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...representative of the "businessmen" whom Mr. Mallison takes to task, along with diplomatic representatives, for having failed so miserably in teaching our southern neighbors to like "north" Americans, it seems hardly necessary to refute the asinine charges made against us-in general. My experience has been limited to the past 15 years, but even that short period should better qualify me to condemn my fellow-countrymen down here than one with the ripe experience of one year's stay among Argentines and Brazilians...
...countries. [The U.S. State Department lists 17,787 Americans living in South America.-ED.] In my travels I have met many of them and can assure those at home that most of them are quite normal types whose behavior is far higher than the low rating accorded by Mr. Mallison. I really claim at least parity with the English on this score and am unwilling to grant citizens of the Axis countries the superiority indicated in his (Mallison's) letter-after all, aren't we all human, regardless of land of birth...
Every week a friend here passes on to me your air express edition, which I find most interesting. In your edition of June 23, however, I read a letter from Buenos Aires, signed by Mr. L. B. Mallison, under the heading "Battle of Diplomats," with which I cannot agree...
...true that Americans and Englishmen, generally, find difficulty in mastering foreign languages, but, even if they fail to acquire a perfect accent, or misspell an occasional word, this does not constitute an insult or offense to the natives of the country, as Mr. Mallison apparently considers...
...Mallison claims that the behavior of American and English people "in the shops, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, etc." is very much inferior to that of the Nazis and Fascists, but that leads me to think that Mr. Mallison must be frequenting "Un Monde Special" and that his criticism is therefore somewhat biased...