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### Viewing cable 08BRASILIA943, BRAZIL: LULA TAKES ON THE FOURTH FLEET

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 BRASILIA 000943

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/03/2018
    TAGS: MARR PREL BR
    SUBJECT: BRAZIL: LULA TAKES ON THE FOURTH FLEET

    Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission Lisa Kubiske, reasons 1.4 (B and
     D).

    ¶1. (C) Summary:  During the Mercosul Summit in Argentina,
    President Lula together with other South American leaders,
    such as Bolivian president Evo Morales and Venezuelan
    president Chavez, criticized the re-establishment of the
    Fourth Fleet Chavez, with Lula at his side, called it a
    "threat" to the region and an attempt to grab the region's
    natural resources.  Lula questioned the U.S.'s intentions,
    suggesting that it resulted from recent oil discoveries along
    the Brazilian coast.  Brazilian news media is compounding the
    problem with sensationalist and often inaccurate reporting on
    the establishment of the Fourth Fleet.  Foreign Minister
    Amorim, upon Lula's request, called Ambassador Sobel in to
    request more information on the Fourth Fleet and to express
    his concern that the U.S. had not been as forthcoming as he
    would have liked.  Separately, Vice-President Alencar
    recommended that the U.S. promptly respond to Lula's comments
    before another myth relating to U.S. intentions in the region
    takes hold. End summary.

    --------------------------------------------- ----------
    Despite Media Inaccuracies, Brazil Issues a "Warning"
    --------------------------------------------- ----------

    ¶2. (U) The 2 July editions of daily newspapers O Globo, Folha
    de Sao Paulo and Valor Economico, among the most widely read
    national newspapers, contained articles with inaccurate facts
    about the establishment of the Fourth Fleet and reported
    criticism of it by Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and
    Brazilian President Lula during the Mercosul Summit in
    Argentina, with the former calling it a "threat" to countries
    in the region and a natural resource-grab on the part of the
    U.S.  President Lula suggested that its reactivation was due
    to Brazil's recent offshore oil discoveries and stated that
    he had already instructed Foreign Minister Amorim to request
    explanations from Secretary Rice.

    ¶3. (U) The articles included a weeks' old quote from Minister
    Jobim who, on first hearing of the Fleet from the media,
    responded that "Brazil will not allow the Fourth Fleet to
    enter and operate within the limits of the (Brazilian)
    territorial sea.  This is not a boast, but a warning.  If it
    enters territorial waters, Brazil will have every right to
    protest and the U.S. will not want a diplomatic incident.
    Anyway, the reactivation shows an urgent need to re-equip and
    modernize the Brazilian Navy..." Moreover, some of the press
    articles reported, inaccurately, that the USS George
    Washington and 11 other vessels will make up the fleet, and
    Brazilian military analysts are quoted asserting that this is
    a U.S. move to reaffirm Latin America as its area of
    influence and to respond to Brazilian efforts to establish a
    South American Defense Council that would stand outside the
    U.S. orbit.

    ¶4. (U) Negative press coverage of the Fourth Fleet continued
    into the weekend.  Various articles and opinion columns
    called the establishment of the Fleet an "arrogant" move by
    the U.S., and a diplomatic blunder.  In Jornal do Brasil on 5
    July, Senator Cristovam Buarque (Democratic Labor Party, PDT,
    government coalition; of the Federal District) indicated he
    had heard from unnamed American "leaders" that the purpose of
    the Fleet was to "control" governments the U.S. considered
    unfriedly.  (Note: On July 9 Ambassador Sobel met with four
    senators from the Foreign Relations and National Defense
    Committee who remained unsatisfied with the explanations
    Embassy gave and U.S. actions in establishing the Fourth
    Fleet. A read-out of this meeting will be reported septel.
    End note.)

    --------------------------------
    "The U.S. Needs to Respond"
    --------------------------------

    ¶5.  (C) During Embassy Brasilia's July 2 Fourth of July
    reception, the Ambassador asked Vice President Alencar, along

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    with Brazilian Navy Chief Admiral Moura Neto, about Lula's
    remarks regarding the Fleet.  Neither Alencar nor Moura Neto
    knew the reasons behind Lula's remarks but noted that now
    that he had made them the U.S. needed a policy to respond to
    them.  Alencar, who had just made unexpected and effusive
    public remarks in support of our bilateral relationship, told
    the Ambassador that "nothing should be allowed to stand in
    the way of the U.S.-Brazil partnership." Alencar recommended
    that Secretary Rice place a call to President Lula explaining
    the purpose of the Fourth Fleet and how it is actually a
    positive vehicle for improved relations.

