, 128

  goals in Latin America, 2, 4

  Latin America, analysis of, 6

  on Portuguese islands, defense of, 109–110

  reaction to Vargas’ speech, 55, 58, 59

  reassurance of delivery of arms, 136

  resignation of, 252

  on Siqueira Campos incident, 74, 78

  Welles, rivalry with, 96

  Humboldt, 185

  Immigrant communities, 5, 44–48, 52, 275

  Inflation, 193, 271

  Ingram, Jonas H.

  aboard USS General Mann, Photo 12

  as architect of US-Brazilian naval defenses, 178, 182

  at Caffery’s dinner party, 193, 195, 199, 200

  as chief of allied forces in the South Atlantic, 151, 176

  as naval advisor to Vargas, 148

  at Vargas-Roosevelt meeting, 184, 189

  Integralistas, 8, 17, 23, 32, 86, 112, 122

  Itagiba, 165

  Italy

  alliance with Axis, 51

  as destination of expeditionary force, 228

  relationship with Brazil, 24–25

  surrender of, 209

  Itamaraty Palace, 37

  Itapé, 77

  It’s All True (film), 142

  Japan, 115, 127, 170

  Jewish Colonization Organization, 157

  Jews, in Brazil

  growing tolerance for, 159–160

  number of, 155–156

  refugees, 156–159

  travel and residency restrictions on, 154–155

  treatment of, 156

  Jockey Club, xi, 174

  Jornal do Brasil (newspaper)

  on Allied successes, 178

  on Roosevelt’s visit to Natal, 191

  on Vargas’ resignation, 268

  Jouett, 184

  Kennan, George, 33, 217

  Krupp steel company, 60, 61, 62, 69

  Labor Party, 262

  Lacerda, Carlos, 278

  Lacerda shooting scandal, 278–279

  Latin America, distrust of US, 2, 6, 71, 178

  League of Nations, 185

  Leitchic, Marc, 157

  Leme Fort, 18

  Life magazine, 103, 138, 142

  Liga de Defesa Nacional, 222

  Linhares, José, 266, 267

  Lojacono, Vincenzo, 24–25

  Lothian, Lord (Philip Henry Kerr), 74

  Luxembourg, 51

  Machado, Cristiano, 273

  Machedo, José Eduardo de, 153

  Madeira (island), 187

 

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