111.12 Braden, Spruille/10–1246
The Ambassador in Argentina (Messersmith) to the Secretary of State
Dear Mr. Secretary: …
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As you know the Argentine Government, through an act of the Congress, has ratified the Acts of Mexico City and San Francisco. It is the clearest integration of its policy into the American picture that has appeared from this country for decades. I can assure you that there is no doubt but that the Argentine Government wishes to collaborate with us more fully than with any other country and to that end it is prepared to do all that is necessary. The Argentine Government, however, will not accept dictation from us any more than we [Page 324] will from someone else, and it will not accept endeavors to impose conditions on it with respect to performance which go so far beyond what other American Republics have done. As you have well stated in your telegram to me from Paris dated September 2, 9 a.m.,32 we must be reasonable in our decisions as to compliance and our objective is to restore not to prevent friendly relations.
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With all good wishes [etc.]
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