The U.S. was on the hot seat. Ever since Spruille Braden, Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American affairs, talked tough as U.S. Ambassador in Buenos Aires last summer, U.S. hemispheric policy had been aimed at the overthrow of Argentina's Strong Man Juan Perón. Last week Washington policy-makers knew where that policy had got them: 1) Argentines, in free elections, apparently had chosen Juan Perón their President; 2) the U.S. would have to try a new tack.
The U.S. had gambled heavily on popular opposition to Perón's police regime. Then, in the midst of the presidential campaign, the...
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