U.S. WAR EQUIPMENT FOR LATIN AMERICANS

Chronicle (Levin), 26 May 1947, Page 5

U.S. WAR EQUIPMENT FOR LATIN AMERICANS

Received yunday, 7 p.m. XEW YORK, Alay 23. The New York Times' correspondeilt, Alf. Jahies Reston, savs tlie Becretafy of (State (Alr. Alarshalij has settled tho prolonged controversy uichin tlie Goa' ernmeht over the transler of military and nival equipment to other nations in ihe Westovn Hemisphere. Alr. Spruille Braden, Assistant-Secre-tarv of State for Latin-America, for months had opposed the ^ecretary of War and ihe Secretarv of the Navy, who desired to transfer a considerablt quantity of equipment to Canada and to Katin-Americari Repubiics as a means of improving hemisptlere defences. _Afr. Braden had argued this would strength en the non-democratic more than the democratic elements. AIi. Afarshall hus overruled , Alr Braden and has reconimended Presidenl Truman to proceed with the legislation without delay. Tnder the prograliime of standardisation reconimended by the tnler-Aineriean Defence Board tho Tnited "States would not engage in any indiscriminate export of avms to nation.-, below the border, but would assist them in modernisiog their equipment and training methods. Alr. Reston pointed out that othei •onn tries have begun to sell consider able quantities. of arnis in Latin '\merica. For exampie, Britain has been peddliug modern war equipftient in a . drive to get hard currency. Slie reeentl) sold several jet fighters to Argentina.