204. Editorial Note

On February 25, as part of a four-nation tour of Latin America which included Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay, President Eisenhower, accompanied by Secretary Herter, among others, arrived in Buenos Aires for a 3-day visit. After addressing a joint session of the Argentine Congress on February 27, the President, accompanied by President Frondizi, visited the seaside resort of Mar del Plata and then on the 28th flew to San Carlos de Bariloche, a tourist center in the Andean lake region, where the two Presidents issued a joint communiqué. For texts of Eisenhower’s speech before the Argentine Congress and the joint communiqué, see Department of State Bulletin, March 28, 1960, pages 477–480. For additional information on the President’s Latin American trip, see Documents 68 ff.