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    "ocrText": "SECUB Try the\n-15\n27. These concessions by us have opened the way for the development of\na hemisphere solidarity; in the relatively short space of the two decades\nthat the \"good neighbor\" policy has been in effect, very substantial progress\nhas been made towards obtaining Latin American sympathy for and support of\nour foreign policies.\n28. While these concessions by us have diminished Latin American fear\nand dislike of the United States, our adherence to the principles of the\ninter-American system and of the Charter of the United Nations has also had\nthe effect\n6\nIn the second World War we received umprecedented political and economic\ncooperation by 19 of the 20 Latin American states in addition to varioua\nmilitary bases and, in the case of Brazil and Mexico, direct though limited\nmilitary assistance. In 1947 at Rio de Janeiro a treaty for the military\ndefense of the hemisphere (and for the prevention of aggression within the\nhemisphere) was signed. In 1948 at Bogota a charter for the Organization\nof American States was adopted. In 1949, 1950 and again in 1951 the inter\nAmerican system demonstrated that it could deal effectively with disputes\nbetween American states which threatened the peace. In 1951 at Washington\nthe American states set in motion the machinery to work out concrete plans\nfor resolving certain economic problems relating to the Korean war and for\nhemisphere defense; as the result of the 1951 agreement to base their\nmilitary plans on the principle of collective hemisphers defense, agreements\nhave been concluded with Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Cuba\nand Brazil (Congressional ratification by Brazil and Uruguay is being\nsought and negotiations with the Dominican Republic are in progress) under\nwhich these states agree to carry out certain specific hemisphere defense\nplans that would otherwise devolve upon us. Again, we have received the\nconsistent support of Latin America on virtually all of the important\nissues in the United Nations and in the difficult task of concluding a\npeace treaty with Japan- substantial contribution to the effective\nfunctioning of the world organization in resisting the imperialism of the\nSoviet bloc.\nDECLASSIFIED\nE. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or 3\nD of State litter,\nBy NLT- HC"
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