Word: peronism
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...credentials to President Harry Truman. Dr. Ivanissevich was smiling and the President was smiling, and they were both saying what fine countries the other represented. It was hard to remember that only a few months ago the State Department was spreading the idea that Argentina's President Juan Peron was nothing but a fascist jerk...
Tall, brown-haired Dr. Ivanissevich, who had been Peron's personal physician before becoming a diplomat, made it plain that this notion had been only a notion. "You should know," he said, "through the lips of a man who possesses the singular merit of never having lied, the truth regarding the Argentine Republic...
President Peron. he explained happily, was the "first authentic representative of the true Argentine people," and one who was "struggling for the same democratic principles found on the banner of President Roosevelt." In Argentina "liberty is founded on immovable bases, and every person is the pilot and maker of his own destiny...
Harry Truman, whose Administration, after being defeated in its anti-Peron tactics, is now wooing Argentina, was not to be outdone. Said he: "... I am thinking of the objectives and ideals which have always motivated our peoples . . . impulses [which] have been in great part, as you say, Mr. Ambassador, profoundly Christian and profoundly human. ... I hope your stay in Washington will be thoroughly pleasant...
...week's end the lower house had not got round to debating the treaty. But ratification was assured. Juan Peron was also reported to have promised U.S. Ambassador George Messersmith: 1) to nationalize six Nazi businesses; 2) to sell 30 more to Argentine citizens; 3) to deliver at least some of the wanted Nazis to the Allies. This last was the nub of the business, and the State Department wanted action, not paper promises...