Index

  • Abbink, John, 363375
  • Accioly, Mr., 350352
  • Acheson, Dean, 7475
  • Ackerman, Ralph H., 189190
  • Adams, Col. Edward D., 144145, 149
  • Aguiar, Adm., 744, 747
  • Aguirre, Col. Osmin, 119
  • Alemán Valdes, Miguel, 184, 607, 609, 617, 623, 637641, 645
  • Alessandri, Jorge, 423, 425, 432434
  • Alfaro, Ricardo J., 693
  • Alvarez, Pedro, 430432
    • American and Foreign Power Co., 304, 394397
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7680, 96
    • American Federation of Labor, 198, 683
    • American Locomotive Co., 389390
    • Anaconda Copper Co., 420
    • Anaya, Raul, 123
    • Anderson, Clinton, 547548
    • Anderson, Karl L., 233, 237
    • Anderson, Stewart G., 362
    • Andrews, Mark E., 612616
    • Angel Parada, Lt. Col. Miguel, 119
    • Antarctica, tension regarding status of, 16, 25, 32, 287, 298300; U.S. proposal for condominium over, 298
    • Anti-American propoganda, U.S. information policy regarding, 201
    • Anti-Communist measures within the Inter-American system, U.S. policy regarding, 193206
    • Araujo, Alfonso, 440441, 448450, 455462, 468, 476477
    • Arbitration of disputes, question of compulsory, 3536
    • Arévalo, Juan José, 84, 9192, 160, 495498, 499n , 531, 534
    • Argentina, 279328; 133, 330, 340341, 481, 545, 715
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7880
    • Antarctica, claims to, 16, 287, 299300; opposition to U.S. proposal regarding condominium, 298
    • Anti-Communist agreements, proposal regarding, 195, 286
    • Austral bloc, policy regarding, 279280
    • Bolivia, reports of interest in, 298
    • Chile, intervention in, reports and charges regarding, 298, 306; relations with, 301302, 317
    • Communism in the Western Hemisphere, attitude toward, 202, 204, 299, 305, 308
    • Communist activities in, 203204, 288, 295296
    • Cuba, relations with, 565
    • Economic situation, 290291, 293
    • Falkland Islands dispute, 16, 32, 35, 287, 299
    • Five-Year Plan, 290291
    • Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts (Committee of Five), 171, 173, 177
    • Inter-American Economic Conference, consultations regarding, 75, 279280
    • Inter-American treaty of reciprocal assistance, nonratification of, 295, 299
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 2426, 29, 3133, 3940, 4347, 50, 52, 5457, 6163, 6667, 279280, 283, 286287
    • International trade, policy regarding, 307
    • Nicaragua, attitude toward recognition of new government in, 99
    • Nonintervention, policy regarding, 301, 304, 306
    • Panama, relations with, 663
    • Pan American Union, attitude toward, 28, 3132, 3536
    • Paraguay, recognition of new government in, 111; relations with, 303, 306, 701702, 716
    • Peru, recognition of new government in, 113, 114n , 304, 306
    • Petroleum development problems, 255, 358; reserves and production, 245
    • Political situation, 290291, 294, 298; assassination plot against Peron, 292294, 296298, 706
    • Spain: Agreements respecting immigration, reciprocal military service, and cultural affairs, 298; relations with, 282, 289; visit of Spanish Foreign Minister to Argentina, 298
    • Strategic materials, 234236
    • “Third position,” 281282, 738
    • United Kingdom: Royal Air Force training mission, 323324; sale of jet-propelled aircraft to Argentina, 323324, 327
    • United States, relations with:
      • American and Foreign Power Co., difficulties of, 304
      • Antarctica, U.S. position regarding Argentine claims to, 298300
      • Arms procurement program, U.S. position regarding, 215, 280, 287, 299, 303, 310328, 351n
      • Economic relations: Argentine beef, 280; Argentine wheat, 281; dollar shortage, 290291, 293294, 298, 300; Five-Year Plan, 290291; offshore procurement by European Recovery Program, 289291, 307, 309, 721; sales to Soviet satellite countries, U.S. policy toward, 325326
      • Military mission in Argentina, 351; agreement of Oct. 6, 260
      • Military training for Argentine officers at Armored Force School, 322
      • Newsprint supplies, limitation to certain publishers, 304, 310
      • Political relations, 279291, 297299; assassination plot against the Peróns, charges of involvement of U.S. official, 292294, 296298; visit to the United States by the Peróns, consideration of possible, 300
      • Press relations, 308, 310
      • Territorial waters, U.S. reservation regarding Argentine decrees on, 263, 267268; Argentine rejection of, 298
      • Visit to the United States by Argentine Minister of War, 317
    • Uruguay, relations with (see also under Uruguay, 294, 302303, 306, 738739
    • Venezuela: Attitude toward Argentina, 132; recognition of new goverment in, 140, 142143, 304, 306; noninvolvement in Venezuelan military coup, 136, 149
  • Arguello, Leonardo, 99n
  • Arías, Harmodio, 660
  • Arías Madrid, Arnulfo, 180181, 534, 657n , 658, 676
  • Armaments in Latin American countries, burden of, 155, 189
  • Armour, Norman: Argentina, 279n , 323; Bolivia, 329330; Chile, 415421; Colombia, 469; Cuba, 543, 553, 557n , 559560; Ecuador, 208; Guatemala–U.K. controversy regarding Belize, 83n ; Haiti, 591, 595596; Inter-American military cooperation bill, 214215; International Conference of American States, Ninth, 5, 22, 33, 39n , 60n , 63; Panama, 647n , 673675; Peru, 720723; Venezuela–Dominican Republic, 153154, 157, 172n
  • Arms Policy Committee, 533
  • Armstrong W. Park, Jr., 202
  • Army–Navy Petroleum Board, 254n , 255
  • Arriola, J. Isaac, 109, 716
  • Atwood, R. S., 237, 239
  • Ayala, Gen. Santiago, 117
  • Baldwin Locomotive Works, 389390, 392
  • Ballivián, René, 334
  • Barber, Willard F., 9596, 601n , 602n , 674
  • Barkley, Alben W., 409
  • Barón, José T., 569
  • Barron, Bryton, 672n
  • Battle, Berres, Luis, 294, 296, 302, 738740, 744, 751, 753
  • Batres, Marco Antonio, 39
  • Bauer, Walter, 380, 435437, 444, 448, 466469
  • Beaulac, Willard L., 2223, 2934, 3952, 5469, 8990, 438440, 446448, 450452, 453n , 455456, 463464, 470, 476480, 487n , 701702
  • Belgian Overseas Trading Corp., 311312, 315
  • Belgium, questions concerning transfer to Argentina of tanks and ammunition of U.S. origin, 310320, 324325
  • Belize, British-Guatemalan controversy over, 30, 32, 8197, 496
    • Arbitration proposals, 8990
    • British cruisers, despatch to Belize, 81; withdrawal of HMS Sheffield, 8284
    • British troops in Belize: Reinforcement of, 8384; question of withdrawal of, 8387, 89
    • Closure of border by Guatemala, 8182, 84, 8687, 89, 9192; effect on American lumber concerns, 8182, 9192
    • Guatemalan troops at frontier of British Honduras, question of withdrawal of, 83, 87
    • International Court of Justice, considerations regarding possible referral to, 87, 90, 9495, 97
    • Pan American Union, referral to, 81n , 88
    • U.S. policy, 30, 32, 8197, 496
  • Bello, José, 177, 541
  • Belt, Guillermo, 35, 172, 176, 183186, 191, 543, 547555, 558, 573, 579
  • Bennett, William Tapley, Jr., 180, 532534, 535n , 537539, 541542, 647n , 672n , 674, 689691
  • Bermúdez, Antonio J., 603, 606607, 609614, 617
  • Bernbaum, Maurice M., 99107, 494n , 517, 518n , 519522, 572
  • Bertollo, Brig. Gen. Arturo, 292, 294297
  • Betancourt, Romulo, 3334, 52, 127128, 137, 156, 160161, 163, 166
  • Beteta, Ramón, 627
  • Bethlehem Steel Co., 762763, 769
  • Bevin, Ernest, 315, 317
  • Blaisdell, Thomas C., 256257
  • Blanco, Andrés Eloy, 141, 761
  • Blanco, Juan Carlos, 741
  • Blanco, Raúl, 526
  • Bogotá Conference. See International Conference of American States, Ninth.
  • Bohan. Merwin L., 332, 616619, 624628, 643644
  • Bohlen, Charles E., 215n , 557, 604606
  • Bolaños, Maj. Oscar A., 119, 122
  • Boldt, Rudolfo, 324
  • Bolivia, 329349; 133, 140
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 76, 7880
    • Argentina, relations with, 279, 298
    • Bolivian Development Corp., 329, 332, 334, 336, 342543
    • Cochabamba-Santa Cruz Highway. See under United States, infra .
