Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-13
Americas Asked
ToGive Verdict
On Argentina
Buenos Aires Ties to
Nozis Are Bored in
U. S. Blue Book
By Gornett D. Homer

Inc UnlCeu oCaCeS To-Day
sought verdict from the othe,
American Republics on what il
termed proof positive" of grave
completely with Nazi Germany
by Argentina's military regime
which it accused of giving the
Nazis a "camouf1aged" base for
postwar comeback.
Based on evidence from captured
German secret documents, the State
Departments unprecedented indict-
ment of the Buenos Aires govern
ment. which brought immediate
speculation of break in diplomatic
relations, was made public last night
in 131-page Blue Book already
submitted to other American for
eign offices.
Secretary of State Byrnes, asked
whether it was intended to force
Argentina out of the United Ma
tons, said he would not express an
opinion as to what will be done
pending consultation with the other
AiIlcIiCdli tSepupllCS.
Germans Now Have Base.
Charging Argentine government
leaders with positive aid" to the
enemy during the war. the Blue
Book asserted that with the con-
niyance of these leaders the Ger
mans now have in Argentina the
base they need for reconstruction
of German aggressive power during
the period when the homeland is
still occupied"
1t said, the Germans have com
plete duplicate" in Argentina of the
Nazi economic structure for war"
that the "stay-behind" leader of
Nazi activity is protected by the
Argentine government, and that
Naz schools and fund-collecting or
CARNATIONS still flourish there.
Argentine President Edelmiro
Farrell and Col. Juan D. Peron, his
former strong man" Vice President,
who Is candidate for President
in elections scheduled February "a,
were implicated by name in the
Nazi completely by the State De-
partment.
Oscar Ibarra Garcia, Argentina's
last Ambassador here, was described
as "a confidence man and inter-
mediary for u.s. in a 1912 report to
the German Foreign Office by Ger
man Charge d'Affaires Meynen in
Buenos Aires, quoted in the docu-
ment.
Great Friend" of Axis.
Another report by Meynen de-
scribed Adrian G. Escobar, Ibarra
Garcia's predecessor in Washington
as "a great friend" of the Axis.
Ibarra Garcia, who came to Wash
ington as Ambassador last May and
was recalled in September, was said
by Meynen to have put himself
willingly at our disposal when he
went to Buenos Aires in 1912 from
Denmark, where he then was Argen-
tine Minister.
A later report to the German For
CISd OLuSC Wy MCyllCu SdlQ 4Ud1 d
Garcia "has successfully established
himself as confidence man and in
termediary for us" and that, since
| he belongs to the small circle OF
friends around the President, he will
presumably be able to lend us highly
valuable support in the future
A mass of evidence was presented
in the Blue Book against Col. Peron
linking him with German spy lead
ers and accusing him specifically OF
being the "chief plotter" in a 194a
plot to overthrow the Chilean gov
eminent.
The Blue Book stirred keen inter-
est among members of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. Act.
ing Chairman George said he would
summon the committee for conf
dental session with State Depart.
ment officials early next week. SEN
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