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...spread, quickly crystallized into the GOU, an amorphous organization of officers below the rank of general. The letters mean Grupo de Oficiales Unidos (Group of United Officers), later idealized into Gobierno, Or den, Uni-dad (Government, Order, Unity). When the military revolution of June 4, 1943 knocked unpopular President Ramon Castillo out of power, the GOU took charge. It has since split up into factions. But Colonel Perón's influence with some of these groups is still the basis of his power...
Argentines are not fools. They are a smart, proud people. Most of them are for the Allies-from a distance. Most of them honestly think that their country can stay neutral and survive. That is one reason why they did not oppose the "prudent neutrality" of ex-President Ramon S. Castillo more than they did, why for a long time they had no serious misgivings about the stubborn neutrality of President Pedro Ramirez. But last week their misgivings were serious. Obviously, their Government was in a crisis; just as obviously, it was in confusion...
...late autumn sun spread a dull sheen over the refuse-strewn waters of the Plata River. Slowly the small, grey minesweeper Drummond nudged against a deserted wharf. Down the gangway stepped a tired, disheveled, stubborn old man, Ramon S. (for nothing) Castillo, Vice President of Argentina from 1938 to 1940, Acting President from 1940 to 1942, President from 1942 until last week, President in Exile for one day, now ex-President...
Abandoned by his friends, deserted by his more powerful ministers, scorned by his people, Ramon Castillo had come to the end of the road called Prudent Neutrality. There was only one course: resign. This Castillo did at the headquarters of the 7th Infantry. He had gained office through accident and stayed in office through fraud. Now he turned over the reigns of government to a military junta which did not seem to know where it was going but at least was aware that prudence in 1943 means cooperation with the United Nations...
This sentiment might well have been heeded long since by President Ramon S. Castillo. He had had concrete evidence of Nazi espionage within his country when a Gestapo agent and "diplomat," Gottfried Sandstede escaped (TIME, Sept. 8, 1941). As Argentines gathered on Pearl Harbor Day, he had more evidence, again pointing directly to Buenos Aires' German Embassy...