Buenos Aires heard that the Government of President Pedro Ramirez was about to declare war on the Axis. Argentina's dominant Army clique, already disgruntled by President Ramirez' diplomatic break with the Axis, forthwith acted as though he were about to declare war on the Argentine Army.
Before dawn two truckloads of officers took over the Foreign Ministry, told Foreign Minister Alberto Gilbert over the telephone that his resignation had been "accepted." Others went to the Casa Rosada, and informed the Secretary of the Presidency, Enrique Gonzalez, that he also had "resigned."
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