GOLD RELEASE FOR ARGENTINA
Received Wednesday, 7.35 p.m. BUEXOS AlllES, June 25. The Foreign Otfiee has ansiouneed that the United States has re.leased 144. 000, 000 dollars in gold coniprising the lmlk of Argentine funds fi'O/.en sj ce the summer of 1044. j . message from Wasliington says the fl,»te Depurtment eonlirmed the gold release following the sudden depavture from the capital of Carlos von der Beeke, speeial envov of the Peron regime, who left after a series of eonferenees in whioh he argued Aygcntina's easo for Amcrieun equipment to enable his eountrv to aehievo military parity with (other Latin Ameriean nations. The New Yorlc Horald-Tribune's Wasliington eorrespondent says tliere is 110 indieation w'hat sueeess Beeke aehieved but dipiomatie. eireles regarded the gold release as indieating a gradual so-ftening of Ameriean policy. War Department offieials have indicated tlieir belief that President Truman's hemisphere defenee programme requires Argentina's participation.
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Chronicle (Levin), 27 June 1946, Page 5
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