REPORT ON RIO CONFERENCE TO SOVIET EMBASSY IN MEXICO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000430002-5
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 29, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL I TELLI ENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Me ico/USSR/Argentina
SUBJECT Report an Rio Conference.to Soviet Embassy in
Mexico
ORIGIN
DATE:
INFO.
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DIST.. October 1947
PAGES- 2
SUPPLEMENT
1. Ernesto Alvarez Velasco, ex-Chief of Information of the Agenc .s. Noticiosa
Latino Americana (ANLA) of Mexico, who covered the Rio Conferee.ace for Lombardo
Toledano's newspaper Pt , was used there as a political reporter by the
Soviet .Embassy, according to a usually reliable source',' The following are some
of the opinions of Alvarez Velasco on the Conference, as reported to the Soviet
Embassy:
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The Embassy believes that the next war will be fought in Eirope, Asia, and
the Polar regions, and Russia will have no qua;re1 with the countries of Latin
America. Thus the problem of whether the conf iet is int ;-continental or
extra: continental vriil arise, and the Latin. AmFricnn countries will run the
risk of being considered aggressors Instead of the victims- of the attack if
they declare war. In any case, the Soviet Embassy believe the aid that
Latin America might lend in case of warwould be very small and of little
value except as security for the United States. They also believe that
countries like Argentina and Brazil will follow the example set by the forger
in the last war and try to make the largest profit possible out of their
neutraliCi or aid. _
a. The Conference was a failure for the United States in regard to the Truman
Doctrine, for although the Inter-American Defense Treaty was accepted, it
will be used as a basis for opposition to the Truman Doctrine. The resistance
of Argentina to the United States has caused the letter to lose prestige.
b. The Mutual Defense Plan was the United States' only success, but, on the
other hand, Argentina succeeded in incorporating the distinction between
inter.-continental and extra-continental conflicts.
c. The plan providing that, the signers of the Rio agreement w M intervene in
the case of c conflict between two of talem will only,cause difficulties.
While the conferences to decide which nation has been the agressor are being
laid, the war will continue, and thus the treaty will lose its strength.
d. Economically, although the United States has promised fin- 'vial aid to Latin
America.. this aid will not be immediate, as requested by ;rgentina, and thus
will be Ineffective and useless to Latin American nations.
The following opinions of the Soviet Embassy on Latin American relations are
ejttributed to the Embassy by Alvarez Velasco.
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b. In regard to Mexico, Torres Bodet's complete support of United States
policies has caused the Soviet Embassy, to regard I.oxicF- as a potential
enemy of Russia. As a result, the Embassy is taking -- eater precaution
in its work in ! oxico. '
a. The exact policies which will be adopted by the Soviet }3nbassy in I.iexico
City as a result of the Rio Conference cannot be detorrined until after
the arrival of the now ambassador.
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