    • Communists in, 295
    • Foreign debt of, 330, 333334
    • Hydroelectric power, development of, 332, 341
    • Immigration into, 332, 341
    • International Bank for Reconstruction and development, 335
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 32, 36, 40, 46, 52, 5556, 61
    • International organizations, difficulties of participation in, 339340
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 113, 114n
    • Petroleum development, 234236, 335336, 336n , 341
    • Political situation, 340
    • Strategic materials, 234236
    • Tin production and resources, 341
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements respecting: Air transport, Sept. 29, 341, 349; health and sanitation program, July 1 and 14, 275
      • Agricultural experiment station program, 339
      • Axis economic interests, continuing efforts to eliminate, 346349
      • Bohan mission, 332
      • Bohan plan, 338, 341
      • Cochabamba-Santa Cruz Highway, question of continued U.S. support for, 329330, 332, 335, 337338, 340343
      • Defaulted dollar bonds, renewal of service on, 333334, 341342
      • Economic development, U.S. interest in, 329343
      • Export-Import Bank, question of loans, 329330, 332338, 342343
      • Food relief, 746
      • Lend-Lease account, 221, 343346
      • Public Roads Administration mission, 337n , 343
      • Sanitation and health program, 275, 339
      • U.S. economic mission (Bohan mission), 332
    • Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianas (YPFB), 335336
  • Bonilla Lara, Alvaro, 35, 490, 493, 496, 498, 500501, 504507, 513514, 518, 520, 525
  • Boonstra, C. A., 723724
  • Bosch, Juan, 160
  • Bowers, Claude G., 136137, 317318, 323, 425, 429, 433434
  • Bracker, Milton, 255
  • Braden, Spruille, 296
  • Bramuglia, Juan Atilio, 26, 4445, 281, 283, 285286, 290, 299309, 751, 753
  • Brazil, 350404; 303, 330, 340341, 483
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 76, 78, 80
    • Argentina, attitude and concern toward, 281, 350352
    • Balance of payments, 381
    • Bank of Brazil, 379380, 383, 389392
    • Brazilian Electric Power Co., 395397
    • Cia Energia Electricia de Bahia, 396
    • Cia Energia Electricia Rio Grandena, 396
    • Cia Força e Luz Nordeste, 396
    • Communism and Communists in, 285, 295, 363, 752
    • Czechoslovakian credits for purchase of oil refinery, 364
    • Dominican Republic, arms sales to, 153
    • French sale of oil refinery and locomotives, 364
    • GATT, protocol of provisional application of, 400401
    • Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts (Committee of Five), 171, 173, 177
    • Inter-American cooperation with respect to coffee, 270
    • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, question of loans, 376, 381
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 9, 2528, 3233, 35, 3940, 4445, 47, 50, 52, 5456, 58, 61, 64, 67
    • International Monetary Fund, question of participation in, 376, 380381
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99, 107108
    • Paraguay, relations with, 702; question of recognition of new government in, 111
    • Pernambuco Tramways & Power Co., 396
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • Petroleum legislation, 362364, 619
    • Petroleum resources, problems regarding development of, 2728, 255, 720; reserves, 245
    • State Bank of São Paulo, 383
    • Strategic materials, 234236, 240, 363, 715
    • UNRRA, cooperation with 398
    • United States, relations with:
      • Abbink mission, 363375, 382
      • Aggression against Brazil, U.S. assurances in the event of, 350352
      • Agreements regarding:
        • Health and sanitation, Dec. 15 and 30, 275
        • Lend-Lease, settlement of, Apr. 15, 383387
        • Mineral resources survey program, Nov. 26, 277
        • Reciprocal trade, June 30 and July 31, 404
        • U.S. military advisory mission, July 29, 260
        • U.S. personnel stationed in Brazil and Brazilian personnel stationed in the United States, Dec. 15, 1947, and Feb. 2, 1948, 260
      • Coffee procurement for European Recovery Program, 397399
      • Export of canned meat, reported prohibition of, 403404
      • Export-Import Bank, question of loans to Brazil, 382383; American and Foreign Power Co., 394397; Intercontinental Hotel Corp., 392393; Laminação Nacional de Metais of Sao Paulo, 378, 382383; National Department of Railways of Brazil, 389390; Sorocabana Railway, 389392; Twin Coach Co., 393394; Vale do Rio Doce, 377378, 382, 395
      • Inter-American security, 188
      • Joint Technical Commission, 363375, 382
      • Lend-Lease account, 221, 388; settlement of, 380, 383387, 628n
      • Lend-Lease pipeline agreement (1946), 384, 387388
      • Loans, status of, 375397
      • Manganese ore at Corumba, importance of, 715
      • Petroleum legislation, 362364, 619
      • Reciprocal trade agreement (1935), 399404, 463; status of, after GATT, 399404
      • São Paulo loan, 399
      • Stabilization Fund credit, renewal of, 375381
      • Sugar sales to the United States, negotiations regarding, 548
      • Surplus property, status of payments, 381
      • Traction loan, 381
  • Brazilian-U.S. Defense Commission, 243, 254n , 357
  • Brenes, Miguel, 518, 523
  • Bretton Woods Conference, 56
  • Briggs, Ellis O., 281, 296297, 309, 740745, 749, 751752
  • Brinsmade, Robert T., 144
  • British Honduras, political status of (see also Belize), 30
  • Brooks, Maj. Gen. E.H., 110
  • Brown, Winthrop G., 453456, 458460, 585, 612
  • Brownell, George A., 637641
  • Bruce, Howard, 307, 309
  • Bruce, James, 279n , 280, 281n , 283290, 293, 295299, 309, 325, 703
  • Buckner, Gen. Simon Bolivar, 26
  • Buenos Aires economic conference, proposed, 7375, 242, 279280, 308309
  • Bulhões, Otavio, 369, 375377
  • Bureau of Federal Supply, 713
  • Bureau of Mines, 233
  • Bureau of the Budget, 557
  • Burrows, Charles R., 171172, 174177
  • Bursley, Herbert S., 169, 601n
  • Bustamante y Rivero, José Luís, 111
  • Butler, George H., 145146, 154155
  • Butler, Robert, 149, 190, 557562, 566567, 569570, 579
  • Cáceras, Julián R., 599601
  • Cactus ammonia plant, 430
  • Cady, John C., 728731
  • Calderón Guardia, Col. Francisco (Paco), 498, 514, 517
  • Calderón Guardia, Rafael Angel, 107, 488n , 492, 496, 498, 502, 504, 507, 515517, 518n , 531, 538539
  • Cale, Edward G., 233
  • Camacho Lorenzana, José, 440, 453, 460, 463
  • Canada, 405414
    • North Atlantic Treaty Organization, attitude toward, 410411
    • Petroleum resources, 254
    • United States, relations with, 374
      • Agreements respecting:
        • Communications system between Edmonton, Alberta, and Fairbanks, Alaska, Mar. 1 and 31, 413
        • Defense installations and equipment, transfer of, Mar. 2, 413; supplementary exchange of notes, Apr. 9 and 14, 413
        • Potatoes, export of, to the United States, Nov. 23, 413414
        • Radio broadcasting stations, engineering standards for the allocation of, Dec. 24, 1947, and Apr. 1, 1948, 414
        • Shellfish industries, sanitary practices in, Mar. 4 and Apr. 30, 414
      • Basic security plan, 217
      • Canal project, 412413
      • Defense Commission, 243
      • Hyde Park agreement, continuation of, 405406
      • Military assistance, 222, 224
      • Ogdensburg Declaration, 405
      • Trade barriers, 406413
  • Canata, Maj. Adalberto, 109n
  • Cárdenas, Lazaro, 617
  • Cardona, Edgar, 526
  • Carías Andino, Tiburcio, 168, 181, 600
  • Caribbean brigade, 181
  • Caribbean Defense Command, 666n , 669n , 675, 677679, 684685, 687
  • Caribbean legion, 535537, 539
  • Caribbean tensions:
    • Committee of Five. See Inter-American committee, etc., infra .
    • Costa Rica: Attitude toward the Dominican Republic, 175; nonintervention policy regarding Nicaragua, 168
    • Cuba, claims and complaints by the Dominican Republic against (see also Inter-American committee, etc., infra), 157159, 164, 182184, 187188, 190192, 565
    • Dominican Republic: Charges of Venezuela supplying arms to Haiti, 169; claims and complaint against Cuba (see also Inter-American committee, etc., infra ), 157158, 164, 174177, 179, 182184, 187192; complaint against Guatemala, 157, 160, 164, 175; complaint against Haiti, 155157, 160, 164, 164, 173174; request for U.S. mediation, 167; tensions between Dominican Republic and Venezuela (see under Venezuela, infra )
    • Haitian denial of Dominican charges, 173174, 187
    • Honduran concern regarding possible intervention by foreign governments to overthrow its government, 169
    • Inter-American collective action for peaceful settlement of disputes, U.S. support for (see also Inter-American committee, infra ), 155156, 162163, 170172, 179
    • Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts, 157, 171179, 182190, 192, 703704
    • Nonintervention commitments, 167
    • Panamanian concern regarding possible attack by Costa Rica, 180182
    • United States: Dominican request for mediation, 167; efforts to obtain public statements denying support for revolutionary acts against other states, 159, 161, 165166; participation in Inter-American committee, 157, 171174, 176179, 182190, 192; support for Inter-American collective action for peaceful settlement of disputes, 155156, 162163, 170173, 179, 567
    • Venezuela: Attitude toward Dominican Republic, 132; complaint against Dominican Republic, 153154, 156157, 160161; denial of Dominican allegations charging Venezuela with supplying arms to Haiti, 169, 171; objection to Brazilian arms sale to Dominican Republic, 158, 169, 171; tensions between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, 153154, 156157, 160161, 163164, 169171, 175; Venezuelan complaint against anti-Venezuelan activities in Nicaragua, 165166
  • Carnevali, Gonzalo, 131, 139141, 161, 761
  • Carrigan, John Willard, 129, 263n 756761
  • Casas-Briceño, Antonio, 131132, 137
  • Castaneda Castro, Salvador, 116118, 121122, 124125
  • Castellanos, Daniel, 740741
  • Castillo Majera, Maj. Gen. F., 645
  • Castro, Hector David, 33, 35
  • Central America, Communists in, 295
  • Central American Union, Costa Rican views on, 167168; U.S. policy toward, 168
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 200
  • Chamorro Vargas, Gen. Emiliano, 100102
  • Chapman, Walter M., 265
  • Charles, Joseph D., 187, 591, 595
  • Chase National Bank, 377, 623, 625
  • Chavez, Carlos Azucar, 121
  • Cheek, J. A., 228229
  • Chemical Trust Co., 623, 625
  • Chile, 415437; 133, 545
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 76, 78, 80
    • Antarctica, claims to, 16, 25, 32
    • Argentina: Attitude toward Chile, 301302; efforts to dominate or intervene in Chile, reports of, 279, 298, 306; U.S. sale of military equipment to Argentina and visit of Argentine military mission to the United States, Chilean concern regarding, 317318, 323
    • Bank of Chile, 430
    • Chilean Nitrate Sales Corp., 418
    • Chilean State Railways, 422
    • Communism and Communists in, 285, 295, 301, 431; international Communist activities, Chilean attitude toward liaison for exchange of information, 204
    • Compañia de Acero del Pacifico, 435
    • Compañia Chilena de Electricldad, 421422
    • Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina (CTAL), 197
    • Corporación de Fomento de la Production, 415n , 419421, 427429, 434437
    • Fabrica Victoria de Puente Alto, 429
    • Fiscal situation, reports on, 432433
    • Foreign debt, negotiations regarding settlement of, 415, 419, 423425, 429, 432
    • Guggenheim representatives in, 418
    • Inter-American Confederation of Labor, 198
    • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Mission to Chile, 416, 433434; question of loans to Chile, 415417, 419, 428429
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, Chilean participation in, 9, 2567 passim
    • International Monetary Fund, discussions regarding exchange control, 419420
    • Labor violence, 301n
    • Manufacturera de Metales (Mademsa), 430
    • Nicaragua, question of recogntion of new government in, 99
    • Paraguay, question of recognition of new government in, 111
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 113, 114n
    • Petroleum: Problems in development, 255, 420421; reserves and daily production, 245
    • Santiago Street Railways, 422
    • South American Power Co., 422
    • Soviet Union, break in relations with, 301
    • Steel mill, 420, 435437
    • Strategic materials, 234236
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreement realting to a U.S. naval mission to Chile, May 22 and Oct. 2, 260
      • Air transport agreement, May 10, 437
      • Export-Import Bank, question of loans to Chile, 416418, 420421, 427431, 434437
      • Jayhawk Ordnance Works, 424
      • Labor violence in Chile, U.S. position toward, 301n
      • Lend-Lease account, status of, 221
      • Ozark Ordnance Works, 425427
      • Territorial waters, U.S. reservation regarding Chilean decrees on, 263, 267268
      • U.S. naval vessel, efforts of Chilean Navy to purchase, 213214, 323
      • Wartime ammonia plants, Chilean complaint regarding U.S. disposal of, 430432
    • Venezuela, Chilean attitude toward new government in, 150
    • Yugoslavia, break in relations with, 301
  • China, recognition of new government in Costa Rica, 530; U.S. military aid to China, 224
  • China Trade Act (1922), 238
  • Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA), 697, 699
  • Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), 638, 699
  • Civil Service Commission, 687, 690691
  • Civil Service Retirement Act, 683, 686
  • Clark, David M., 476478
  • Clark, DuWayne G., 378380, 710711, 713
  • Clark, Edward W., 687
  • Clark, Lew B., 620624
  • Clayton, William L., 426
  • Clayton plan regarding International Trade Organization, 618
  • Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 544n
  • Coffee, Inter-American cooperation with respect to, 269272
  • Cohen, Alex A., 503504
  • Colby, Bainbridge, 20
  • Colina, Rafael de la, 637
  • Colombia, 438487; 133, 140, 164, 648
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Bond indebtedness, negotiations regarding settlement of, 476
    • Civil disturbances in Bogotá in April, 3943, 128, 285286, 331, 441443, 446, 453, 466467, 470471; question of liability of Colombian Government for, 470472
    • Communist party in, 447
    • Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina (CTAL), 197
    • Inter-American cooperation with respect to coffee, 271
    • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, question of loans to Colombia, 441, 447448, 462, 467, 476, 478
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, Colombian participation in, 1, 29, 34, 36, 40, 4546, 52, 5556, 59, 6667
    • International Monetary Fund, Colombian relations with, 441, 458, 467, 470, 473, 477
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • Petroleum: Development problems, 255; reserves and daily production, 245, 253
    • Political situation, 441443, 446
    • Strategic materials, 234
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreement regarding:
        • Health and sanitation program in Colombia, July 8 and 29, 275
        • Termination of reciprocal trade agreement of 1935, Oct. 12, 1949, 463464
        • U.S. military mission to Colombia, May 28 and July 23, 260261
      • Air agreement, bilateral, opposition of U.S. airlines to negotiation of, 446
      • Colombian Economic Mission to the United States, 440444, 447448, 455, 467, 476
      • Export-Import Bank, question of loans to Colombia, 45, 441442, 446448, 462, 466470, 472473, 476478
      • GATT, U.S. interest in Colombian accession to, 454n , 455, 461463, 476477
      • Interoceanic canal route, Colombian agreement to preliminary reconnaissance of the Atrato-Truandó, 483487
      • Lend-Lease account: Negotiations regarding settlement of, 455456, 473475; status of, 221
      • Military equipment, Colombian request for U.S., 465466, 480483
      • Panama Canal, consideration of Colombian role in defense of, 661
      • Petroleum legislation, U.S. interest in proposed Colombian, 478480
      • Reciprocal trade agreement: Termination of, 463464; U.S. representations that Colombian exchange taxes in violation of, 446, 453462, 469470, 476477
      • Shipping, foreign, U.S. concern regarding Colombian discrimination against, 438n , 444445, 469
      • Tariff and other trade barriers, U.S. intention to negotiate with Colombia for reciprocal reduction of, 463
      • Treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, negotiation of, 452, 462463, 480
      • U.S. oil companies:
      • U.S. policy toward, 438440
    • Venezuela, Colombian recognition of new government in, 142
  • Colombia River Packers Association, 268
  • Cominform, 295
  • Comintern, dissolution of, 502
  • Commercial Bureau of the American Republics, 70
  • Committee of Five. See Inter-American Committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts under Caribbean tensions.
  • Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), 547548, 554, 562, 566, 571, 574, 723724
  • Communism in the American Republics, 197
    • Resolution XXXII of Ninth International Conference of American States, 193194, 201206; implementation of, U.S. proposals regarding, 202203, 206; Argentine proposals, 202; Chile, 204; Panama, 205206
    • Strength of, 196
    • Threat of international Communism, 198200, 452
  • Communism, international, 198200, 452
  • Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina (CTAL), 197198
  • Congress of Petroleum Workers of Latin America, Tampico, Mexico, Sept. 22–26, 617
  • Continental shelf. See under Territorial waters.
  • Cooper, Prentice, 723724, 727n , 731732
  • Cordova, Lt. Col. Manuel de J., 117119, 122123
  • Corliss, James C., 375, 380381, 423, 448
  • Corominas. Enrique V., 61, 177178, 185187, 537n
  • Correa da Costa, Sergio, 186187
  • Corrêa e Castro, Pedro Luiz, 368370, 372
  • Costa, Humberto, 119, 122123
  • Costa Rica, 488542; 163
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Argentina, relations with, 530
    • Belize dispute, Costa Rican attitude toward, 496
    • Caribbean Legion: Disbandment of, 535536; offer of services against Nicaragua, 537, 539
    • Central American Federation, Costa Rican views on, 167168
    • Chinese recognition of new Costa Rican government, 530
    • Civil war, 168, 488523
    • Communist participation in, 502503
    • Diplomatic corps in San José, role in settlement of civil strife, 507, 509517, 519, 522523
    • Coffee, inter-American cooperation with respect to, 270
    • Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina, 197
    • Dominican Republic, absence of relations with, 526, 530
    • El Salvador: Recognition of new government, 121, 123; relations with, 530
    • Guatemala: Charges of intervention in civil war, 495496, 498499, 505, 508509, 525526; policy of neutrality and nonintervention, 499n
    • Honduras: Attitude toward, 532; efforts to purchase arms from, 505
    • Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts (Committee of Five), abstention regarding creation of, 178
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 46, 56
    • Interoceanic canal, possible alternate route through Nicaragua and Costa Rica, 484
    • Mexico, efforts to purchase arms from, 505, 508, 510
    • Nicaragua, relations with:
      • Costa Rican attitude, 99, 104, 168, 505, 530534
      • Intervention in Costa Rican civil war, 5255, 58, 85, 168, 494496, 497500, 516522, 531
      • Invasion of Costa Rica, 536539; Costa Rican appeal to Council of the Organization of American States, 537, 540542, 753; COAS Committee of Information, 541542; invocation of Rio Treaty by Costa Rica, 537538; inquiry regarding U.S. arms, 536537; provision of information by Costa Rica to the U.N. Security Council, 537n
      • Nonintervention, Costa Rican policy regarding, 531
    • Panama, relations with: Allegations regarding Panamanian supply of arms to opposition forces, 505; Panamanian concern regarding possible Costa Rican attack, 180182
    • Peru, attitude toward recognition of new government in, 114
    • Political parties: National Republican Party, 488n , 496, 502503; National Union Party, 488n ; Social Democratic Party, 488n ; Vanguardia Popular Party, 488n , 492494, 496, 502503, 507, 515516, 521, 537
    • Presidential elections, nullification of, 488489, 491492
    • Quinine, development of new sources, 258
    • Recognition of new Costa Rican government, 108, 113, 523, 525, 529530; Spanish recognition, 530
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements regarding: Establishment of the American Cinchona Plantation at Isla Bonita (1944), 258; food production, 273
      • Arms and military equipment, Costa Rican request for, 527528, 532533
      • Civil war in Costa Rica, U.S. attitude toward:
        • Arms sales to Costa Rica, charges that U.S. prevented, 504505, 508510
        • Diplomatic corps efforts to arrange settlement, U.S. Ambassador’s participation in, 507, 509, 511519, 522523
        • Good offices, appeal of the Costa Rican Government for, 506, 511
        • Guatemalan intervention, U.S. attitude toward allegations, 495, 497, 499, 505, 508, 510
        • Nicaraguan intervention, U.S. concern regarding, 494495, 499500, 505, 508, 510, 518522
        • Nonintervention, U.S. policy of, 497499
        • Protection of American lives and property, 493, 501
      • Consular convention, Jan. 12, 542
      • Continental shelf and high seas fisheries, 263268
      • Convention for the establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (1949), 267n
      • Lend-Lease: Arms to Costa Rica, 504, 526527; settlement of debt, 527, 529535; status of account, 221
      • Nicaraguan invasion: Costa Rican inquiry regarding U.S. arms, 536537; U.S. membership on COAS Committee of Information, 541542
      • Recognition of new government in Costa Rica, U.S. policy regarding, 108, 113, 523, 525, 529530
  • Coulter, James W., 769770
  • Council for European Economic Cooperation (CEEC), 34, 280n , 398399
  • Creole Oil Co., 757, 760761, 763764
  • Crimea Conference (1945), report of, 20
  • Crittenberger, Lt. Gen. Willis D., 318, 321322, 660, 666671, 674, 697
  • Grosser, Robert, 614615
  • CTAL (Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina), 197
  • Cuadra Pasos, Carlos, 99, 101103, 106
  • Cuba, 543579; 141
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Argentina, relations with, 565
    • Coffee, inter-American cooperation with respect to, 270
    • Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina, 197
    • Dominican claims and complaint against Cuba. See under Caribbean tensions: Dominican Republic.
    • Haiti, relations with, 565
    • Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts (Committee of Five), 171173, 175177
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, Cuban participation in, 25, 29, 3536, 40, 5255, 59, 6162, 64, 6769
    • Mexico, relations with, 565
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government of, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government of, 114
    • Political party: Auténtico party, 543, 550551, 558n
    • Presidential elections, 543, 547, 550551, 557
    • Soviet Union, relations with, 565
    • Strategic materials, 234235
    • Sugar production and sales, Cuban policy regarding, 546552, 557558, 561, 573
    • United Nations, Cuban role in, 564
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreement for weather stations in Cuba, Aug. 21, 1947, and Jan. 27, 1948, 278
      • Aid to Cuba (staple foods and fertilizers), 572, 574, 578
      • Alliance, Cuban proposal regarding, 575576, 578579
      • American business interests in Cuba, U.S. representations regarding treatment of, 543544, 564565, 572, 575577
      • Chancery site in Habana, negotiations regarding, 544, 561, 567
      • Civil aviation, question of reciprocal air rights, 564
      • Claims by American nationals, 543544, 554, 558, 561, 563564, 567569, 572, 575
      • Claims commission, proposal for establishment of a, 558
      • Convention of establishment and economic development, proposed, draft on, 577578
      • Economic aggression:
        • Cuban charges against the United States: Rio Conference, 553; Ninth International Conference of American States, 552n , 564565
        • U.S. charges against Cuba, 552553, 565
      • Export-Import Bank, question of loans to Cuba, 578
      • Expropriation of property, U.S. representations regarding Stowers case, 544
      • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, U.S. sympathetic interest in any Cuban loan application, 578
      • Lend-Lease account: Status of, 221; U.S. interest in settlement of, 569570
      • Maine Park, proposed project regarding, 544
      • North Atlantic Treaty Organization, U.S. attitude toward Cuban suggestion that Latin American countries be included in, 572
      • Platt Amendment, abrogation of, 563
      • Seatrain problems, U.S. interest in settlement of, 553, 558, 564
      • Settlement purchase, U.S. policy regarding, 545, 549, 557560, 562
      • Sugar: Purchases of Cuban sugar, 544552, 554, 566, 571, 574; Tanamo Sugar Mill, Cuban seizure, 554556; tariff preferences on Cuban sugar, 563, 571, 574; U.S. sugar quotas, 552553, 563, 566, 571, 578
      • Technical and economic aid to Cuba, U.S. attitude toward, 571, 573, 576578
      • Termination agency contracts, U.S. representations regarding Cuban decree prohibiting, 553, 558, 564
      • Textile problem, 567
      • Trade agreement, Cuban violations of, 554, 558, 560, 564, 569
      • Treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation, proposed, 543, 558561, 566568, 570, 572, 575, 577
      • Treaty of relations (1934), 563n
      • U.S. policy toward Cuba, 562566
      • U.S. warships, sale of, to Cuba, 160
      • Visit by U.S. naval vessels to Cuba, 567
      • Visit of President Prio to the United States, 570571, 573
    • Venezuela, Cuban attitude toward, 140, 150
  • Cuenca, Abel, 123
  • Curtice, A. A., 737
  • Czechoslovakia, 325, 364, 503
  • Da Costa, Maj. Juan, 599
  • Daniels, Paul C.: American Committee on Dependent Territories, 78; Argentina, 279n , 294n , 299304, 309; Bolivia, 336337; Brazil, 377388; Chile, 419420; Costa Rica, 491492, 496497, 510n , 537, 541542; Cuba, 544, 576579; Dominican charges against Venezuela and Haiti, 156160, 162, 164165; Ecuador, 226; Guatemala–U.K. controversy regarding Belize, 8586, 8990, 9596; Honduras, 601n ; Inter-American collective actions for peaceful settlement of disputes, 155n , 156157, 159, 162, 165166, 172; Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts (Committee of Five), 177180, 182184, 186188, 190n , 191192; Inter-American cooperation with respect to coffee, 269; International Conference of American States, Ninth, 4, 2930, 36, 63; military assistance to the American Republics, 222224, 225n ; Nicaragua, 102, 495496, 522; Panama, 647n , 691; Paraguay, 702, 709, 711714; Peru, 112113, 732; strategic materials in the Western Hemisphere, 233, 237, 239, 242n ; Uruguay, 741742, 748754; Venezeula, 126, 131132, 134, 137139, 146, 161, 767768
  • Dasso, David, 728731
  • Davis, Lt. Col. Charles I., 328
  • Davis, Monnet B., 657664, 670671, 673n , 675, 687, 696698
  • Davis, Nathaniel P., 265, 488494, 497501, 503504, 506509, 511520, 522528, 535537
  • Dawson, Allan, 375377
  • Dawson, William, 153154, 162, 172173
  • Dearborn, Henry, 279281, 294295, 298
  • Debayle, Luis Manuel, 52, 54, 99102, 104, 106
  • De Diego, Mario, 664666, 669n
  • de Fernig, Moens, 318319
  • de Gruben, Baron Hervé, 314, 318319
  • de Mello, Rubens, 350351
  • Delgado Chalbaud, Lt. Col. Carlos, 126130, 133134, 151
  • Department of Agriculture, 544545, 548549, 599, 662; Secretary of Agriture, 558, 602
  • Department of Commerce, 355356, 441, 605; Secretary of Commerce, 409, 442, 445n , 762
  • Department of Defense, 767; Secretary of Defense, 409, 652
  • Department of Labor, 651, 680, 685
  • Department of the Air Force, 219, 465, 482, 684, 747
  • Department of the Army, 218220, 315316, 318, 320323, 325, 465, 482, 532533, 649, 670, 672673, 684, 695696, 705
  • Department of the Navy, 219220, 465, 482, 586, 651, 655, 680, 684, 717, 747
  • Department of the Treasury, 375376, 378379, 381, 621, 623, 636; Secretary of the Treasury, 409, 445n , 621
  • Despradel, Arturo, 35, 174, 176, 179, 184, 187
  • Deutsch, John, 410
  • Díaz Arosemena, Domingo, 657n , 660, 662663, 675n , 676677
  • Díaz, Ordóñez, Virgilio, 171172
  • Dillon, Augosto, 207
  • Diplomatic relations, continuity of (see also Recognition of governments), 1516, 1819, 3536, 60, 98, 108, 110, 112, 114, 126, 132, 136, 138140, 147, 152, 306, 525
  • Disputes, pacific settlement of, 1415, 34, 6162, 6466, 68, 153192
  • Disputes, U.S. support of inter-American collective action for peaceful settlement of, 153192
  • Dominican Republic:
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 76, 78, 80
    • Anti-Communist agreement, proposal regarding, 195196
    • Costa Rica: Absence of diplomatic relations with, 526, 530; attitude toward, 175
    • Cuba, claims and complaint against. See under Caribbean tensions: Dominican Republic.