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    Amorim Calls Ambassador Sobel
    ----------------------------------

    ¶6. (C) On July 3, Foreign Minister Amorim requested
    Ambassador Sobel meet with him to seek clarification on the
    Fourth Fleet.  Amorim said that President Lula had asked him
    to contact Secretary Rice, which he was doing through the
    Ambassador.  Amorim stressed Brazil's concerns regarding the
    Fourth Fleet by going over the sensitivities Brazil has with
    regard to intrusions on the country's sovereignty.  In
    particular, he noted the case of the alleged American grade
    school textbook map of the Amazon region that suggests the
    region would be internationalized.  (Note: It is an
    unfortunate and revealing testament to the perseverance of
    the myth of American designs on the Amazon that the Brazilian
    Foreign Minister would reinforce his concern over the Fourth
    Fleet by citing this long-discredited hoax.  We will provide
    material to Amorim's staff demonstrating that the textbook
    and the map are forgeries.  End note)

    ¶7. (C) Echoing Lula's comments linking the Fourth Fleet to
    oil discoveries along the Brazilian coast, Amorim raised his
    concern over comments, which he suggested had come from U.S.
    officials, that one of the purposes of the Fleet was to
    protect strategic resources in the region, to "include oil".
    (Note: We are not aware of U.S. government officials having
    made such comments.  End note).  Referring to the "excellent
    relations" between our two countries, Amorim said that
    transparency was essential to maintaining these good
    relations, and a lack of transparency could be exploited by
    those seeking to create problems.

    ¶8. (C) Ambassador Sobel responded by explaining that the
    Fourth Fleet has no offensive capability, that no ships are
    permanently assigned to it, that it consists of a planning
    staff based in Florida, and that it will enhance our
    capability to do joint exercises, provide disaster relief,
    and plan peacekeeping operations, among other missions.
    Furthermore, the Ambassador added, it is intended to
    demonstrate our commitment to enhancing our partnerships in
    Latin America.  Amorim stopped the Ambassador to clarify: "So
    this is a fleet without ships?", he asked.  The Ambassador
    assured him it was, and Amorim noted that, although he now
    understood this was a "virtual" fleet, this was not the
    impression given, and the "apprehension" was heightened
    because it is the United States creating the fleet.

    ¶9. (C) Amorim stressed that this was a politically sensitive
    issue, and based on friendly and open relations, he was
    surprised that he had received no communication on this issue
    from the State Department.  When asked about the Fourth Fleet
    during Mercosul, President Lula turned to Amorim to ask him
    for guidance, who was forced to reply that he only knew what
    had appeared in the press.   The Ambassador noted that
    Admiral Stavridis had briefed Admiral Moura Neto and the
    Brazilian military on the Fourth Fleet, but acknowledged that
    we had failed to brief the Foreign Ministry.  Amorim ended by
    noting that he would tell President Lula that he had talked
    to Ambassador Sobel and that the Secretary Rice would be
    sending comprehensive material on the Fourth Fleet.  He
    stressed that more detailed information and a call from
    Secretary Rice on this matter would be welcome, adding that
    he was prepared to reach out to her on the issue.

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    ¶10. (C) Mission Brazil is in the process of implementing a
    public relations effort to counteract these stories, and we
    are reaching out to our government counterparts to do the
    same.  The Mission placed an op-ed on the July 7 edition of
    daily newspaper O Globo clarifying the Fleet's purpose, and
    sent a letter to the editor from Admiral Stavridis which was
    published in Folha de Sao Paulo on July 8, and in Valor
    Economico and Jornal do Brazil on July 9.  We hope to send
    Brazilian reporters based in Washington and New York to the
    Fourth Fleet inauguration on July 12.  Mission is translating
    Department of Defense public information materials on the
    Fleet into Portuguese and preparing information packets for
    Brazilian defense reporters.  And the Ambassador will be
    prepared to address the issue during three upcoming press
    roundtables in Brazilian, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo.

    SOBEL

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