862.20210/2042: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Armour) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:58 p.m.]
2264. Department’s 1681, November 7, 9 p.m. I saw Foreign Minister this afternoon and he informed me that he was releasing for [Page 248] publication locally tomorrow morning’s papers brief statement regarding memoranda of which following is translation:
“As a result of the request made by our Embassy in Washington, following the public declaration of Under Secretary of State Welles, the Ambassador of the United States has presented to the Foreign Office, in the name of his Government, three confidential memoranda dated November 3,88 4 and 10,89 relating to espionage activities in Argentine territory by agents of the countries of the Axis. The Argentine Government has received this concrete collaboration with satisfaction and has ordered immediate study of this information, which at this moment is the object of active investigation on the part of the police authorities and other appropriate agencies. Buenos Aires, November 13, 1942.”
The third memorandum dated November 10 is merely a brief amplification of data included in first two memoranda plus data on Antonio Lopez local cover of Heinz Luning of Cuba.