MINISTER QUITS UNDER FIRE IN ARGENTINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300180078-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 1998
• Sequence Number: 78
• Publication Date: August 29, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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'Minister Quits
'Under Fire
In Argentina
Mtigica's Comment
On Goodw Talk
With'uevara Hit
By Sam Summerlin
BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 28
- o e
tugica resigned tonight in
he wake of an uproar over
is public statements about
recent meeting between
'uban economic boss Ernesto
,uevara and Richard Good-
-in, President Kennedy's ts-
istant for Latin American af?
airs.
Mugica touched off eritl?
ism In government circles i
tug. 22 when he told report?i
rs the 'yJ*uevara and Good-!
M conk ce in Montevideo,
guay demonstrated that ?
uba'a 'del Castro regime
eeks tier relations with the
nit States.
Ar ntine officials said pri-
-ate , they were surprised
r~n arrasthey felt it would
tress Washington.
resigning. Mugica
yarged Washington tried to
lay down the meeting as ac-
dental.
?.;%tugica told reporters to-
night the White House must
.+s have known in advance that
lk
i
ng to ta
Goodwin was go
with Guevara. lie also assert-
/ ed he was "absolutely exact"
in saying the session lasted
three hours.
Met in Montevideo
Goodwin and Guevara met
in Montevideo Aug. 16. short-
ly after the Inter-American
Economic Conference in Punta
dcl Este. Uruguay, launched
'.11r. Kennedy's Alliance f
Progress Program for the
Americ as.
The White House answered
varying accounts of the meet
ing by describing it as pollti
cally insignificant. W h i t
House Press Secretary Pierre
Salinget said the meeting oc
curred at a reception given b
a Brazilian diplomat and wa
"just a case of two men meet
ing at a reception and one
them being polite enough t
i listen for a few minutes t
someone he met at the party!
Goodwin also said he wa
surprised by the meeting i
which leftist Guevara repot
Idly wanted S'~'hI eWljn
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