    • Guatemala, complaint against, 157, 160, 164, 175
    • Haiti: Complaint against, 155157, 160, 164, 173174; denial of intervention in Haitian affairs, 186187
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 25, 35, 40, 58
    • Nicaragua, recognition of new government in, 99, 101, 104
    • Peru, recognition of new government in, 113, 114n
    • U.S. planes and ships, request for, 160
    • Venezuela: Dominican concern regarding Venezuelan efforts to obtain U.S. warships, 156, 158; Dominican involvement in plot against Venezuela, 106; tensions between Dominican Republic and Venezuela, 153154, 156, 159160, 163164, 170173
  • Domínguez Cámpora, Alberto, 749754
  • Donnelly. Walter J., 128131, 134136, 160161, 166167, 169, 171, 760n , 761n , 763764, 766
  • Donovan, Andrew Edmund, 258
  • Dos Santos, Abel, 109n
  • Douglass, Lewis W., 315
  • Dreier, John C., 69n , 162163, 179, 185186, 215n , 321n
  • Dreyfus, Jaime, 123
  • Duke, Gordon, 613
  • Dulles, John Foster, 409
  • Dumbarton Oaks, 70
  • Durand, Gustavo, 296
  • Dutch West Indies, defense installations during World War II in, 207
  • Dutra, Gen. Euríco Gaspar, 27, 350, 352354, 359362, 364365
  • Dziuban, Stanley W., 413
  • Eakens, Robert Henry Seale, 362, 610616
  • Eaton, Charles A., 32, 213215
  • Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), 307, 325326, 373, 557, 562, 571, 574, 714, 728
  • Ecuador, 580589; 133, 140
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Coffee, inter-American cooperation with respect to, 270
    • Communist Party in, 581582
    • Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina, 197
    • Foreign policy of Ecuador, report on, 587588
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 29, 32, 44, 4647, 5556, 60, 65, 67, 279
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 133, 140
    • Peru, boundary dispute with, 208, 582; question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • Petroleum development problems, 255
    • Recognition of governments, Ecuadoran proposal regarding, 15, 17, 3536
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements regarding:
        • Agricultural experiment station, Jan. 26 and Apr. 16, 273
        • Health and sanitation program, Aug. 6 and 18, 275276
        • Military mission, July 8, Aug. 23, and Sept. 21, 261
        • Surplus property, Dec. 14, 226
      • Anti-American propaganda, U.S. information policy, 581585
      • Defense agreement (1942), 226
      • Export-Import Bank, loan agreement, May 12, 585
      • Galápagos Islands: Criticism of U.S. base in, 582; withdrawal of U.S. base from Seymour Island, 226228
      • Lend-Lease accounts, proposal for settlement of, 586, 588589; status of, 221
      • Quevado-Manta Highway project, 585
      • U.S. commercial policy, Ecuadoran views on, 580581
      • U.S. surplus vessels, sale to Ecuador of, 585586, 588589
  • Electrical Export Corp., 389392
  • El Salvador, 495
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 25, 33, 44, 61, 67
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • Revolution, 115120
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements regarding: Detail of U.S. military officer to serve as Director of the Military School and of the Military Academy of El Salvador, Apr. 27 and June 4, 261; health and sanitation program, Aug. 18 and Sept. 23, 276
      • Lend-Lease accounts, status of, 221
      • Recognition of new government, 126
      • Status of U.S. groups in Ecuador after the revolution, 120121
  • El Tiempo (Colombia), 438, 476477
  • Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense, 198
  • Espinola Castro, Gen. Mauro, 117118
  • Espy, James, 329330, 419421, 423424, 440, 444, 720
  • Esquerra, Domingo, 12
  • Esquivel, Francisco, 514515, 518
  • Esquivel, Mario A., 167168, 528529, 531535, 537n , 538
  • Estimé, Dumarsais, 593, 596
  • Estrada doctrine. See under Recognition of governments.
  • European Recovery Program, 5, 14, 27, 34, 43, 56, 238, 241, 253, 280281, 289, 307, 317, 397n , 399, 408, 438439, 443444, 580582, 720721; offshore procurement under, 397399, 706, 714, 721, 728
  • Executive Committee on Economic Foreign Policy, 241n , 243n
  • Export-Import Bank, question of loans to: Bolivia, 329330, 332338, 342343; Brazil, 377378, 381383, 389397; Chile, 416418, 420, 427431, 434437; Colombia, 45, 441442, 446448, 462, 466470, 472473, 476478; Cuba, 578; Ecuador, 585; Haiti, 592593, 595598; Latin America, 6, 9, 13, 29n , 3638, 46, 241, 381, 742; Mexico, 620, 622623, 627; Panama, 660, 662, 674, 692; Paraguay, 707; Peru, 722, 725, 729730, 733734; Uruguay, 744, 747748; Venezuela, 393, 765n
  • Facio, Gonzalo, 526
  • Fairless, Benjamin, 768
  • Falcon-Briceno, M.A., 161, 767
  • Falkland Islands dispute, 16, 32, 35, 287, 299
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 156, 200
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 375380, 623
  • Federal Reserve Board, 375376, 445n
  • Federal Works Agency, 696
  • Fenwick, Charles, 185
  • Fernandez, Raul, 27, 353, 397398
  • Ferreyros Ayulo, Alfredo, 719723, 725730, 732, 734
  • Figueres Ferrer, José, 180181, 488n , 493, 496, 498, 499n , 505507, 509515, 517519, 521, 523524, 526527, 529530, 532, 534536
  • Figueroa, Miguel, 174177
  • First National Bank of Boston, 377
  • Fisher, Harry K., 697698
  • Fitch, Lt. Col. Alva R., 120
  • Five-Power Military Committee (Western European Union), 317319, 325, 328
  • Flack, Joseph, 334335, 336n , 337n , 339342, 343n , 347349, 423
  • Foot-and-mouth disease, Mexican–U.S. efforts to eradicate, 274275
  • Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, 330, 333334, 341342, 415, 417, 419, 423425
  • Foreign Liquidation Commissioner, 226227, 316, 322, 585, 594, 716717, 765766
  • Forrestal, James V., 146, 208209, 211, 214216, 240, 465, 480483, 612, 616, 645, 677, 680, 684, 687688, 690691, 694695, 714715, 760761
  • Foster, Andrew B., 405406
  • Fournier, Ricardo, 508510
  • France, 196, 364, 420
  • Franco, Francisco, 132, 282
  • Freeman, Col. P. L., Jr., 321
  • Frutos, Juan Manuel, 109111, 704
  • Fulbright Act, 474, 726
  • Fulbright program, 474
  • Gaitan, Jorge Eliecer, 39, 41, 53, 128n , 472
  • Galápagos Islands, 226227, 582
  • Galdo, Don Manuel G., 115116
  • Galindo Pohl, Reynaldo, 119, 122123
  • Gallegos, Romulo, 126131, 133, 135137, 139140, 143145, 147149, 151
  • Gallman Waldemar, Jr., 310311, 313
  • Gámez, Uladislao, 526
  • García Granados, Jorge, 2930, 8990
  • García López, 638, 640641
  • García Prieto, René, 118
  • General Electric Co., 391
  • Geneva Shipping Convention, 60
  • Gerberich, Albert H., 444446, 448451, 453, 456463, 466, 469
  • Ghioldi, Rudolfo, 284
  • Godley, G. McMurtrie, 319n
  • Gómez, Gen. Juan Vicente, 138
  • Gómez, Laureano, 2324
  • Gómez, Rodrigo, 621, 623624, 625n , 626
  • Gómez Ruíz, Luis Emilio, 132
  • Gondra treaty, 176
  • González, J. Natalicio, 109, 703706, 708, 710717
  • González Arévalo, Ismael, 8486, 9293
  • González Muñoz, Rafael P., 554555
  • González Videla, 301302, 306
  • Gonzalo Barrios, 128, 761
  • Good Neighbor Policy, 35, 439, 468, 563, 648
  • Grace & Co., 445
  • Granados, Manuel Diaz, 227
  • Grau doctrine on economic aggression, 564565
  • Grau San Martin, Ramón, 183, 543, 547548, 550551, 553555, 558n , 559n , 560561, 567569
  • Greco, Lt. Col. John, 105
  • Greece, 219, 403, 483
  • Griffiths, John, 292294, 296298
  • Gross, Ernest A., 225n , 470
  • Guaranty Trust Co., 377
  • Guatemala, 133, 184, 496, 590
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Belize controversy. See Belize.
    • Costa Rica: Charges of Guatemalan intervention in Costa Rican civil war, 495499, 505, 508509, 525526; Guatemalan policy of neutrality and nonintervention, 499n ; Guatemalan recognition of new government in Costa Rica, 530
    • Dominican complaint against Guatemala, 156, 160, 164, 175
    • El Salvador, recognition of new government in, 121123
    • Inter-American cooperation regarding coffee, 270271
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 2425, 31, 34, 36, 43, 48, 5556, 59, 67; proposal for agenda item on European colonies in America, 10, 16, 3032, 35; proposal for nonrecognition of antidemocratic regimes, 15, 17
    • Nicaragua, attitude toward new government in, 99, 101
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • Quinine, cooperation with the United States in the development of new sources of, 258259
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements regarding:
        • Cinchona, exploitation and development on the El Porvenir plantation (1943), 258; transfer of El Porvenir plantation and sale of surplus property, Dec. 4, 1948, 258259
        • Inter-American Highway, May 18, 590
        • U.S. military and military aviation missions, Aug. 3 and Oct. 8, 261
      • Air Force bases at San José and Guatemala City, U.S. withdrawal from, 228230
      • Civil war in Costa Rica, U.S. attitude toward alleged Guatemalan intervention in, 495, 497, 499, 505, 508, 510
      • Lend-Lease accounts, 228229; status of, 221
      • Memorandum of agreement regarding air base (1942), 229
      • Quinine, cooperation in development of new sources of, 258259
    • Venezuela, attitude toward new government in, 150
  • Gulf Oil Co., 612613
  • Gutiérrez, Francisco de P., 491492, 496497, 501n , 508510, 529
  • Gutiérrez Gomez, José, 440441, 455457, 459460, 462, 476478
  • Gutiérrez Tezanos Pinto, Arturo, 346
  • Guzman Esponda, Eduardo, 42, 463n
  • Habana Conference on Trade and Employment. See United Nations: Conference on Trade and Employment.
  • Habana Electric Co., 544
  • Hadow, Robert Henry, 8384, 8891
  • Haiti, 591598
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Anti-Communist agreement, proposed, attitude toward, 195
    • Dominican charges of Haitian involvement in plots against Dominican Republic, Haitian denial of (see also Caribbean tensions), 173174, 187
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 9, 16, 2425, 46, 54, 62, 66
    • Nicaragua, attitude toward, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements respecting:
        • Food production program in Haiti, June 25 and 29, 273
        • Health and sanitation program in Haiti, June 25 and 30, 276
        • Rubber plantations investigation, Feb. 3 and 11, 277278
      • Coast Guard cutter, sale of, 594
      • Export-Import Bank, question of loans to Haiti, 592593, 595598
      • Institute of Inter-American Affairs, projects in Haiti, 591592
      • Lend-Lease accounts, settlement of, 593594; status of, 221
  • Hall, Carlos Clark, 666668, 669n
  • Harriman, W. Averell, 31, 34, 48, 5253, 442
  • Hauch, Charles C., 155160, 162, 164166, 186187, 190, 192, 595
  • Havlik, Hubert F., 389390, 440, 728, 730
  • Hebard Co. of New York City, 710711
  • Hemisphere defense, 701, 715
  • Hemisphere security, 305, 671; U.S. interest in the development of petroleum resources for, 208, 238, 243, 245248, 254255
  • Hemispheric solidarity, principle of, 6, 26, 50, 197, 305
  • Heria, Carlos, 189
  • Herman, Samuel, 441n , 453n , 470472
  • Hernández Martinez, Gen. Maximiliano, 117
  • Herron, Francis H., 585
  • Hertzog, Enrique, 330331, 340
  • Hevia, Carlos, 566567, 570, 572579
  • Hickerson, John D., 405, 406n , 410
  • Hines, Frank T., 664666, 695n , 697
  • Honduras, 599602; 163, 184, 495
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Costa Rican efforts to purchase arms from, 505
    • El Salvador, question of recognition of new government in, 123
    • Foreign intervention to overthrow government, concern regarding, 169
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreement respecting a cooperative health and sanitation program in Honduras, June 29 and July 6, 276277
      • Swan Islands, Honduran claim to sovereignty over, 599602; establishment of an international animal quarantine station on, 599, 602
  • Hoover and Curtice, 360
  • Hoover, Curtice & Ruby, 336, 737
  • Hopper, Paul L., 769770
  • Howe, C. D., 411412
  • Hoyer Millar, F. R., 9596
  • Hyde Park Declaration (1941), 405n
  • Institute of Inter-American Affairs, 276, 591592, 730731
  • Inter-American Coffee Board, transfer of functions to Organization of American States, 269272
  • Inter-American collective action for peaceful settlement of disputes. See under Caribbean tensions.
  • Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts (Committee of Five). See under Caribbean tensions.
  • Inter-American Confederation of Labor, 198, 200
  • Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Continental Peace and Solidarity, Rio de Janeiro (1947), 3, 5, 13, 34, 73, 265, 283n , 285, 305, 351n , 365n , 553; Argentine attitude toward, 283, 285; final act, 88n ; report of U.S. delegation, 73n , 88n , 143n ; resolution IX regarding Inter-American economic conference, 73
  • Inter-American Conference on Problems of Peace and War, Mexico City (1945), 12, 14, 16, 70; final act, 46n , 346
  • Inter-American cooperation with respect to coffee, 269272
  • Inter-American Council of Jurists, 139
  • Inter-American Cultural Council, 11, 57, 63, 66
  • Inter-American Defense Board, 28, 31, 5051, 210, 212, 243248, 254n
  • Inter-American Defense Council, 11, 209210, 212
  • Inter-American Economic and Social Council, 3, 79, 11, 13, 16, 25, 34, 3637, 4748, 52, 57, 60, 6465, 69, 7375, 249, 270271
  • Inter-American economic conference, proposed: Postponement of, 7375, 242; proposals for, 279280, 308309
  • Inter-American economic cooperation, 1213
  • Inter-American Educational Foundation, 339
  • Inter-American Highway, 2425, 29, 590, 651, 654, 698
  • Inter-American Institute in Bolivia, 339
  • Inter-American Juridical Committee, 3, 1415, 16, 18, 63
  • Inter-American Juridical Council, 11, 16, 47, 60, 6364, 79
  • Inter-American Military Cooperation Bill, 218, 222224
  • Inter-American specialized organizations, 12, 5859
  • Inter-American system (see also under Ninth International Conference of American States), 1112, 15, 22, 135, 155, 159, 162, 279; anti-Communist measures within the Inter-American system, 193206
  • Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 267n
  • Intercontinental Hotel Corporation, 392393
  • Interdepartmental Technical Petroleum Committee, 254n
  • Interdepartmental Trade Agreements Committee, 454n , 460461, 463
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), 57, 445n ; question of loans to Latin America, 56, 8, 13, 29n , 33, 37, 46, 742; to Bolivia, 335; Brazil, 368, 376, 381; Chile, 415417, 419423, 428429, 433434; Colombia, 441442, 447448, 462, 467, 476, 478; Cuba, 578; Paraguay, 707; Peru, 730, 734; Uruguay, 744
  • International Bureau of the American Republics, 7071
  • International Conference of American States, Ninth, Bogotá, Mar. 30–May 2, 172, 79, 154, 170, 209211, 237, 243, 247, 279, 283, 305, 331, 438, 441443, 499, 502, 522, 581, 587, 622, 701, 703, 720, 741, 751, 756, 758
  • International Conference on European Economic Cooperation, Paris, 1947, 280
  • International Court of Justice (ICJ), 24, 3436, 66, 68, 77, 87, 90, 9495, 97
  • International Emergency Food Council (IEFC), 430, 746
  • International Labor Organization (ILO), 16
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF), 6, 8, 445n , 766; Brazil, 376, 380381; Chile, 419420; Colombia, 441, 458, 467, 470, 473, 477; Mexico, 624, 626627, 633
  • International Petroleum Co. (Standard Oil of New Jersey), 6, 21n , 721, 724725, 736737
  • International Petroleum Policy Committee, 254n
  • International Red Cross, 62
  • International Refugee Organization (IRO), 295
  • International Trade Organization (ITO), 8, 256, 456; charter of, 48, 402, 453, 461, 563, 618, 739
  • International Union of American Republics, 70
  • Isthmus of Tehuantepec, 484485
  • Italy, 196, 384, 386
  • I. T. Williams & Co., 91
  • Jaen Guardia, Ernesto, 660, 662
  • Jamison, Edward A., 7880, 190n
  • Jayhawk Ordnance Works, 424
  • Jiménez, Enrique A., 180182, 657n , 658, 666, 676
  • Jimenez Barrios, Rodolfo, 119
  • Jimenez Castillo, Ricardo, 119
  • Johnson, Herschel V., 359552, 366370, 402
  • Johnson, Richard A., 347349
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff, 51, 209, 215217, 232, 481, 751
  • Kagan, Jack, 471
  • Kempter, Charles W., 343345, 725727
  • Kennan, George F., 141143
  • Kennecott Copper Co., 420
  • Kennedy, Donald D., 242
  • Key, David M., 323324, 352356, 359361, 397399
  • Kirk, Alan G., 318320
  • Knapp, Joseph K., 393, 427, 440, 448450, 468469
  • Koppers Co., 435
  • Krieg, William L., 131132, 134, 137139, 767768
  • Kyle, Edwin J., 8184, 91, 92n , 94, 102n , 228230, 499n
  • La Rosa, Pascual, 32, 35, 298
  • Larrazabal, Wolfgang, 130
  • Lavalle, Jean Bautista, 177179, 541
  • Leahy, Fleet Adm. William D., 216217
  • Leon Herrera, Santos, 512515, 518, 523, 526
  • Leoni, Raúl, 761762
  • Levangie, George W., 736737
  • Lion Oil Co., 426
  • Lianas Paez, Maj., 149
  • Lleras Oamargo, Alberto, 1n , 43, 163, 172173, 177, 179, 529530
  • Llovera Páez, Lt. Col. Luis Felipe, 129130
  • Locreille, Claude, 311
  • Lombardo Toledano, Vicente, 197, 284, 617
  • López Contreras, Eleázar, 132, 136
  • Lovett, Robert A.: American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7678; anti-Communist measures within the American Republics, 202204; Argentina, 299300, 305310, 323; Bolivia, 335336, 339, 345347; Brazil, 352, 356357, 361362, 373, 383387; Canada, 406, 411412; Chile, 416417, 425n ; Colombia, 464466, 472475; Costa Rica, 501n , 505506, 508511, 537n , 540542; Cuba, 552554, 569576; Ecuador, 26, 585586, 588589; El Salvador, 125126; Guatamala–U.K. controversy regarding Belize, 9092; Haiti, 593594, 597598; International Conference of American States, Ninth, 24, 2325, 29, 30n , 3133, 3950, 5354, 58, 6872; Mexico, 634637; military assistance to the American Republics, 212n , 224; Panama, 180182, 205n , 660n , 670n , 677, 694695, 716718; Paraguay, 704705, 709714; Peru, 112n , 114115, 724725, 734; petroleum resources in the Western Hemisphere, 244245, 250, 255257; strategic materials in the Western Hemisphere, 240241; Sugar Act of 1948, 557; surplus tanks of American origin, question of transfer of, 314316, [Page 789] 319320; Uruguay, 745748; Venezuela, 133134, 139141, 143151, 760n , 768770
  • Lozano y Lozano, Carlos, 3334, 42, 450
  • Lykes Brothers, 445
  • Machado, Alejandro Aguilar, 52, 54
  • Machine Affiliates, Inc., 430
  • Mackenzie King, W.L., 405n , 406, 409, 412
  • MacKinnon, Hector, 410
  • Maleady, Thomas J., 292293
  • Malenbaum, Wilfred, 435
  • Mallorquin, Mario, 109
  • Mallory, Lester D., 190192, 566567
  • Mañas, Arturo, 556
  • Manger, William, 177178
  • Manigat, Edmé T., 173174, 591
  • Mann, Thomas C., 167, 756759
  • Marcano, Col. Jorge, 767768
  • Marcy, Carl M., 224225
  • Maria Lemus, Maj. José, 118
  • Mariaca, Guillermo, 335, 336n
  • Marinello, 149
  • Maritime Commission, 740741
  • Maroglio, Orlando D., 36
  • Marshall, Charles B., 736
  • Marshall, George C., 584; anti-Communist measures within the American Republics, 193, 204; Argentina, 284286, 288, 290, 292, 295, 297, 300, 305, 307, 309n , 323, 325327; Bolivia, 330334, 339, 347; Brazil, 352, 354357, 359, 364370, 387n , 392393, 397400, 402404; Caribbean tensions, 154, 158, 160, 163164, 166167, 169171, 173, 182, 187188; Chile, 424427, 429430, 433; Columbia, 438, 440444, 446, 452, 454n , 455, 475n , 476, 478, 480; continental shelf and high seas fisheries, 263268; Costa Rica, 488494, 498501, 503504, 506507, 511516, 520, 523526, 535536; Cuba, 543, 545, 550551, 553, 555557, 559560, 562, 566, 570; Ecuador, 207208, 227, 580581, 585586; El Salvador, 116, 120121; Guatemala, 228, 230; Guatemala–U.K. controversy regarding Belize, 8182, 84n , 89, 91, 92n , 94, 9697; Haiti, 596597; hemisphere defense, 207208, 243; Inter-American cooperation with respect to coffee, 269; Inter-American economic conference, 7374; Inter-American Military Cooperation Bill, 213215; International Conference of American States, Ninth, 1, 916, 17n , 2228, 31, 34, 3941, 43, 45, 5255, 60, 6364, 67, 331; inter oceanic canal routes, 483, 486487; Mexico, 603606, 609, 620, 622, 624, 628632, 637; military assistance to the American Republics, 207, 218220, 222, 224, 225n ; Nicaragua, 99, 101, 103, 107108, 230, 232, 494495, 499, 517, 521522, 534, 539; Panama, 657659, 665668, 670673, 675677, 680681, 684, 687688, 695, 697699; Paraguay, 108110, 700705, 714, 716, 734735; Peru, 112, 719721, 723, 731; petroleum resources in the Western Hemisphere, 243244, 248249; recognition, 141; surplus tanks of American origin, question of transfer of, 310313, 317318, 323324; Uruguay, 738740, 742, 748n , 754755; Venezuela, 129131, 134, 136, 149, 756, 759761, 763766, 768
  • Marshall, James, 545550
  • Marshall Plan. See European Recovery Plan.
