120. Telegram From the Embassy in Argentina to the Department of State 1
905. At lunch today Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs Camilion said GOA not in accord use Article VI Rio Treaty and believes action on Cuba should be under OAS Charter (Article 39). Reaffirmed other points made in Embtel 898.2 GOA talking to both Brazil and Cuba [Chile]. Says latter two will both vote against calling MFM under present Colombian initiative and GOA would probably do so also. GOA impressed and agrees with Mexican arguments against Colombian initiative on juridical grounds.
Camilion said December 4 date too early and that it might be possible convene December 4 and then declare recess until full consultations can be held. He did not answer categorically my question as to whether GOA prepared take action at this time on Cuba if consultations could be held but instead referred back to need for consultations. Camilion stressed GOA not interested whether its name appears in connection with new proposals but very obvious to me this question of thou dost protest too much and the GOA very much interested in being in the forefront of any proposals.
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.00/11-2261. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bogota, Rio de Janeiro, and Santiago.↩
- Telegram 898, November 21, reported on a meeting between Senator Hubert Humphrey and Foreign Minister Carcano, in which the latter stressed that Frondizi wanted to talk to a high-level U.S. emissary during his forthcoming visit to Trinidad. (Ibid., 737.00/11-2161)↩