Letter from Ambassador George Messersmith to President Harry S. Truman, with Attachments
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OCR Page 1 of 58this letter Placesurs very important
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THE FOREIGN SERVICE
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E. O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and S(D) or (E)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 9, 1973
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dc : NARS Date 4-16-75
AMERICAN EMBASSY
PERSONAL AND SHOTUST
Buenos Aires, Argentina
August 16, 1946
Dear Mr. President:
I am sorry to impose anything on you while you are
on this trip on the yacht. I read with much pleasure
and satisfaction that you have just left on this trip,
and I hope that you will be able to stay out the two
weeks which you are plannings
I am under the necessity of bringing to your at-
tention certain phases of this Argentine problem. You
will recall that I only undertook this mission at your
request and of Secretary Byrnes, and I think we fully
understood each other as to what the major objectives
of the mission are which I conceive to be that I was to
bring about a composition of this problem with the Argen-
tine in view of its importance to us and to the Argen-
tine and in the whole American picture and in the world
picture as well. I made it clear, you will recall, in
the conversation which I was privileged to have with
you and Secretary Byrnes, that I could not in carrying
through this mission sacrifice any principle, and of
course, there was no question of your and Secretary
Byrnes' wishing me to do that. The important thing was
to endeavor by change of tactics and procedure, and
without any deviation from principle, to bring about the
major objectives which are so important all around.
I have applied myself fully to this mission, and
perhaps to a greater degree than I should have if I
kept in mind my health. I believe that we have made very
real progress. The atmosphere has tremendously improved,
and I think you know the handicaps I was working under,
for in addition to an unhappy background of years in our
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