BRAZIL TAKES SIMILAR ACTION

Chronicle (Levin), 23 October 1947, Page 5

BRAZIL TAKES SIMILAR ACTION

RJO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 21. The Brazilian Government today an nounced that it had broken off dipiomatic relations with Russia. The break was made in a Not-e from the Brazilian Embassy in Moscow to the Soviet. The United States Embassy in Moscow, has taken eharge of Brazil 's interests in the Soviet, and it is expected that the Yugoslav Legation will handle Russiau affairs iu Brazil. The announeement of the break fonualised a situation whieh virtually already existed. The strained relations were brought to a head by the recent Eussian Press attacks on President Dutra, in whieh he was compared with Hitler. Brazil 's Ambassador in Moscow (Senhor Mario Brandao) has recent lv spent much of his time in Sweden for reasons of health, and the Soviet Ambassador in Brazil (M. Jaceb Suritz) went home several months ago after the Brazilian Government officially outlawed the Conmiunist Party. Brazil 's Note to the Soviet said Brazil aeted because of an "extremely outrageous and ealunmious article" attacking President Dutra and the Brazilian arm-ed forees with appeared in the Moscow Literary Gazette. It was universally known that the Soviet Government eontrolled the Press and it must be held responsible for what appeared. The Note added that the Eussian Government had refused to aecept a Brazilian protest against the article. The Brazilian Ambassador in Moscow and iiio aides had suffered all kinds of restrictions, some of which were ixceedingly vexatious. The Russian Press had also grossly attacked Dr. Oswaldo A rau ha, the president of the United Nations Assemlily. Tn Washington a State Department spokesman, replying to reporters, saidt emjihalically that the United State? had given "absolutelv no advice" to Brazil 011 the severanee of dipiomatic relations with Moscow. It was entirely a matter between tlie two Govefnments concerned.