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    "ocrText": "AIR MAIL\n- 5 -\n4. In the field of enemy aliens adequate\naction by the Argentine Government has been dis-\ncussed by this Embassy with the President and the\nForeign Minister and, if the program now contem-\nplated by the Argentine Government is carried\nthrough, it will have in the field of enemy aliens\ncomplied as fully with its obligations in tnis\nrespect as most of the other American republics\nand, in a number of cases, more effectively\n5. In the field of eneay schools and insti\ntutions, I have reported to the Department that\nthe British Embassy and this Embassy are of the\nopinion that in this field the Argentine Govern-\nment has taken the appropriate measures to carry\nthrough its inter-American obligations. In this\nrespect it may be observed that the Argentine Gov-\nernment has already earried through its action\nmore effectively than many of the other American\nrepublics.\nIf, therefore, the Argentine Government carries\nthrough the action in the first four of the above-\nmentioned fields, it will have complied with its inter-\nAmerican obligations and have shown its good faith, and\nall obstacles in the way of the complete normalization\nof our relations with the Argentine will have been elimi-\nnated and the way will be open for the Río de Janeiro\nmeeting with the participation of all of the American\nrepublics and for the consideration of the defense pact,\nwhich I consider so important and which I believe our\ngovernment considers so important for the security of\nthis hemisphere and in the Organization of the United\nNations for security and peace.\nIn addition to the foregoing, it is obvious that\nthere has been an improvement in the situation so far\nas the Argentine's attitude towards us and towards the\nother American republics is concerned. I make brief\nmention only of a few of these factors:\n1. The Argentine Government in a secret\nCabinet meeting took the decision that the Argen-\ntine hereafter must follow an American line and\nbase her foreign policy primarily on close col-\nlaboration with the United States and the other\nAmerican republics; that she must maintain her\ntraditional ties with other countries but that\nher future lies in this hemisphere, and that\nthis must be the fountain of Argentine foreign\npolicy.\n2. In the two addresses which the President\nof the Argentine has made to the constitutionally\nelected Argentine Congress since the beginning\nof June, he has definitely stated that the Argen-\ntine must collaborate in the inter-American system\nand collaborate in plans for defense of this hemis-\nphere;\nTRUMAN\n'NATIONAL\nARCHIVES AND\n3.In\nRECORDS\ns\nSERVICE"
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