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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Adviser on
Political Relations (Duggan)
[Washington,] January 26, 1942.
The Argentine Ambassador6 left with me the attached copy of a telegram received
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with regard to the acquisition of
military and naval matériel by Argentina in the United States. The
Ambassador stated that so far neither the War nor Navy Department had
given the Argentine delegation any idea of delivery dates. The Argentine
Military and Naval Commission here, of course, appreciates the heavy
demands for military and naval matériel and, in order that the
Government in Buenos Aires may understand, is sending two officers by
plane to Buenos Aires.
[Annex—Translation]
Telegram Received by the Argentine
Ambassador (Espil) From the Argentine
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs (Rothe)
The Minister, Dr. Ruiz Guiñazú,7 reported from Rio de
Janeiro that he has talked with Mr. Sumner Welles concerning the
necessity of providing our country with munitions of war, equipment,
and essential materials for our military factories and shipyards and
for the development of heavy industries. For this purpose, I request
Your Excellency to expedite the conversations of our military
mission and to obtain exact information concerning the possibility
of obtaining assurances that within a specified period our primary
necessities in munitions, equipment and essential materials for
military factories and shipyards will be filled.
