710 Consultation 3A/618a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina (Armour)
196. Spaeth advises Committee for Political Defense intends to submit promptly to Argentina a memorandum, based on consultative visit in Buenos Aires28 last spring and other information of Committee, describing political defense measures necessary for adequate implementation of break in relations and of detailed security programs recommended by Committee. Spaeth desires suggestions of Department regarding subjects meriting inclusion or emphasis.
If you see no objection in principle to proposed Committee action, which accords with its general practice, Spaeth will be instructed to clear directly with and be closely guided by you regarding form, content, and time of submission of memorandum, and thereafter to clear with Department the substance of the memorandum as finally agreed upon. Please advise.
- For correspondence concerning the Committee’s program of consultative visits, see Foreign Relations, 1943, vol. v, pp. 12–23 passim.↩