THE SPLIT IN ARGENTINA
Allen, Marie & Devere
The Split In Argentina By DEVERE and MARIE ALLEN THROUGH the Argentine fog comes news which reaches us uncensored, save by Uncle Sam. It reveals important things about the totalitarian techniques...
...Others bore banners with nationalistic slogans...
...Another was this: "If they attack us, we will defend ourselves...
...As things stand, support is not really strong...
...Many carried Argentine flags...
...if they try to understand us, we will try to understand...
...Sovereignty is essential for a country, and let him beware who attacks the sovereignty of Argentina...
...Yet every day propaganda against the United States is put forth in various forms, and in times of special stress the methods used are uncomfortably similar to those employed by Mussolini and Hitler...
...If Argentina had a democratic regime and if it followed the same line of staying officially neutral, nationalistic and "tough" toward the United States, its popular support would be close to 100 per cent...
...speech...
...By saving her own sovereignty, Argentina is defending the cause of independence of the Spanish-American peoples...
...The leaflets bore the imprint of the Republican Nationalist Party or the Nationalist Freedom Alliance...
...National honor is not to be exchanged for commercial advantages, nor does one bow before the threat of sanctions...
...the rest were silent...
...The relaxation of press censorship has brought joy to the people, who now are permitted to read about governmental and public attitudes in outside countries...
...Propaganda Leaflets So-called "spontaneous demonstrations" are staged and effectively manipulated...
...But one thing seemed evident, when a Worldover Press correspondent made a first-hand survey: a large majority of the people support the government very much more in its foreign policy than in its domestic fascist policy...
...That was one of the shibboleths blared by loud-speakers everywhere...
...will not break Argentina's brotherhood with her neighbors, who are joined to her by common history, interests, and destiny...
...When the Foreign Minister made one of his recent speeches, it was followed the next day by a demonstration of the "populace" which lasted from 6 to 10 p. m. Thousands seethed through previously designated streets...
...The Argentines, like the Spanish, would never make good fascists...
...they are too individualistic...
...Support Not Really Strong "Sovereignty Or Death...
...About half the people applauded the Foreign Minister when he made his most anti-U.S...
...It reveals important things about the totalitarian techniques used by the colonels' regime now in control...
...Leaflets snowed down, bearing such sentiments as these: "The imperialistic propaganda (meaning, of course, from the U.S.A...
...And, besides, some important and unorthodox facts regarding popular opinion...
Vol. 8 • September 1944 • No. 37
