Office of the Historian

835.10/3–2450: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in Argentina

confidential
Washington, March 24, 1950.

173. For Amb. from Miller. Perón’s instrs1 seem to have produced fast action. At his urgent request Cereijo came in today and delivered to me for transmittal to Panagra and Braniff ltrs2 settling their cases. Ltr to Panagra states “my Govt has resolved that trans of funds arising from sale of passages and freights shall be made at rate of exchange in effect on date on which payment is recd,” Ltr to Braniff states “my Govt has resolved to authorize your co to carry aerial commercial traffic between Arg and US along fol route: Houston, Habana, Panama, Guayaquil, Lima, La Paz, Asunción and Buenos Aires with auth to omit one or more stops. Authoriz shall be subj to existing laws regs and agreements.”

Taylor is in town today for final conferences Swift Int problem. Petroleum cos will meet with Cereijo next week. Informal discussion proceeding re treaty friendship commerce navig. Two meetings at technical level have been held at ExImBank in atmosphere cordiality. Honeymoon still on but unable “o answer Secys question to me as to which is bride and which is groom. [Miller.]

Acheson
  1. In telegram 273, March 23, 1950, from Buenos Aires, Ambassador Griffis had reported learning from an Argentine source that President Perón had sent Sr. Cereijo a personal wire “… insisting American business matters discussed here be implemented immediately.” (835.10/3–2350)↩
  2. Not printed.↩