  • Marshall plan for Latin America, proposals for, 373, 438439
  • Marten, Alberto, 511, 526, 537
  • Martin, Edwin M., 242
  • Martin, Joseph, 409
  • Martin, William McChesney, Jr., 29, 3639, 46, 333, 381382, 442, 595596
  • Martinez Vargas, Ricardo, 329331, 336338, 345
  • Martino, Rear Adm. Ramón E., 700701, 703
  • Martins, Carlos, 383, 387n
  • Masís, Bruce, 526
  • McBride, Robert H., 173174
  • McCloy, John J., 29, 33, 37, 416417, 442, 730
  • McDermott, Michael J., 4041
  • McGraw & Co., F. H., 697698
  • McGraw–Warren Co., 329n
  • McSherry, Brig. Gen. Frank, 680683, 685686, 688
  • McWilliams, William J., 769n
  • Medina Angarita, 136, 757
  • Mendoza, Felix, 479
  • Mene Grande Oil Co. (Meneg), 757, 760761
  • Merchant Ships Sales Act of 1946, 740n
  • Messinger, Col. Edwin, 527
  • Mexican Light and Power Co., 618
  • Mexican–U.S. Commission for the eradication of the foot-and-mouth disease, 274275
  • Mexican–U.S. Defense Commission, 243, 645
  • Mexico, 603646; 133, 184, 534n
    • Aeronautical Radio de Mexico, 620
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Bank of Mexico, 621627
    • Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina, 197
    • Costa Rican efforts to purchase arms from, 505, 508, 510
    • Cuba, relations with, 565
    • Devaluation of Mexican peso, 625, 627628
    • El Salvador, question of recognition of new government of, 123
    • Financial situation, 621626
    • Guanos y Fertilizantes de Mexico, 620
    • Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts (Committee of Five), 171, 173, 177
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 6, 8, 25, 31, 3336, 3940, 43, 4748, 50, 52, 5457, 59, 62, 6669
    • International Monetary Fund, recourse to, 624, 626627, 633
    • La Consolidada, 620
    • Nacional Financiera, 620, 623
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99, 107
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), 603614, 616619
    • Petroleum resources, 245, 253, 255, 608619
    • Strategic materials, 234236
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements regarding:
        • Eradication of foot-and-mouth disease in Mexico, Dec. 15, 1947 and Jan. 3, 1948, 274
        • Fisheries mission, Sept. 15 and Oct. 6, 645
        • Temporary migration of Mexican agricultural workers, Feb. 20 and 21, 645646; abrogation of, by Mexico, 646
      • Air transport agreement, suspension of negotiations on, 637641
      • Convention for establishment of an international commission for the scientific investigation of tuna (1949), 267
      • Export-Import Bank loans to Mexico, 620, 622623, 627
      • Foot-and-mouth disease, joint efforts to eradicate, 274275, 599n
      • Lend-Lease, discussions regarding obligations, 628637; status of Mexican account, 221
      • Migrant agricultural workers, arrangements regarding, 645646
      • Petroleum industry in Mexico, U.S. views on, 720, 763
      • Petroleum resources: Discussions concerning U.S. participation in the development of, 603619; U.S. loan policy regarding petroleum development, 606, 609, 611, 613616, 618619; visit to Mexico by U.S. Congressional Committee, 606611, 613616, 618
      • Railroad retirement fund, question of wages withheld from Mexican wartime workers, 636
      • Reciprocal trade agreement (1942), 641644, 723n
      • Relations between the U.S. and Mexico during World Wars I and II, 289
      • Stabilization agreement (1947), 621, 622n , 623, 627, 628n ; supplemental agreement (1949), 628n
      • Stabilization of the peso, 620628
      • Territorial waters, questions involving, 265, 267, 645
      • Trade agreement (1942), unsuccessful negotiations for revision of, 641644
      • U.S.–Mexican Stabilization Fund, 621628
      • U.S. requests for permission to use Mexican territorial waters for defense purposes, Mexican rejection of, 645
    • Venezuela, attitude toward, 140, 150
  • Middle East petroleum reserves, 252254
  • Military assistance and armaments to other American Republics:
    • Argentina, sale of military equipment to, 321322
    • Arms, ammunition, and implements of war, U.S. policy on sale of, 212213, 218220, 222225, 746747
    • Bilateral staff conversations (1945), 216217, 327, 481482, 750
    • Inter-American Military Cooperation Bill, 213218, 222224, 323
    • Interim program, 218, 221, 321, 481, 749750
    • Public Resolution No. 83 of 1940, proposed amendment of, 215, 219, 321
    • State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (SWNCC) policy on, 216
  • Millard, Hugh, 313314, 319n
  • Mills, Sheldon T., 115116, 126128, 134, 146, 153n , 415418, 432, 444445, 448451, 453, 456, 458, 460, 462463, 469470, 725, 727, 768, 769n
  • Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, meetings of, 15, 4546, 48, 51, 65, 170, 200
  • Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, Second Meeting of, Habana, 1940, 157n , 179, 703; resolution VI, 195; resolution XIV, 122, 177178, 192, 703
  • Molas Lopez, Felipe, 108109
  • Molino, Ignacio, Jr., 697
  • Monroe Doctrine, 600
  • Monsma, George N., 162
  • Montagu-Pollock, W. H., 319n
  • Montanaro, Col. Carlos, 109110
  • Mora, José A., 738, 740
  • Mora Valverde, Manuel, 492, 502, 514518
  • Morales, Juan Felix, 700701, 704, 706709
  • Moreno, Felix Roman, 130
  • Moreno, Miguel, 129n , 130
  • Moringo, Victor, 111
  • Morínigo, Gen. Higinio, 32, 108110
  • Moscow Conference, communiqué (1945), 20
  • Mosquito Islands, 602
  • Mundt bill, 9
  • Munitions Board, 233, 234n , 235, 238241, 713
  • Muñoz Meany, 35, 8184, 91
  • Nabuco, Mauricio, 188, 711
  • National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems, 45, 396, 445446, 470
  • National City Bank, 377
  • National Federation of American Shipping, 445446
  • National Resources Board, 612
  • National Security Resources Board, 233, 239240
  • Near East oil fields, 719
  • Ness, Norman T., 5, 380382, 416417
  • Neves da Fontoura, Joao, 24, 2628
  • Newbegin, Robert, 8385, 86n , 8889, 9293, 167168, 298, 491492, 496497, 500n , 508510, 519521, 528531, 599600, 647n , 691694
  • Newcomer, Francis K., 666, 684, 687688, 691
  • New York Times, 255256
  • Nicaragua, 153, 184
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 76, 78, 80
    • Arms and munitions to, 100101
    • Costa Rica, relations with (see also under Costa Rica), 106107
    • Dominican Republic, alleged shipment of arms to Nicaragua, 532
    • El Salvador, question of recognition of new government in, 123
    • Guatemalan aggression, Nicaraguan fear of, 495, 531, 534535
    • Inter-American cooperation with respect to coffee, 220
    • International Conference or American States, Ninth, participation in, 9, 24, 56, 59, 61, 67
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government of, 114n
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreement regarding U.S. air base facilities (1942), 231
      • American soldiers of fortune, possible involvement of, 104106
        • Interoceanic canal route, possible alternate route, 485
        • Lend-Lease accounts, status of, 221
        • Nonintervention in Nicaraguan political developments, 99n , 100, 102103
        • Recognition of new government in Nicaragua, question of, 9, 63, 99108, 113, 743
        • Surplus U.S. military equipment, utilization of, 104, 106
        • U.S. Air Force base at Managua, withdrawal from, 230232
        • U.S. Air Force weather observation team, 231232
    • Venezuela, expedition against, from Nicaraguan territory, and complaint regarding anti-Venezuelan activities in Nicaragua, 165166
  • Nieto del Rio, Felix, 415421, 424425
  • Ninth International Conference of American States. See International Conference of American States, Ninth.
  • Nitze, Paul H., 364366, 612, 615616
  • Noli, Luis, 679
  • Nonintervention in the internal or external affairs of other countries, U.S. policy regarding, 99n , 100, 102103, 167, 179, 197, 257, 494495, 533534, 563, 658659, 667669, 703; Argentine policy, 301, 304, 306; Costa Rican policy, 531; Dominican policy, 189
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 410411, 572, 575
  • Northwood, Comdr. R. H., 612
  • Norton, Garrison, 629632, 634637, 734
  • Norweb, R. Henry, 543547, 549n , 550552, 554557
  • Nufer, Albert F., 121125
  • Nunez, Benjamin, 266, 513516, 518n , 522, 526
  • Oakley, R. Kenneth, 706710, 713, 748750
  • Odio, Benjamin, 526
  • Odría, Gen. Manuel, 111, 115, 127
  • Ogdensburg Declaration, 405
  • Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), 325326, 714
  • Organization of American States (OAS), 1n , 26, 4748, 51, 114, 126, 133, 152
  • Orlich, Francisco, 518, 526
  • Ortega Frier, José, 172n , 174, 176, 179, 184, 187
  • Osario, Maj. Oscar, 119, 122123
  • Ospina Perez, Mariano, 24, 40, 42, 441
  • Otílio Ulate, 107n
  • Owen, George H., 207, 720723, 725728, 732734
  • Ozark Ordnance Works, 426427
  • Pacific settlement of disputes. See Disputes, Pacific settlement of.
  • Palau, Fernando, 501
  • Palestine case, 113
  • Panama (see also Panama Canal and Panama Canal Zone), 647699
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Argentina, relations with, 663
    • Communist activities, proposal regarding controls over, 205206
    • Communists in, 659660
    • Costa Rica: Allegations regarding arms sales to opposition in, 525; Panamanian concern over possible Costa Rican attack on Panama, 180182
    • Inter-American Highway, interest in, 2425, 29
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 2425, 29, 35, 40, 4547, 50, 56, 61, 67
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 114n
    • Presidential elections, 657n , 658659, 667
    • Rumor regarding threat to Government of, 534n
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements regarding:
        • Agricultural technicians for Panama, 657, 660
        • Air transport services (1949), 699n
        • Defense sites, lease of (1942), 648649, 665, 695; termination of, 665666, 695
        • Emergency intervention (1939), 668
        • Friendship and cooperation (1936), 181, 647648, 651654, 656657, 661, 667671, 672n , 674, 678, 680681, 688, 690691
        • Hospitals and doctors, use of, Panamanian request for revision of, 656
        • Outstanding problems (1942), 649652, 664, 694696
        • U.S. military officer, detail of as adviser to the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 4 and July 23, 262
      • Armored cars, U.S. refusal to sell to Panama, 667, 669
      • Aviation agreement, proposed, 650, 655, 662663, 680, 697698
      • Civil aviation regulations, 655
      • Claims:
        • El Encanto claims against Panama, 650, 662, 664, 674, 691694
        • Malambo fire claim against the United States, 650, 664
        • Soldiers’ claim against Panama, 650
      • Coiba dock, construction of, 655
      • Coinage of silver currency, 657
      • Colon Corridor, 654, 665
      • Commercial treaty, proposed, 654
      • Communications cable agreement, proposed, 698699
      • Convention on extradition and other related agreements, Panamanian request for revision of, 656
      • Cristobal docks, 655
      • Defense sites in Panama:
      • Economic policy toward Panama, 657
      • Highway maintenance, question of U.S. share of costs, 664
      • Inter-American Highway, question of realignment of, 654
      • Isthmian Canal Convention (Hay-Buneau-Varilla Treaty, 1903) 648649, 669670, 672n
      • Monetary agreements, Panamanian request for revision of, 653654
      • Naval hospital at Cativa, Panamanian request for transfer of, 655
      • Nonintervention policy with regard to domestic Panamanian affairs, 657659, 667669
      • Paitilla Point, question of transfer to Panama, 655
      • Panama Canal, joint responsibility for defense of, 668, 673, 677678
      • Petroleum pipeline right of way in Balboa, 664
      • Protection of American lives and property, 667669
      • Radio communications, coordination of, 654655
      • Radio convention between the United States and Panama, proposed, 656
      • Railroad lots in Panama City and Colon, transfer by the United States to Panama (1943), 649650, 692
      • Railway station, moving of, 650651, 664
      • Rio Hato Highway: U.S. liquidation of Export-Import Bank credits for construction of (1943), 692; ownership of certain buildings along, 664
      • Technical aviation mission, proposed agreement on, 699
      • Telephone and cable circuits, Panamanian request for, 655
      • Tocumen airport, U.S. assistance to Panama in construction of, 657, 662, 687698
      • Tracts known as Aspinwall, Vialette, and Huerte San Doval, question of transfer to Panama, 655656
      • Trans-Isthmian Highway, continued U.S. maintenance of, 694696
      • Tunnel or bridge at Balboa, 651, 664
      • U.S. military installations on Taboga and Taboguilla, access to, 664
      • Visa and immigration agreement, Panamanian request for, 656
      • Waterworks and sewerage systems in Panama City and Colon, transfer to Panama (1943), 649, 692
  • Panama Canal, 484, 648649
  • Panama Canal Zone:
    • Alcoholic beverages, prohibition of direct importation from the United States into, 653, 662
    • Broadcasting stations, Panamanian request for agreement on, 656
    • Canal Zone Retirement Act, 683
    • Commissaries and post exchanges, complaints regarding competition with commerce, 652653
    • Communications between the Canal Zone and Tocumen airport, establishment of, 663
    • Governor of, 652, 666, 677, 684
    • Justice, mutual assistance in administration of, 656
    • Labor, problems regarding imported, 652
    • Labor relations in Canal Zone, U.S. efforts to improve, 680691; McSherry Mission and report, 680683, 685686, 688691
    • Military and police forces, Panamanian request for negotiation of agreements regarding cooperation of, 656
    • Permanent market in Canal Zone for Panamanian merchandise, request for guarantee of, 653
    • Racial and labor discrimination, charges regarding, 651652, 661662, 680681, 683
    • Railroad differential, elimination of, 657
  • Pan American Airways, 228231, 392
  • Pan American Union, 22, 71, 99, 157, 163, 165166, 170
    • Committee of Five, 172173
    • Director General, 157, 165, 269
    • Governing Board, 11, 15, 31, 71, 178, 509
      • Organ of consultation, role as, 170
      • Political powers of, 3132, 3435
      • Questions referred to:
        • Guatemalan–U.K. controversy over Belize, 81n , 88
        • Nicaraguan participation in Bogotá Conference, 107
        • Venezuelan–Dominican Republic tensions, 153154, 156157, 161, 167, 170
      • Role in Inter-American system, 1112, 25, 28, 4749, 65
  • Paraguay, 700718; 351
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Argentina, relations with, 303304, 306, 701704
    • Brazil, relations with, 702, 711
    • Communists in, 295
    • Foreign policy of, 702
    • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, consideration of requesting loan from, 707
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 32, 56, 6162
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 113, 114n
    • Petroleum monopoly, legislation to create, 708709
    • Political situation in, 709710, 714
    • Strategic materials in, 234236, 706, 712713, 715
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements respecting: Agricultural program, June 30, 273274; health and sanitation program. June 30, 279
      • Arms and munitions, U.S. attitude toward request for, 704705
      • Cooperation in event of war, Paraguayan assurances on, 701, 706, 711712
      • Economic and political relations, 700718
      • European Recovery Program, interest in increased sales from offshore procurement under, 706, 714
      • Export-Import Bank loans, question of, 707
      • Foreign exchange holdings, desire that United States purchase Paraguayan-held British pound sterling, 706, 713714
      • Lend-Lease: Lease and sale of six picket boats to Paraguay, 716718; status of Paraguayan account, 221
      • Quebracho extract, question of U.S. purchases of, 706, 712713, 715
      • Recognition of new government, 108111, 113
      • Strategic importance of Paraguay, U.S. views on, 712, 715
      • U.S. economic assistance, requests for, 700701, 703, 706707, 709710, 713
    • Venezuela, recognition of new government in, 140, 142
  • Parra Velasco, Antonio, 32, 207208, 580581, 587588
  • Patterson, Richard C., Jr., 230n
  • Pauley, Henry M., 430432
  • Pawley, William D., 2628, 237n , 238, 300, 305, 307309, 353, 375, 378380, 419420
  • Paz Campero, Javier, 32, 330334
  • Pearson, Drew, 584
  • PEMEX (Petroleos Mexicanos). See under Mexico.
