Letter from Ambassador George Messersmith to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments

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THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA the B. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) DECLASSIFIED of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973. Fah AMERICAN EMBASSY By Dept. NLT HC : NARS Date 4-16-75 Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 11, 1946 and Dear Mr. President: I take the liberty of referring to my letter of October 9 with which I sent you a copy of my Confidential Despatch No. 969 of October 9, 1946, and to send you here- with a copy of another Despatch No. 983 of today's date, supplementing the one above mentioned, in view of the statement by the BOFORS factory in Sweden that it has no intention of building an arms plant in the Argentine. This statement, in my opinion, means very little and I think the considera- tions which I set forth in my Despatch No. 969 require our careful consideration. With all good wishes, Cordially and yours, Enclosure: R t ge S. Messersmith Copy of Despatch No. 983, dated October 11, 1946. NATIONAL RECORDS AND The President, The White House, Washington.