[Messersmith, G.S.], Buenos Aires., 1946 December 10

Enclosure: See No. 1828. Appends clippings from The Standard and La Nación; A.P. dispatch upon which articles are based continues to place matter of U.S.-Argentine relations upon improper basis of relationships between [Spruille] Braden and Messersmith; policy of U.S. Government involved rather than that of individuals; dispatch indicates difference of opinion between Braden and Messersmith concerning manner in which Argentina must comply with inter-American commitments in matter of enemy aliens; apparently Braden has made statements to correspondents in Washington; no such statements have been made from Embassy in Buenos Aires; closing paragraph of dispatch mentions lengthy letters written by Messersmith to some of Braden's subordinates in Department and to many Congressmen; has written a few letters to friends in Department and to Senators Tom Connally and Warren Austin, but any mention of U.S.-Argentine relations was incidental, brief, and factual; wrote one long letter to [Arthur] Sulzberger of New York Times, copy of which was sent to Secretary of State [James F.].Byrnes; otherwise story is a fabrication.