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...Consider at this time the advisability of breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany. This would not only symbolize our attitude, but it would put us in a position to urge our Latin-American neighbors to do likewise, thus enabling us to rid ourselves of the focal points of intrigue and subversive activity...
...continental economy, like the U. S. Living and consumption standards throughout Europe will therefore boom, afford an unprecedented market for North and South American goods which Europe sorely needs. (Did not Hitler's recent statement, "At no time has Germany had any territorial or political interest in the American continent' promise that Germany wants nothing else here?) Europe's demand for crops, says Westrick, will suffice to bail out U. S., Canadian and Latin-American surpluses...
Wilson declared: "I am authorized to state that it is the intention and the avowed policy of my Government to cooperate fully, wherever such cooperation is desired, with all the other American Governments in crushing all activities that arise from non-American sources, and that imperil our political and economic freedom." Other Latin-American nations showed equally definite popular if not official leanings toward democracy...
...when Vicente Lombardo Toledano, vociferous tsar of the Communistic C. T. M. (Confederation de Trabajadores de Mexico), suddenly did a complete ideological flip-flop and, after denouncing gringo imperialism a week before, suddenly turned prodemocratic. Addressing the important Latin-American Confederation of Labor, he left his audience goggle-eyed with surprise by declaring, "There was never truer friendship between North American and Latin-American peoples. We Mexicans feel great current cordiality, sympathy and profound friendship uniting us. We must fight fascism to the death and preserve democracy." Amused at his sudden conversion, the Mexican press dubbed it his "new testament...
...Mexico and Latin America, Arthur Dietrich, that he was no longer persona grata in Mexico, that his activities, pursued with arrogant disregard for the laws and privileges of his host country, were "prejudicial to Mexican interests." An investigation of Dietrich had revealed that his office served as a relay point for instructions from Berlin to Nazi agents in the U. S., as well as elsewhere in the Americas, including plenty of boring from within in Mexico. Awaiting further instructions from Berlin, Dietrich and his staff of 30 Nazis hoped to set up headquarters in another Latin-American country, perhaps Guatemala...