  • Pepsi-Cola Co., 544
  • Pereira da Costa, Maj. Gen. Canrobert, 353
  • Pérez Alfonso, Juan Pablo, 756757, 761764
  • Pérez Jiménez, Col. Marcos, 127128, 128n , 129n , 130, 133, 135, 149
  • Perón, Juan D., 130, 202204, 280281, 318, 323324
    • Antarctica dispute, 287
    • Assassination plot against, 292294, 296298, 706
    • Brazilian attitude toward, 350352
    • Capitalism, attitude toward, 281282, 285
    • Communism, attitude toward, 281282, 285, 299
    • Communist activities in Argentina, exchange of information with the United States on, 203204, 288
    • Falkland Islands dispute, 287
    • Foreign capital, attitude toward, 290291
    • Nonintervention policy, 301
    • Paraguay, attitude toward, 704, 716
    • Socialism, attitude toward, 281
    • Soviet Union: Establishment of diplomatic relations with, 287; attitude toward, 290
    • Spain, relations with, 289
    • Third position, 281282, 285, 738
    • United States:
    • Uruguay, relations with, 738, 751
  • Persian Gulf petroleum reserves, 252253
  • Peru, 719737; 133
    • APRA party, 116, 721n
    • Argentina, relations with:
      • Recognition of new government in Peru, 304, 308
      • Reports of Argentine intervention in Peru, 298
      • Trade agreement and relations, 721
    • Compañía Petrolera Fiscal, 725
    • Compañía Peruana de Vapores, 727
    • Ecuador, boundary dispute with, 208
    • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development question, of loans to Peru, 730, 734
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 25, 3435, 40, 4748, 50, 52, 5658, 62, 67
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Paraguay, question of recognition of new government in, 111
    • Petroleum: Resources, reserves and development problems, 245, 253, 255, 616, 719720; revision of petroleum legislation, 721, 724, 737
    • Political situation in, 111, 115116, 127, 149
    • Recognition of new government, 111116
    • Santa Corp., 729730
    • Strategic materials, 234, 236
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements regarding:
        • Agricultural experiment station at Tingo Maria, Mar. 17 and June 1, 274
        • Food production program in Peru, June 28 and July 8, 274
        • Surplus property (1947), 726
        • U.S. military mission to Peru, July 9 and Aug. 23, 262
        • U.S. naval mission to Peru, Jan. 12 and Mar. 2, 262
      • Cotton import quotas, Peruvian desire to increase share of, 732733
      • Economic relations, 719737
      • European Recovery Program offshore procurement, 728
      • Export-Import Bank, question of loans to Peru, 722, 725, 729730, 733734
      • Food relief to Peru, 746
      • Institute of Inter-American Affairs project in Peru, 730731
      • Lend-Lease: Discussions regarding settlement of, 727729, 735736; status of account, 221
      • Maranon claim against the United States, discussion regarding settlement of, 727
      • Naval vessels, proposed sale of, to Peru, 727, 735
      • Petroleum resources:
        • Concession to International Petroleum Company (Standard Oil of New Jersey) in Sechura desert, 721, 724725, 736737
        • U.S. interest in development of Peruvian oil resources, 719721, 724725
        • U.S. policy regarding loans for development of, 722, 724
      • Reciprocal trade agreement (1942), 723n , 732734
      • Sugar import quotas, Peruvian request for a larger permanent share of, 722, 732, 734
      • Sugar sales, 548, 722724
      • Surplus property credits, 727n , 728
      • Tariff duties on canned fish (bonita), Peruvian complaint, 722723
      • Territorial waters.: U.S. reservation regarding decrees on extension of jurisdiction over, 263, 267268, 731732
      • Tinplate, Peruvian request for larger allocation of, 729
      • Trade agreement, Peruvian request for renegotiation of, 732
      • Wheat quota, Peruvian interest in obtaining increased share, 721
    • Venezuela, recognition of new government in, 140, 142143
  • Petroleum resources in the Western Hemisphere:
    • Brazilian petroleum legislation, 352364, 619
    • Chilean desire for loans, 420421
    • Colombian attitude toward foreign oil companies, 447448, 478480
    • Mexico, situation of oil industry in, 720
    • Peruvian oil development, 719721, 724725
    • United States interest, 243257; loan policy for oil development projects, 358, 420421, 722, 724725
    • Venezuela, 756770
  • Phillips Petroleum Co., 763
  • Picado, Gen. René, 489490, 505
  • Picado Michalski, Teodoro, 107, 488489, 497498, 499n , 500501, 504, 506508, 510514, 516518, 520, 522523, 526, 531
  • Platt Amendment, abrogation of, 563
  • Plaza Lasso, Galo, 586588
  • Pocaterra, José Rafael, 137138, 766n
  • Poe, E. Holley, 764
  • Poland, 503
  • Policy Committee on Arms and Armaments, 212213
  • Pomeranz, Rudolf, 503
  • Portland Cement Co., 544
  • Posey, Carl A., 697698
  • Potsdam Conference communiqué (1945), 20
  • Price, Leonard H., 190n , 544545, 547549, 562
  • Prío Socarrás, Carlos, 183184, 189192, 558n , 570577
  • Public Roads Administration, 493, 657, 694695, 698
  • Puerto Rico, 33, 156
  • Quesada, Maximo, 501, 518
  • Quinine, U.S. cooperation with Costa Rica and Guatemala in the development of new sources of, 258259
  • Quintanilla, Lt. Col. Fidel R., 120
  • Quintanilla, Luis, 172173, 177178, 185187, 541
  • Radius, Walter A., 698699
  • Railroad Retirement Fund, 636
  • Ramírez, Gen. Miguel Angel, 535536
  • Rangel, José Leon, 130
  • Rangel, Lamus, Amenodoro, 132
  • Ray, Guy W., 203, 279n , 281293, 309n
  • Rayburn, Sam, 409
  • Recognition of governments:
  • Recognition of new states, 113
  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), 235, 240, 258
  • Regules, Dardo, 35, 750751
  • Remorino, Jerónimo, 300, 305, 307
  • Restrepo-Jaramillo. Gonzalo, 448451, 453456, 459, 462, 466469, 475n
  • Reveley, Paul J., 612
  • Revoredo Iglesius, Gen. Armando, 3334
  • Reyes, Cipriano, 292294, 298
  • Reynolds & Co. of New York, 382
  • Ridgway, Lt. Gen. Matthew B., 51, 129, 248, 675n , 687690
  • Rights and duties of man and Rights and duties of states. See under International Conference of American States, Ninth.
  • Roberts, Commodore John C., 324
  • Rocha, Antonio, 45
  • Rodríguez, José Ramon, 174, 176, 179, 187
  • Rodríguez, Liberto, 109n
  • Rodriguez, Lopez, 399400, 402
  • Rogers, James Grafton, 333334, 415, 419, 423424, 425n
  • Román y Reyes, Victor Manuel, 99, 102
  • Romero Loza, José, 334
  • Romero Saenz, Luís, 348
  • Romualdi, Serafino, 284
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D., 228n , 405n , 606n
  • Rose, Halleck L., 534535
  • Rosenberg, Philip, 556
  • Royall, Kenneth C., 146147, 321322, 483486, 671672, 684, 687688, 695696
  • Rubottom, R. R., Jr., 455456
  • Russell, J., 316n
  • S & S Construction Co., 765n
  • Sacasa, Benjamin Lacayo, 99n
  • Saenz, Luisa Gonzalez V de, 518
  • Salazar, Joaquín, 172173, 179, 185
  • Saltzman, Charles E., 218220
  • Sanabria, Victor, 488492, 505506, 526
  • Sánchez Gavito, Vicente, 628
  • Sarabasa, Ricardo, 183, 187
  • Saugstad, Jesse, 444446, 469
  • Sawyer, Charles, 562n , 768
  • Seatrain Lines, 553, 558
  • Self ndefense, right of, 212
  • Sevilla Sacasa, Guillermo, 102, 495496, 499500, 530531
  • Seymour Island (Ecuador), 226228
  • Shaw, George P., 108n , 230232, 539
  • Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co., 757, 761
  • Shenefield, Hale T., 328, 380
  • Short, Dewey, 756
  • Simmons, John F., 227228, 580588, 589n
  • Smith, H. Gerald, 242, 440, 448, 552
  • Smith-Mundt Act, 474
  • Snyder, John W., 45, 367369, 372, 376, 379, 382, 623
  • Solis, Marcial Erasmo, 101
  • Solorzano, Col. Juan, 117, 120
  • Somoza, Gen. Anastasio, 5455, 99n , 100107, 168, 180181, 494495, 499500, 505, 506n , 508, 510, 516n , 517522, 532535, 539, 743
  • Sosa Molina, Gen José Humberto, 287288, 317318, 321322
  • Southard, Frank, 375, 379380
  • Southeastern de Mexico, 613
  • Southern Pacific Railroad, 618
  • Soviet Union: Argentina, 287, 290; Chile, 301; Cuba, 565; petroleum reserves, 252; possible diversion of U.S. surplus military equipment, 311; transit of Soviet vessels through the Panama Canal, 671, 673; U.S.–Soviet conflict, possibility of, 282, 285, 287288, 291, 351
  • Spaak, Paul-Henri, 313314, 320, 324
  • Spain, 113, 121, 123, 132, 289, 298, 530, 567, 601
  • Spencer Chemical Co., 424
  • Spiegel, Harold R., 394
  • Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, 353354, 612, 721n
  • State-Army-Navy-Air Force Coordinating Committee (SANACC), 254n
  • State-War-Navy Coordinating Committee (SWNCC), 216
  • Steam Locomotive Association, 389390
  • Stenger, J. J., 380383, 389390, 393397, 427429
  • Stewart, C. Allan, 144, 149
  • Stowers, John L., 544
  • Strategic Materials Working Group of the Executive Committee on Economic Foreign Policy, 241
  • Strauss, George R., 313
  • Stratton, Frank, 711
  • Suarez, Oscar Tamayo, 130
  • Surplus Property Act of 1944, 218, 222, 426
  • Swan Islands. See under Honduras: United States.
