835.00/1456: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Armour) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:24 p.m.]
1217. The situation is outwardly quiet with Sunday activities proceeding normally. There is widespread anxiety viewed over several appointments in the Cabinet and it is understood protests are being received by Rawson even from members of the Armed Forces including colonels in active command of key units. There is a feeling that a struggle between Nationalists and democratic forces within the successful revolutionary movement is going on in the Casa Rosada and that on the outcome of this depends the future complexion of the Provisional Government.
Ahead the Radicals are the only major political party that has expressed any opinion on the revolution. Their national committee yesterday before composition of Cabinet was announced issued a statement approving the revolution and expressing faith in its purposes. They now profess keen disappointment.
The two members of the former Cabinet who had not yet returned to Argentina, the Ministers of Finance and Public Works, arrived by night boat this morning.