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DEGLASSIFIED
TOP SECRET
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
- -4-
By
NLT-K NARS Date 7-27-72
Minister Wadsworth went to Damascus on Friday, to
look into conditions there. General Paget, Commander
in the Middle East, expressed gratitude for American
moral support. Paget told Wadsworth that the British
had prepared 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
suggestions of special privilege for the French. Sec-
ondly since no Syrian would now take orders from a
Frenchman, the Troupes Speciales would have to be trans-
ferred at the earliest possible date.
Conversation with Peron. Braden has had a private
conversation with Peron in which Peron 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 a great promiser but poor performer, he went far out
on the limb specifically promising: (i) to ask Farrell
to order immediate access to the German archives; (2)
admitting little or nothing had been done in control
of German firms and promising to instruct Colonel Olano,
head of committee in charge, to give us his closest
cooperation; (3) to accept our technical assistance in
making census and investigating safehaven matters.
Peron 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.
Peron repeated the request for information on how
we handle Communists, Braden replying that we have prac-
tically no Communist problem, but that self-evident world
peace requires friendship and understanding with Russia.
Peron said the Counselor of Russian Legation Montevideo
had proposed to purchase all of Argentine grain surplus,
interpreting the offer as an attempt to monopolize market.
Referring
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