Word: braden
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stiffening Lip. In Washington, where Ambassador Spruille Braden had arrived from Argentina to take over the direction of Latin American affairs, the mood was for a stiffer U.S. policy toward the dictators. After a talk with Braden in Rio. U.S. Ambassador Adolph Berle informed Brazilians (and President Getulio Vargas was listening) that the U.S. expected the upcoming Presidential elections to go through on schedule. This statement, coupled with Braden's spectacular campaign against Peron, augured a vigorous U.S. policy at the imminent (Oct. 20) Inter-American Conference...
Just before U.S. Ambassador Spruille Braden emplaned for Washington and his new job as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America, he let off a final blast at Strong Man Peron: "The voice of liberty is making itself heard in this country and I am not of the belief that anyone will be able to smother it." The crowd of Argentines at the airport cheered, shouted "Libertad! Libertad...
...whom Byrnes kept in his old job was Assistant Secretary Will Clayton, an ex-cotton broker, millionaire, friend of Jesse Jones, and shrewd economic horse trader currently negotiating postwar loans with the British (see INTERNATIONAL). For Assistant Secretary in charge of Latin American affairs, he picked barrel-shaped Spruille Braden, who talked tough to the Argentines. For Assistant Secretary in charge of administration he chose 33-year-old Colonel Frank McCarthy, fresh off General Marshall's staff...
Toward the close of his speech, Braden assured his audience that his recent elevation to Assistant Secretary of State was not a kicking upstairs...
Some officials in the U.S. State Department had long hesitated to put pressure on Argentina's Government, fearing that such intervention would unite all Argentines against the domineering Yanqui. But Spruille Braden's most outspoken speech seemed to have done no such thing. Except for Perón's henchmen, Argentines applauded...