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Regarding the letter about "Rubber Rebound" in TIME, Nov. 25, the writer is highly misinformed in inferring that the Brazilian newspaper O Globo is Nazi-controlled. Of Rio's 22 newspapers, not more than three are controlled by the Germans; the rest are either neutral or pro-Ally. Herbert Moses, the highly respected president of the Brazilian Press Association, and treasurer-director of O Globo, is the son of an American mother and is a stanch friend of England and the U. S. His newspaper reflects this attitude...
...paper O Globo appeared a sharp protest from Argentina, No. 1 South American wheat country, against Mr. Theis's announced plan to sell 15,000,000 bushels of wheat in Brazil under the U. S. aegis. Right beside the protest was a careful explanation of the Theis thesis: Although he was going to Brazil to dump wheat (he used the more polite word "sell"), he was just a plain businessman, not a U. S. Government agent...