COMMUNIST AND ANTI-COMMUNIST REACTION TO THE NIXON VISITS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01009A000801160007-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 24, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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24 june 1958
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L'uF,.r CT: Conerenist and Anti.Coneranist Reaction to the Nixon Visits
Partgusys Negative 4port
Uruguay:
le Appearing on 30 Mgy 1958 in the independent. Yontevideo, weekly
pUblicetion :''!arche is a commenteey an the Nixon visits by the former
president of Guatemala. entitled: Ilia Great 2rovnetteur:
2. The cleverly written article occupies a fell page of this anti.
American/ third position tabloid and begins by an account of the attitude
of the Uruguarue university Otudents which was that the Vice President
would tot be welcome at the Univereity. Arevalo stetes thA the American
labasey wls are of the situntion and advised Nixon accordingly. Never.
tbeless Nixon went to the University and a hostile reception. Arrival?
reports that an identical situAion existed in Buenos Aires, where the
students issued a statemeet to the effect that the Vice 7resident would
not be welcome. In BUIRMS Aires, feelings were so strong against the
Vice rresident that he Was delayed in his arrival at the inauguration of
:leasident,ieondizi. According to Arevalo, Nixon then went on the fdilowe
ing dey to the University or 'Buenos_ Aires where he found the quarrel that.
he wae lookine for.
3. Anima? says that this activity was a definite indication of
what WPS to follow: and teat it wee clear that the rhenomenon which began
in Montevieeo would increase.
L. In Lima, Nixon forgot thA he was rseresenting the most eawerful
country in the world, And disregarding the recomeendetions of the Peeeteen
AMbeesador, attended Sannarcos Univerzity where he as not wanted. Worst
of all, he was foolish enough to take his wife. Arevalo comments that
tillOWIweTit to Lan%arcos as if it were an adventure.
5. A prop-osal thet the mai to Careers be lined by troops is tumid
Iowa because Nixon did not want peoele to think thet be was a coward. As
a result. Nixon, as well aa his wife, received the greetest mass, out-
rageous affront ever given a :lemon ef such an imeortant internetienal
position.
6. Arevalo stys that the Nixon jeureey becale 15 tragic deys for
United'.:tetes prestige Which had Aore behind it than student insolence,
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sudden mob on
soya that the
oho acted in eve
reeitut concerning coo 00Po
t or test culprit is the Vic,
ion "liire a simpl.e and corm prtonteatertr."
7. axon oni trne iission was that of .rejn'esenttng the United
States at the inaugtuotion of the Argentine president. l'he rest of the
scbedle1 according to Strevalo, was set out by libaDok with the boldness for
which he is well ,kenwn. Be personally decided which countries he would
visit in his triuophal tour, riadtialeg the appropriate governaente so that
they might receive him on a good neighbor visit.*
8. Arevalo asie what business Nixon had in goiuniversitiesng
with the students. Be asks if Nixon bap?ed to he an
sor from 1171 American university or even a men of letters.
kaif President- Eisenhower. who is al not known as a
hadcharged,Rixon, with the, task of
of Latin-America. -
Arevale totes that Nixonis presidential arbi ?u caused him to
provoke e historical events, *just because. 'Ni t come as
flee dent of the United States; ? he cameas * presidentialcandidate.?
Lreyalo,says that Dixon vali4 not tolerate the idea .that any sector within
a.eonntt7 on the Aqtericen continent would declare him -persona non grata
and he had to give anY? such sector an epportunity for an ekthange of words
in which he would be Able to show how /mato: they were.
Arevalo refers to the general inability of the AmerietAns to under
Latin Attie rienro and states that Nixon came to* new world deter-
-find *a personal, unshtrable, intrausferible ,triumph.* "He came
h for the greatest publicity poseible, strident publicity, for the
purpose of furthering his personal political career, in which the news-
;opera un ,photographero had to be lorolved.6 "He wanted news in a shower
of Spark, which could be seen from New Tork; the peal or 'bells; bouquets
of flowers; speeches; photographs with a baby in his arms, when speaking -
to a Negro or when he extends la democratic'1 hand to a beggar.* 11Publicity,
more publicity.* *He has faith." ?Be is counting on his great experience
in demogognery." ? *Hie er itrao are his teeth cod long hand.* Arevalo then
latinches into a short diatribe: *National armhole". Laugh while one eat*
and attracts to oneself the supplies of your 'neighbor. The good neighbor.
The/ associated neighbor; Aesociated so that he may see you eat an applaud
taster Nixon wanted a tumult to surround the. banquet... He wanted the tumult
so that he could retern.to the metropolis LI:?ashingtobi garlanded with
flowers, as if mtorning from Hawaii, or with the sand of the colonies in
his hands* es Bonaparte -from Egypt."
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1.1lowever1 he did not return in that manner. ie returned spat
upon. ? toned, booed, very much booed, attacked by the mobs, and so
pursued that he had to seek la.syluml in his oWn;Embassy. fle looked for
trouble. Re persisted in -seeing that it would happen.*
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