835.00/10–1945: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Argentina (Cabot)
1488. From Braden. Your helpful and thought provocative telegram no. 2598, Oct. 19, plus the general burden of your other reporting, in general coincides with our views here.
The situation there in many particulars is reminiscent of Lord Halifax’s comment respecting aggression, i.e., we know that the Nazi connections have existed just as we know how flagrantly the Perón regime has and is violating every principle for which we stand and to which we are pledged in respect of human rights and liberties, but to prove these facts before an international gathering, especially where [Page 425] some of those present will be sympathetic to the accused, would be extremely difficult (and presents potential dangers).
Despite the foregoing, we will in the future suffer many thousand fold if we pursue a do-nothing or appeasement policy. In other words, it is essential that the ball be kept rolling. There is one way in which this might be effectively done with even the possibility of full success, viz., if possible, some of the ablest advocates of a return to constitutional government such as Julio Noble,44 Américo Ghioldi,45 etc. should forthwith get out to the capitals of the other American republics and forcefully plead their cause and place the facts before the other governments and peoples in an intensive, persistent and convincing campaign. Only in this manner can they expect to overcome the propaganda and other activities of Fascist inclined sympathizers of Perón in each of our republics including the United States.
The Argentine people themselves must act. [Braden.]