  • SWNCC documentation, 216
  • Taft, Robert, 409
  • Tanamo Sugar Co., 554557
  • Tariff preferences, British Empire, 408
  • Tate, Jack B., 35, 57, 62
  • Tavio Silva, Lt. Col. Juan José, 489, 513
  • Tello, Manuel, 641n
  • Territorial waters:
  • Tewell, Harold S., 555, 567
  • Tewksbury. Howard H., 239, 279n , 294n , 300, 305, 307, 700, 709, 738, 750, 753
  • Texas Co., 449, 604, 612613
  • Texas Railway Commission, 763
  • Thomén, Luis F., 155160, 162, 164166, 171, 179, 186187
  • Thorp, Willard L., 5, 238, 241, 342, 370, 377, 406407, 497, 498n , 552n , 554, 728730
  • Thurston, Walter, 264265, 510n , 603604, 606610, 612, 616617, 619631, 634, 637639, 641n , 643n , 645
  • Tittman, Harold H., 111113, 115, 593, 596, 736737
  • Toro, Emilio, 269270, 440
  • Torres Bodet, Jaime, 24, 31, 45, 48, 264265, 603, 628632, 645
  • Trade Agreements Act, 462, 733
  • Treaties, conventions, agreements, etc. (see also under individual countries):
    • Act and Convention of Habana (1940), 157
    • Anglo-Guatemala convention relating to the boundary of British Honduras (1859), 90
    • Brussels Treaty, 320, 324, 575
    • Charter of the Organization of American States, Apr. 30. See under Organization of American States.
    • Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, 602
    • Convention between the U.S. and Great Britain as to the ship canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans (1850), 602
    • Convention between the U.S. and other American Republics on duties and rights of states in the event of civil strife (1928), 158, 168, 179, 192, 496497, 540, 565
    • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (1947), 399404, 454n , 455456, 461, 463, 476, 560, 563564, 571, 644, 723n , 733
    • General convention of Inter-American Conciliation (1929), 162; additional protocol of 1933, 162
    • Geneva Shipping Convention, 6061
    • Gondra Treaty on conflicts between American states (1923), 162, 176; Gondra machinery, 163
    • Hay-Buneau-Varilla Treaty (1903), 648649, 669670, 672n
    • Hay-Paunceforte Treaty (1901), 672
    • Hyde Park agreement, 405406
    • Inter-American Coffee Agreement, 269272; protocol extending, 269270
    • Inter-American treaty of reciprocal assistance (Rio Treaty or Rio Pact) (1947), 10, 29, 31, 36, 45, 4748, 50, 61, 88, 143, 147, 155, 158, 165, 208210, 247, 265, 283, 295, 299n , 351352, 537, 540541, 572, 575, 661, 739, 745, 751754, 760; Guatemalan reservation regarding Belize, 882; ratification of, 88, 295, 299, 739, 745
    • Montevideo Convention, 6364
    • Rio Treaty or Rio Pact. See Inter-American treaty of reciprocal assistance, supra .
    • Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain to facilitate the construction of a ship canal (Hay-Paunceforte Treaty (1901), 672
    • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), 265
    • Treaty of reciprocal assistance, signed at Mexico City (1945), 14, 247
    • U.S.–U.K. military holdings agreement (1946), 311312, 315
  • Tropical Oil Co., 450, 452, 465
  • Trujillo Molina, Gen. Rafael Leonidas, 160161, 165, 169, 173, 181, 184, 190, 532533
  • Truman, Harry S.:
    • Argentina, sale of materiel to, 321
    • Bolivia, 330
    • Brazil, 379
    • Canada, 409
    • Conversations with: Dutra, 364365; Gallegos, 761763; Socarras, 573
    • Correspondence with: Gallegos, 149; Otilio Ulate, 494
    • Cuba, 553, 561, 570572
    • Export-Import Bank, message to Congress on Apr. 8, 3637, 241n
    • Inter-American Military Cooperation Bill, 213
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, 22
    • Interoceanic canal route, 483484
    • Lend-Lease Act, authority under, 474
    • Message to Congress, Mar. 1, 1946, 445n
    • Mexico, 606n , 637, 640
    • Military assistance to the American Republics, 215216
    • Navy Day Address (1945), 19
    • Nonrecognition of governments imposed by the force of any foreign power, 19
    • Organization of American States, Charter of, 6972
    • Panama, 668, 680
    • Re-election, 467468
    • Venezuela, 761763
  • Tuna Commission, Inter-American Tropical, 267n
  • Turkey, 219, 483
  • Twin Coach Co., 393394
  • Ubico, Gen. Jorge, 228n
  • Ulate Blanco, Otilio, 488492, 494, 496, 501, 507, 524, 526527, 536
  • Union of American Republics, 71
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). See Soviet Union.
  • United Fruit Co., 445
  • United Kingdom: Antarctica dispute, 16; British empire tariff preferences, 408; Falkland Islands dispute, 16, 287; Guatemala–U.K. controversy over Belize, 30, 8197, 496; U.S. surplus tanks, question of transfer of, 310315, 317319
  • United Nations, 135, 155, 161, 163, 166, 567, 587
    • Charter, 1011, 15, 36, 55, 72, 77, 87, 197; Art. 43, 212; Art. 51, 212; Art. 54, 185; Art. 73e, 77; Chap. XI, 10, 77
    • Commission on Human Rights, 16
    • Committees, 256
    • Conference on Trade and Employment (Habana Conference), Nov. 21, 1947–Mar. 24, 1948, 45, 13, 580, 739; preparatory commission for second session, 401
    • Cuban role in, 564
    • Economic Commission for Latin America, 25, 34, 36
    • General Assembly, 77, 340
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, U.N. observer at, 72
    • Monetary and Financial Conference at Bretton Woods (1944), 5; articles of agreement, 56
    • Regional arrangements under, 14, 185
    • Regional organizations within, 44
    • Secretary General, 72, 77
    • Security Council, 15, 165, 180181, 185186, 212, 299, 508510, 537n
    • Special committee on information transmitted under Art. 73e, 77
  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), 398
  • United States:
  • United States–Mexican Stabilization Fund, 621628
  • United States Steel Corp., 762764, 769
  • Urdaneta, Roberto, 440442
  • Urquia, Miguel Rafael, 122
  • Uruguay, 738755; 163, 351, 717
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 76, 78, 80
    • Argentina, relations with, 294, 302303, 306, 738739, 744
    • Communism in, 245, 739, 752
    • Compañia Uruguaya de Comercio y Maritima S.A., 740n
    • Confederación de Trabajadores de America Latina, 197
    • Industria Papelera Uruguaya, S.A., 748n
    • Inter-American treaty of reciprocal assistance (Rio Pact), 739, 745
    • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, question of loan to Uruguay, 744
    • International Conference of American States, Ninth, participation in, 29, 3536, 39, 4445, 4748, 50, 52, 5557, 62, 67
    • Military rebellions and military de facto governments in Latin America, attitude toward, 752
    • Nicaragua, question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Peru, question of recognition of new government in, 113, 114n
    • United States, relations with, 742743, 746, 751753
      • Agreements respecting a cooperative health and sanitation program in Uruguay, 277
      • Argentine aggression, Uruguayan efforts to obtain U.S. assurance of support in event of, 743744, 751752, 764; U.S. position, 745746, 751, 753754
      • Civil Aeronautics Authority mission to Uruguay, proposed, 747
      • Export-Import Bank, question of loan to Uruguay, 744, 747748
      • Food relief to Uruguay, 746
      • Lend-Lease: Status of accounts, 221, 754755, 764n ; supply of arms under Lend-Lease program, 748749
      • Military equipment, Uruguayan request for, 744, 746750, 752753
      • Surplus tankers, inability of U.S. Maritime Commission to allocate to Uruguay, 740741, 743
      • Treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation, suggested negotiation of, 744, 747
      • Uruguayan views on United States relations with Argentina, 739740, 743, 751, 753; with Nicaragua, 743
      • U.S. Military Air Mission to Uruguay, 744, 747
    • Venezuela, attitude toward new government of, 150
  • Valenti, Saverio, 41
  • Vallaríno, Octavio, 180182, 205n , 673680, 693
  • Valverde, Carlos Luis, 488
  • Valverde, Fernando, 511
  • Valverde, Francisco, 526
  • Vandenberg, Arthur H., 32, 214215, 324, 409
  • Vandenberg, Gen. Hoyt S., 712
  • Vandenberg Resolution, 324
  • Vander Statten-Waillet, 313, 318
  • Van Loo, Victor F., 311, 318, 324, 328
  • Vargas, Getulio, 362
  • Vargas, Ricardo Mario, 130
  • Vasconcellos, César A., 32, 701703
  • Villaseñor Angeles Eduardo, 57
  • Venezuela, 756770; 483, 545
    • Acción Democrática (AD) party, 126128, 130131, 133135, 137138, 140, 757, 766
    • American Committee on Dependent Territories, 7980
    • Argentine recognition of new government, 140, 142143, 304, 306; non-involvement in military coup, 136, 149; Venezuelan attitude toward Argentina, 132
    • Dominican Republic. See Caribbean tensions: Venezuela.
    • Hotel Tamanaco Compañia Anonima, 765n
    • Inter-American committee on methods for peaceful solution of conflicts (Committee of Five), reservation regarding creation of, 178
    • Inter-American cooperation with respect to coffee, 270271
    • International Conference of American-States, Ninth, participation in, 2425, 31, 33, 3536, 40, 44, 52, 5557, 59, 67
    • La Electricidad de Caracas, 765n
    • Nicaragua, 165166; question of recognition of new government in, 99
    • Paraguay, question of recognition of new goverment in, 111
    • Peruvian influence on Venezuelan revolution, 136; question of Venezuelan recognition of new government in Peru, 114n
    • Petroleum resources: Concessions, policy toward, 756757; development of, 243, 255, 358, 616, 763764; question of nationalization of, 256; reserves and production, 252254, 759
    • Recognition of new government, 126152
    • Revolution, 115, 124, 133, 256
    • Revolutionary plot, 103, 105106
    • United States, relations with:
      • Agreements respecting:
        • Civil aviation mission, Mar. 22 and 24, 274; U.S. military aviation mission, Dec. 23, 1947 and Jan. 30, 1948, 262; U.S. military mission, June 3 and July 5, 262
      • Arms and military equipment, Venezuelan request for, 767768
      • Export-Import Bank loan to, 393, 765n
      • Lend-Lease accounts: Settlement of, 764766; status of, 221
      • Military coup: Charges that American oil companies involved in, 138139, 143144, 149150; charges that U.S. military attaché involved in, 136, 140, 143145, 149150
      • Products in short supply, requests for, 761762, 768769
      • Recognition of new government in Venezuela, 151152
      • Sabotage by Communists of oil installations in Venezuela, U.S. Concern regarding possible, 759761, 766, 769770
      • U.S. military, air, and naval missions, 135, 146147, 767
      • Visit to the United States by President Gallegos, 761n , 763, 765
      • Visit to Venezuela by House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 610611
  • Vergara, Roberto, 415416, 419422
  • Vergara Donoso, Germán, 317318, 425
  • Villaroel, Lt. Col. Gualberto, 340
  • Walker, William W., 155, 162, 165, 183184, 190n , 544, 554555, 562, 573, 576579
  • War Assets Administration, 424, 426
  • War Council, 672
  • War Department (see also Department of the Army), 545, 651, 680
  • Warren, Fletcher, 108111, 701706, 710711, 716
  • Wedemeyer, Lt. Gen. Albert C., 321, 669n
  • Weiss, H. M., 81, 82n , 92n
  • Weiss–Fricker Mahogany Co., 81, 9192
  • Welles, Sumner, 431
  • Wells, Milton K., 9497, 230n
  • West India Oil Co., 708709
  • Western Europe, U.S. military aid for, 224225
  • Western European Union, 316317, 328, 412
  • Westinghouse, 391, 729
  • Wherry, Kenneth S., 604, 616
  • Whitcomb Locomotive Co., 390391
  • White, P. Lincoln, 40
  • Wiggins, Archibald L. M., 379380
  • Williams, Murat W., 116121
  • Williams, Philip P., 232n
  • Williams & Co., I.T., 91
  • Willoughby, Woodbury, 407410, 453, 460462
  • Wilson & Co., 403
  • Winant, Frederick, 239240
  • Wise, Murray, 180182, 647, 693
  • Wolverton, Charles A., 606611
  • Wood, Clinton Tyler, 405, 411412, 415418
  • Woodward, Robert F., 8990, 108, 146, 190n , 279n , 300, 499500, 521522, 529530, 544, 554555, 601n , 670, 716718
  • World Bank. See International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
  • Wortman, Ludwig, 471
  • Wortman, Max, 471
  • Wright, James H., 296
  • Wrong, Hume, 410411
  • Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos, 335336
  • Young, John Parker, 444
  • Yugoslavian 43
  • Zuleta Angel, Eduardo, 4344, 52, 447, 453n , 463, 478, 487n
  • Zulóaga, Pedro, 135