Foreign Relations of the United States. Diplomatic Papers. 1944. Vol. II: General: Economic and Social Matters. Vol. VI: China

Latin Americanists will find slim pickings in these volumes, for by 1944 the international questions springing out of World War II had pushed the area of their concern far into the background. A few economic problems covered in Volume II touch Latin America slightly, such as the International Civil Aviation Conference at Chicago, to which Argentina was denied an invitation, and exploratory discussions looking toward a new International Rubber Regulation Agreement. In a memorandum of November 29, 1944, the Brazilian Embassy set forth the “destitute situation of the Brazilian Merchant Marine,” used up by the war (II, 731-32). Not surprisingly, Volume VI avoids Latin America altogether.