5, 1944; FO371/37719; Gallop minute on FO memo to Reading [MEW], Aug. 10, 1944, /37720; Safehaven report #3, B.A., Mar. This is ob- Further, a biographical essay offers glimpses of as-yet poorly mapped historiographical terrain: European and American participation in Latin America’s new industrialization of the 1930s; emergence of the Argentine steel and arms industries; Nazi Germany’s intentions and connections in Latin America; contention during wartime between Great Britain and the United States for influence in Argentina; and the central role of weaponry, after 1945, in drawing Argentina into a U.S.-dominated hemispheric economic and defense system.On August 27, 1944, the Allies blacklisted Mandl’s business interests: henceforth Allied or friendly neutral companies were forbidden to deal with them.When, however, the State Department presented its case concerning Argentine complicity with the Axis in the famous Since the “confidential sources and authentic documents” on which such writers as Ross and Bellamy based their work were leaked to them by agencies of the U. S. government, specifically the State Department and FBI, the slovenliness of their journalism cannot be ascribed simply to wartime pressures.

In rare instances, a In the stormy aftermath, two or three servants were discharged. In May 1955, the Western powers and the Soviet Union signed the Austrian State Treaty which restored sovereignty to a “perpetually neutral” Austria.

Dean Acheson considered Mandl’s arrest one of the nine positive measures the Argentines had taken that led him to recommend an invitation to Argentina to the founding U.N. meeting in San Francisco: Acheson to Winant, Washington, Apr. Shortly thereafter, however, Mandl and Brassert fell out; the latter, playing for higher stakes, attempted to sell to the Argentine minister of agriculture a “Survey of the Possibilities for the Establishment of an Iron and Steel Industry in Argentina” for 150 thousand dollars. 18, 1947, DRA general memos, box 13. Mandl had retired debts to the blacklisted Banco Germánico and Banco Francés e Italiano by borrowing from the First National Bank of Boston and the Banco d’ltalia. Fritz Mandl was a child of the century. Marshall, however, as army chief of staff, had favored standardization, and more recently in congressional hearings had emphatically supported “Pan American solidarity.”At the end of 1947, the hemispheric defense structure, including Argentina, was formalized in the Rio Treaty.

However, during 1947, increased emergency commitments to cold war trouble spots such as Greece, Turkey, Iran, and the Philippines increased awareness of the long-term demands the cold war would place on U.S. financial and industrial resources, and a sharply increased estimate of the costs of military standardization in the hemisphere—perhaps one billion dollars—removed impetus for passage of the Inter-American Military Cooperation Act. These stories, the ostensible basis of later Allied proceedings against Mandl, have never been substantiated.Mandl, accompanied by a picturesque aviary of family, employees, and hangers-on, set up living quarters and offices in Buenos Aires at the end of 1939;Hatting, meanwhile, joined forces with Hermann Brassert, another German metallurgist, whom Mandl and the Argentaría firm had commissioned to do an appraisal of the steel-plant project (why the German government permitted these valuable technicians to wander about was never made clear). On July 26, Hull—once more against the advice of senior counselors and without notifying London beforehand—issued a thunderous denunciaton of Argentina for “deserting the Allied cause,” and “openly and notoriously giving affirmative assistance to the declared enemies of the United Nations.”One prong of Hull’s antijunta campaign was a renewed assault on Mandl. Unfortunately, grounds were lacking on which to prosecute him under the Trading With The Enemy Statute or any other, and it would not do to allow him to return to Argentina with the allegations against him unproven. Worse: the FBI was now actively investigating him. Perón’s highest priority was to get IMPA into military production; if placating the Allies should require it, he was quite capable of forcing Mandl to resign from IMPA without permitting him to withdraw his capital from the firm.Klein also helped them suborn Herbert Mittler, Mandl’s private secretary, and was apparently involved in a curious flap that overtook Mandl’s private household in April. . Shorn of part of his fortune and forced out of IMPA, he remained nevertheless an active and prosperous entrepreneur. In Buenos Aires, agents swiftly took orders for a 30 million pound sterling Vickers contract, the sale of civil and military aircraft, and construction of a dozen warships.In December 1946, Perón deported more “dangerous Nazis,” and ordered more German firms liquidated. See also: Recent studies of British-U.S. rivalry are: Carlos Escudé, The British Statutory List and the American Proclaimed List. In March 1941, he organized a Uruguayan holding company, SAFU, which was part owner, along with SAFINA, of the giant textile firm Sedalana, S.A. To conform to law, the directors of SAFU were Uruguayan nationals. In Austria’s post-World War I disorganization, the arms plant went bankrupt and his father, Alexander, lost control. Vol. issues are available in JSTOR shortly after publication.In order to preview this item and view access options please enable javascript.Check to see if your institution has access to this content.©2000-2020 ITHAKA. O’Malley’s informant said Perón feared that otherwise the Americans would force him to distribute the money to other Latin American governments. With Savio, Mandl made use of his skills as a salesman and promoter; his shortcomings as a technician would show up later. The Dodero Steamship Line was to be a prime coal carrier; Dodero sought allocations of wheat so as to have cargo in both directions. Kickbacks to Lagomarsino and Eva Perón were contemplated. Like Othello, he did the State (several States, in fact) “some service.” Like the Moor, he was dismissed— but kept on call—when the State put on the raiment of righteousness.

This site uses cookies. See also Guido Schmidt interrogation [U.S. PolAd Austria 885, Vienna, Feb. 27, 1946, 740.35112a/date.]. If he remained in the United States, however, his Wall Street friends might come to his defense.