Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-02-02

Frondizi Calls Home Ambassador
From Cuba to Appeose His Critics
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Julie Amoedo. a veteran of
Argentina's diplomatic service.
No Soviet Question
None Of the questions raised
by the military spokesman ap-
peared to concern Argentinas
relations with the Soviet bloc.
Argentina has diplomatic ties
and trades with the Soviet I'm
ion. Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, Poland and Romania.
Their embassies use Buenos
Aires as a major Latin Ameri-
can headquarters for publishing
magazines and books in Span
iSh.
Most Of the 6 million Ar
gentines in the capital area took
the situation in stride. The
governments palace guard de-
tachment remained at normal
strength. Troops quietly went
about their usual garrison
duties.
Mr.. Frondizi offered to recall
Argentina's Ambassador as
first step toward a full break,
Informed sources reported.
The informants said the war
and navy secretaries agreed in
principle, but that Air Force
Secretary Jorge Rojas Silveyra
stuck to the military's earlier
demand for an immediate sew
erance with Havana. Argentina
is one Of seven Latin American
nations that still recognizes the
Castro Communist regime.
Government officials de-
clined to confirm or deny the
report, which came after the
three armed forces bosses met
with Mr.. Frondizi for more
than three hours last night.
The service secretaries went
into a huddle Immediately az
'terward at the War Ministry
and then conferred with high
ranking officers Of their re-
spective services.
The service secretaries them
selves were reported under
strong pressure from other top
officers who want Mr.. Frondizi
to take a strong stand against
Castroite extremists on the left
and PeroniStas on the right.
designations Threatened
The latest crisis for the
Frondizi government, now in
its fourth year. stemmed from
Argentina's refusal at the inter-
American conference earlier
this week to vote with the
United States supported ma
jority to GUST the Castro re-
gime from the Organization of
American States.
Published reports said the
service chiefs had threatened
to resign unless Mr.. Frondizi
swings his foreign policy to the
right, breaks with Cuba and
fires Mr.. Carcona and other Of
ficials responsible for putting
Argentina in the go-slow bloc
at the inter-American confer
ence.
However. Mr.. Carcano
emerged from the late night
meeting with Mr.. Frondizi and
the military chiefs and gave the
impression that the Govern
ment had won a breathing
spell.
He indicated he was not
planning to resign and told
newsmen that the service Sec
retaries listened to me with
incredible patience" when he
explained the Argentine stand
at the Punta del Este confer
ence.
Legal Reasons Cited
Argentina joined Brazil,
Chile, Mexico, Ecuador and
Bolivia in opposing the con-
ference's key resolution-the
immediate custer Of Cuba from
GAS councils-on the grounds
that the GAS charter contains
no legal provision for expulsion
of a member.
In a statement, Mr.. Carcano
said: 1.-The legal reasons which
supported our vote do not
diminish our firm decision
to fight communism in our
country and in the continent.
. Neither does it reduce our
solidarity with the Q4 coun-
tries which voted positively"
Military leaders repeatedly
, feel Mr.. Frondizi's foreign pol
icy is ambiguous and that Ar
gentina's stand at Punta del
Este embarrassed them in the
eyes of other Latin American
military leaders.
Many Argentine officers con-
slider themselves champions Of
anti Communism, and last year
: the Argentine Army promoted
. and conducted here an ambi-
. tious anti Communist guerrilla
warfare training program at
: tended by officers from most
of the hemisphere nations.
Almost without exception re-
Gently, Argentine officers have
. assailed communism in vir-
tually every speech they have
, made before garrison and pub
. lie audiences.