835.741/29: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Armour) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:55 p.m.]
605. Department’s 391, March 18, 6 p.m. A memorandum describing procedure followed by United States during period of our neutrality in last war was delivered to Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs on December 4. Matter was also discussed with Foreign Office official familiar with question (see section 2 Embassy’s 2453, December 4, 11 a.m.43). Since that time I have discussed this point with Foreign Office and will raise it again at first opportunity.
I fear, however, that efforts along this line will not be fruitful and that as suggested in last paragraph of Embassy’s 2588, of December 18, 10 [2] p.m.,44 most effective step would I feel be to present evidence that Axis diplomatic missions have since December 13, date on which 100-word restriction became effective, sent messages in code transmitting subversive information.
- According to this telegram international radiograms in code were suspended by decree except for 100 code words per day. For text, see Foreign Relations, 1942, vol. v, p. 178.↩
- Ibid., p. 181.↩