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There was little doubt that Stroessner, anxious for a slice of Kennedy's Alliance for Progress pie, got the message. He promised Stevenson that he would hold a "free election" in 1963, kept hands off the opposition Liberal Party's increasingly critical newspaper, cut short an anti-Yankee campaign unleashed by his Interior Minister in outrage against Stevenson, hurried up a conference scheduled at week's end with visiting President Arturo Frondizi of Argentina, and asked to meet with Brazil's Jánio Quadros in July. From both of those neighboring democrats Stroessner is expected to ask help, but will probably get little more than the same sort of advice that Stevenson gave.