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DECLASSIFIED
E.Ó. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) OF (E)
TOP SECRET
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
BYALTHE NARS Date 9:H75
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Minister Wedsworth went to Damasous on Friday, to
look into conditions there. General Paget, Commander
in the Middle Teat, expressed gratitude for American
moral support. Paget told Wadsworth that the British
hed prepered against the contingency of active French
resistance.
The Syrian President told Wadsworth that two things
were now certain. One was that the Syrians could no
longer be expected to negotiate with the French outside
of a general Allied conference and then without any
auggestions of special privilege for the French. Sec-
ondly since no Syrian would now take orders from a
Frenchman, the Trounes Speciales would have to be trans-
ferred at the earliest possible date.
Conversation with Perón. Braden has had a private
conversation with Perón in which Perón turned his charm
on full voltage and emphasized his frankness and desire
to develop friendliest relations possible with us.
Braden comments that while Peron's reputation is that
of B. great promiser but poor performer, he went fer out
on the limb specifically promising: (1) to ask Ferrell
to order immediate to the German archives; (2)
admitting little or nothing had been done in control
of German firms and promiaing to instruct Colonel Olano,
hend of committee in charge, to give us hia closest
cooperation; (3) to accept our technical assistence in
making census and investigating safehaven matters.
Perón climaxed the interview by declaring that if
he failed to comply in every detail with the promises
given, Braden could in future accuse him of bad faith.
Perón repented the request for information on how
we handle Commists, Braden-replying that we have prac-
tically no Communist problem, but that self-ovident world
perce requires friendship and understanding with Russia.
Perón said the Counselor of Russien Legation Montevideo
hed proposed to purchase all of Argentine grain surplus,
interpreting the offor as an attempt to monopolize merket.
and
Referring
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