Messersmith, G.S., Mexico City. To Joseph F. McGurk, Washington.
Date
1944-08-07
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University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press
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2 copies. Assures McGurk [Ezequiel] Padilla has no intention of mediating between U.S. and Argentina; not a question of U.S. and Argentina but of Argentina and all other American nations; was glad to get copy of telegram Secretary sent to Churchill expressing appreciation for Churchill's statements in House of Commons; press did not give statements much publicity, although numbers of despatches quote British papers on Argentine question; British opinion seems divided; Mexican press continues favorable; must keep in mind distinction between Argentine regime and Argentine people; people of Latin American countries feel more affinity with each other than they do with people of U.S.; they may admire and respect U.S., and fear her power, but their affection is for their Latin brothers; thinks U.S. should not press Argentine question at present; just let her "stew in her own juice"; Inter-American Bar Association meeting in Mexico City; Latins have ganged up on U.S. at meeting, mostly attended by extreme Left people.
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Messersmith, George S. (George Strausser), 1883-1960.