862.20210/2009: Telegram

The Ambassador in Argentina (Armour) to the Secretary of State

2169. Our 2149, November 2, 1 p.m.65 and 2157, November 2, 10 p.m. Confirming Ford’s66 telephone call to Berle this evening, Embassy is sending aide-mémoire with accompanying memorandum67 to Foreign Office at 9 p.m. tonight. As suggested no publicity will be given this material locally pending flash from Department. If and when publicity is given it is suggested it might be preferable for stories to be [Page 231] written in Washington and cabled here under Washington dateline, we to supply full text of aide-mémoire and memorandum to local offices of Associated Press, United Press, and Reuters.

Armour
  1. Not printed.
  2. Richard Ford, First Secretary of Embassy.
  3. See drafts of memoranda on German Military Espionage in Argentina, p. 218.