Evening star., 1947-05-25
U. .S.-Argentine
Accord Seen in
NextFew Weeks
Settlement Expected
To Cledr Way for
Defense Conference
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

OtdteS anu argentina and clear
the way for an inter-American
defense conference is now gen.
orally expected here to be
reached within the next few
weeks.
1t may be marked by the retire
ment from his post at Buenos Aires
of Ambassador George C. Messer-
smith and the resignation of Spruille
Braden as Assistant Secretary of
State for Latin American Affairs.
The split between them over the
conduct of Argentine relations has
been wide and bitter and both are
believed ready to quit when i'm
provement in the situation permits
such action gracefully.
The apparently impending change
IN United States-Argentine affairs
does not necessarily mean the be-
ginning OF an era of bosom friend
ship between Buenos Aires and
Washington. American officials are
still suspicious of what they regard
as traditional Argentine efforts to
win leadership in Latin America at
the expense of North American good
will.
Eight More Nazis Deported.
The latest splash of interest in
the Argentine situation was caused
here yesterday by the announce
ment at Buenos Aires Friday that
eight more Nazi agents had been
deported and that Argentina now
considers she has satisfied all her
hemisphere obligations" The an
nouncement was made by Juan
Bramuglia, President Juan D. Pc
ron's foreign minister.
American officials said yesterday
they expect a full report from Mr..
Messersmith over the week end and
that it would receive careful study
at the State Department this week.
A decision evidently will have to
be made as to whether the Ameri-
can Government agrees with that of
Argentina that all obligations have
now been satisfied.
Mr.. Bramuglia's claim may be IA
vorably received here, but any such
important reaction on the part of
Washington probably would have to
be approved by Secretary of State
Marshall. At the moment, there
fore, the outcome of this weeks
considerations cannot be predicted
with certainty.
But whether Mr.. Bramuglias
claim is accepted at face value or
whether the United States takes a
counter position, urging further
anti-Nazi actions, the impression
prevails among diplomats and Off
cials here that way will soon be
found to end finally the war-bred
differences that have divided the
two countries for five years.
U. S. Proposals Met.
Argentina has already met Amer
ican proposals on two major points.
She has eliminated Nazi influences
from Argentine. schools in a manner
deemed acceptable here. And she
has liquidated Nazi control over
powerful business organiza tions in
Argentina.
On the third and last of the ma
jor points, she now has deported
60 suspected or proven German
spies, reported that 16 more have
fled to neighboring countries, claSsi-
fed 43 as unbound, and listed the
rest as either under arrest or free
with United Nations approval dur
ing the war.
Once the United States agrees
that this record fully meets Argen-
tina's obligations under the Act of
Chapultepec, the 81 American ma
tions can go ahead with the vital
project Of working out plan for
their common defense.
This was supposed to have been
undertaken at a conference in Rio
de Janeiro in 1945. That was
blocked by United States refusal to
negotiate treaty with Argentina
until Argentine obligations under
the Chapultepec agreements were
considered discharged.
Braden Wanted to Be Rough.
The United States thus found it.
self in the position of having backed
Argentina for United Nations mem
bership. then objecting to further
international collaboration with her.
President Truman and former
Secretary of State Byrnes assigned
Mr.. MeSsersmith, veteran career
diplomat, to work on the problem in
Argentina while they made Mr..
Braden, who had been ambassador
in Buenos Aires, Assistant Secretary
of State-and theoretically Mr.
Messersmith's boss.
Within a few weeks it became
apparent that Mr.. Messersmith and
Mr.. Braden disagreed on how to
run Argentine relations. In general,
Mr.. Braden wanted to be tough on
all counts: Mr.. Messersmith seems
to have wanted to give the Peron
government the benefit of the doubt
and patch up the differences as
rapidly as possible.
Mr.. MeSserSmith's policies and
much official Washington thinking
seem to have been influenced by ar
gumentS that the split in Western
Hemisphere solidarity created a
situation to the advantage Of Rus
STA and local Communist move
ments. Military and Naval leaders
plugged hard for the defense pact
at every opportunity and the State
Department thus has been subject to
constant, heavy pressure to come to
terms with Gen. Peron.
Deportations Latest Move. i
Meanwhile Gen. Peron has made
series OF moves, of which the de-
portatlons are the latest. to show
compliance with his commitments.
some diplomats now suggest that
the situation has about reached the
point where accord can be reached
defense conference agreed on and
both Mr. Messersmith, and Mr.
Messersmith and Mr.. Braden ner-
mitted to step out under conditions
of reasonable success for their re-
spectiye methods.
Mr.. Truman told a news confer
ence that Mr.. Messersmith. whose
health is bad, is serving in Buenos
Aires only temporarily"