FOREIGN POLICY OF ARGENTINA

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23976, 17 June 1943, Page 5

FOREIGN POLICY OF ARGENTINA

“MAINTAINING TRUE I NEUTRALITY” STATEMENT MADE BY I PRESIDENT (Rec. 12.30 a.m.) BUENOS AIRES, June 15. The President of Argentina (Gene- , ral Ramirez) declared at a press conference that Argentina was seeking to : strengthen its ties in the Western Hemisphere, following a policy of “practical Pan-Americanism'’ and at ' the same time maintaining true neutrality towards the rest of the world. A British Official Wireless message says that interest continues in London in the intentions of the new Argentine • Government with regard to the Axis 1 Powers, though it is noted that there 1 has so far been no definite evidence of : a radical change in its foreign policy. ' British and American recognition is, as “The Times’’ points out, a formal diplo- 1 matic act implying in itself no judgment, favourable or unfavourable. The 1 test of the new Government’s policy 1 will, in the opinion of “The Times,’’ be ' its willingness to break with the Axis < and remove the last American centre 1 of Axis intrigue against the United ' Nations. i “The suspension of all radio com- ' munication in secret code or cipher is i a step in the right direction, and it j carries out one recommendation of the 1 Pan-American Conference at Rio de s Janeiro last year, to which Argentina i was a party,” says “The Times.” “But 1 a further recommendation to sever diplomatic relations with the Axis still ■ remains a dead letter at Buenos Aires. • The prompt recognition of the Ramirez j Government by Germany and Italy was doubtless designed to forestall any inclination on the part of the new Government to act more courageously than its predecessor in this respect, and there has so far been nothing to show that this has failed in its purpose. “The next few weeks will reveal whether General Ramirez will prove strong enough to throw off the hesita- ( tions and ambitions which marked Sr. Castillo’s international policy." i BRITISH PRISONERS > EXECUTED ’> 1 REPORTED ACTION BY ] JAPANESE f 7 P.m.) LONDON, June IS. * The Japanese have executed 10 Bri- a tish prisoners of war, says the Ber- c Hn radio, quoting a message from 1 Tokyo. The executions, according to c the Berlin radio, were a reprisal for c a British air attack on a Japanese hos- * Pltsl ship in the Bay of Bengal, I