835.741/29
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina (Armour)
Sir: With reference to your telegrams numbers 141 of January 19, 153 of January 20,45 and 605 of March 19, 1943, inquiry has been made of the appropriate agencies of the Government as to whether specific and concrete evidence could be furnished showing that since December 3, 1942, the Axis diplomatic missions in Buenos Aires have transmitted code messages resulting in injury to or loss of United Nations shipping, but the Department regrets to inform you that this inquiry has now established that evidence of this nature can not be produced.
There is sufficient circumstantial evidence to warrant the Department’s belief that Axis code messages sent from Buenos Aires since that date have either endangered United Nations shipping or actually resulted in injury or loss thereto, and in any future conversations with Argentine authorities on this subject you will be amply justified in basing yourself on this assumption; unfortunately, however, categorical evidence of the nature with which it would be gratifying to [Page 523] confront the official with whom you had the conversation reported in your 153 above referred to is not available.
Very truly yours,
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