Messersmith, G.S.
Date
2011-06-15
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
Abstract
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Gives observations on General [Lazaro] Cárdenas, ex-President of Mexico; it was wish of President Avila Camacho that Messersmith see as much of Cárdenas as possible, hoping by close contact Cárdenas would assume a less unfriendly attitude to U.S; Messersmith had lunch with Cárdenas at his home in Cuernavaca and had long conversation, but though Cárdenas received him courteously, made little impression; Cárdenas extremely nationalistic and antagonistic toward everything foreign; doubts that he was pro-Nazi, but thinks he wouldn't have objected to U.S. defeat.
Keywords
Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.