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JOHN EDGAR HOOVER DIRECTOR the Frederal Turrau nf United States Bepartment of Juntire * * Washington, D. . PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL BY SPECIAL MESSENGER October 2, 1945 Brigadier General Harry Hawkins Vaughan Military Aide to the President The White House Washington, D. C. Dear General Vaughan: As of possible interest to the President and you I am pleased to transmit a copy of a document which appears to contain secret diplomatic instructions which the Foreign Office of the Ecuadoran Government at Quito has prepared for the new Ecuadoran Ambassador to Argentina, Dr. Francisco Illescas Barreiro. The general tenor of the document is quite flattering to the Argentine Government and this trend is consistent with the apparent attitude of former Ecuadoran Foreign Minister Camilo Ponce Enriquez. This document also contains several statements derogatory to the United States. Paragraph Three concludes that the Ecuadoran Minister should "lead to a promising Ecuadoran-Argentine collaboration. Paragraph Twelve is of interest since a statement is contained that Peru has violated a pledge to Argentina "in order to assume a position of absolute submission to the United States in return for the boundary treaty with Ecuador. Included in the twenty-seventh paragraph is the statement "throughout the history of Pan-American relations, Argentina has presumably constituted the Latin American bulwark against the imperialism of the United States of America." With expressions of my highest esteem, Sincerely yours, ARCHIVES "NATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS AND of edgan Hoover Enclosure