Evening star., 1946-04-02
j. ). Will Send Envoy
To Argentina Before .
Peron Takes Office
By Gornett D. Horner

The United States hopes to get
a new Ambassador to Argentina
on the job before the inaugura-
ton of Col. Juan D. Peron as
President, thereby avoiding the
embarrassment of directly ap-
proving his regime by accredit-
ing an envoy to him.
A State Department spokesman
disclosed last night that this Gov
eminent expects to name an Am
bassador to the Buenos Aires post
as we'll as new envoy to Brazil
later in the week"
officials discounted speculation
that this decision indicates any re-
Taxation of the stiff policy against
the alleged Fascist tendencies of
the Argentine military faction DOM
mated by Col. Peron.
Face-Saving Move.
The State Department refused to
say who has been selected, but said
the name of the prospective new en-
voy already has been submitted to
the Argentine government, now
headed by Gen. Edelmiro Farrell, for
approval.
1t would be a face-saving move for
the new Ambassador to present
his credentials to Gen. Farrell in
stead of to Col. Peron, who recently
was elected President after being
singled out in the State Depart
ment's Blue Book as a Nazi- Fascist
sympathizer and leader in extending
aid to the Axis during the war.
Decision to send a new envoy to
Argentina Immediately was one of
a number of developments made
known after Secretary of State
Byrnes conferred for more than an
hour with President Truman yester-
day. They included:
/. Disclosure that the United
States will return all it's Army in
stallations in Cuba to the Cuban
government May 20. Communist and
other opposition groups in Cuba
have charged that the American
forces intended to remain indefl-
.nitely.
2. A move to avoid postponement
OF the European peace conference
scheduled to open in Paris May l.
Officials said this Government has
advised France to go ahead with
issuance of invitations to the con-
ference.
Byrnes to Return Today.
Presumably these were among the
"other matters" which Mr.. Byrnes
told reporters he discussed with the
President in addition to the crisis
in the United Nations Security
Council over the Russian -Iranian
dispute.
Mr.. Byrnes, who flew here Satur-
day during recess in the Security
Council session, planned to return
to New York today for resumption
of the Council meetings tomorrow.
During the controversy over pres
ence of Russian troops in Iran, the
Moscow radio has quoted charges
allegeding an American-Cuban dis
pute over disposition of the wartime
United States Army bases in that
Caribbean republic.
Cuban Ambassador Guillermo Belt
said here that the decision to turn
the bases over to his government, on
May 20, the 44th anniversary Of the
republic, should end malicious" as
sertions. The installations to be
transferred include air bases at San
Antonio de Los Banos and at San
Julian. The permanent American
naval base at Guantanamo Is not
affected.
No Question of Recognition.
No question of recognition of the
Argentine government arises in
connection with sending new AM
bassador there, since relations
never have been broken. The
United States Embassy m Buenos
Aires has continued to function,
despite the absence of an Ambas-
sador since Spruille 'Braden was
called back to Washington last fall
to become Assistant Secretary of
State in charge of Latin American
affairs.
Mr.. Braden, despite his denuncia-
ton of the policies of the Farrell
Peron regime, has recommended
consistently that this Government
should maintain an Ambassador in
Buenos Aires. Delay in filling the
post has been attributed largely to
difficulty in finding the right man.
William D. Pawley, now American
Ambassador to Peru, has been men,
toned in recent speculation as likely
to be transferred to Argentina.
The new envoy to be named to
Brazil will replace A. A. Berle, jr..
whose resignation was announced
several weeks ago.