2. MEXICO EXPECTED TO FOLLOW PRESENT POLICIES UNDER PROBABLE NEXT PRESIDENT ADOLFO RUIZ CORTINES

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• Publication Date: October 16, 1951
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Intelligence Brief
No. 1000.381 Date: October 16, 1951
Office of Intelligence Research
2. MEXICO EXPECTED TO FOLLOW PRESENT
POLICIES UDDER PROBABLE', N E X T
PRESIDENT ADOLFO R,UIZ C O R T I.N E S
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Minister of interior ihtha
present administration, has accepted the nomination to the presidency
offered by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. The elections will
be held in July 132
Comment: Inasmuch as the PRI is the government and dominant
party in exico, and that opposition exists through tolerance only, it
may be assumed that Ruiz Cortines' candidacy will be successful. In
view of the popularity and success of the present administration and be-
cause Ruiz Cortines has long been a devoted follower of its chief execu-
tive, Miguel Aleman, it is expected that the next president will direct'
Mexico along its present road. This means continued political modera-
tion, including quiet repprochement with the church, and, pursuance of
Aleman's program of economic expansion. On the basis of his known
friendly attitude toward ' the US, it is -also expected that Ruiz will con-
tinue the recent development of ' goad relations with this country insofar
as it is compatible with Mexico's interne nationalism.. Because of his
record of honesty in handling public fur3s, .Ruiz will be in a position to
capitalize upon the current demand for. higher morality in government
in Mexico.
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