710.H Continental Solidarity/51: Telegram
The Chairman of the American Delegation (Hull) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 3:45 p.m.]
6. Your 12, December 1, 7 p.m., section 4.83a It seems probable the Argentine view, if it is as outlined by Aranha, will not receive general support. All delegations encountered thus far express themselves as anxious to implement fully the idea of continental solidarity.
We are endeavoring to recast the Argentine proposal in the form of the additional protocol and to include in the preamble a clause definitely indicating that each American country is concerned in case of attempted domination of any such country by a non-American nation or by a system dominated from overseas, so that consultation may be definitely limited, among other things, to considerations of continental defense. We will endeavor to discuss the Argentine proposal and the suggested speech with Cantilo and Mello Franco on arrival.
Certain delegations including Venezuelans are considering the idea of proposing a Spanish armistice.84
- Not printed.↩
- For documents on the Spanish Civil War, see vol. i, pp. 149 ff.↩