825.6352/8–245: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina (Braden)
1011. This morning Dept released following:
“Statement by Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew.
The Department has received a report from the American Embassy at Buenos Aires regarding a call made on Ambassador Braden yesterday [Page 401] by representatives of Argentine labor unions. These labor leaders called at their own request in order to express their disapproval of the recent campaign of defamation directed at the Ambassador in Argentina. They assured Ambassador Braden that all independent labor unions and the vast majority of the Argentine people are in complete sympathy with the Government and people of the United States and with the Ambassador personally, and stated that Argentine workers are proud that the North American people is a people of the American continent.
The delegate of the Confederation of Latin American Workers stated that these views represent the opinion of all Latin American workers.
Ambassador Braden was expressly authorized and requested by the labor representatives who called upon him to make their declarations public.
The Department naturally is deeply gratified by the friendly statements made by these Argentine labor leaders about the American people and Government. Friendly and understanding relations between the peoples of Argentina and the United States are prime objectives of our Government.
A list of the Argentine labor unions whose representatives visited Ambassador Braden follows:” (list omitted)