 This demonstrates the United States' tacit willingness to support the Brazilian cause despite Rusk's desire to keep this secret.A White House memorandum also dated April 1, 1964, highlighted that the White House knew that Goulart had gone into hiding and that the White House was unsure of his location due to the different intelligence reports that it had received about the situation.At the time of the memo, Gordon believed that the coup was "95% over" and that General Branco had "taken over Rio."