As the midnight train from Rosario rolled into Buenos Aires, U.S. Ambassador Spruille Braden wondered what kind of reception he would get at the station. In his pocket were reports of the Government-inspired, anti-U.S. campaign which had pictured him as a "Yankee pig," a tough U.S. cowboy trying to run Argentina. In a Buenos Aires theater, a nationalist audience had screamed: "Death to Braden!"
On the station platform stood some 3,000 Argentines. As Ambassador Braden stepped off the train, they waved U.S. flags, shouted: "Viva Braden, viva U.S., viva liberty, democracy, elections!" Then the crowd swept up the hefty Ambassador,...
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