Almost every flight into Buenos Aires had been canceled, but George Messersmith's plane bulled through the wintry rain and made Morón airfield on schedule. The new U.S. ambassador was a man in a hurry. He had come to negotiate with Juan Perón. To the Army major and Navy lieutenant who brought the President-elect's wishes for "a pleasant stay in Argentina" he rasped: "Tell the Colonel I appreciate his saludos and hope to see him soon."*
Next day the ambassador rode through the fashionable Calle Florida with his staff in three open horse-drawn coaches,...
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