Latin American Section

The Latin American Section was established as a partial successor to Special War Policies Unit (SWPU) on August 28, 1943. The Latin Section acted as the technical legal staff of the United States representative on the Emergency Advisory Committee for Political Defense, also known as the Inter-American Advisory Committee for Political Defense. The Committee was created as an advisory body by Resolution XVII of the Third Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, held at Rio de Janeiro in January 1942. The Resolution provided that the Governing Board of the Pan American Union (PAU) consult the Governments of the American Republics, determine the functions of the Committee, prepare the regulations for governing its activities, and fix its budget of expenditures.

The report of the Special Committee of the Governing Board of the PAU was approved by the Board at its session on February 25, 1942, and was sent to the 21 Governments with the proposed regulations. The Governing Board gave approval of these two documents on April 6, 1942, and named the Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, United States, Mexico, Uruguay, and Venezuela to be members of the Committee who would represent the 21 nations. Carl B. Spaeth and William Sanders were successively members from the United States.

In each country a liaison officer was named to serve the members of the Committee headquartered in Montevideo. Lawrence A. Knapp, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was Liaison Office for the United States. Miguel A. de Capriles, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was assigned to the staff of the Liaison Officer for the United States. He also served as Assistant Chief of the Latin American Section. The Committee for Political Defense attempted to establish a solid front of the Americas against common external dangers. The Committee recommended ways that the Governments of the Americas, acting individually and as a group, could prevent invasions by Axis powers or their nationals, agents, or sympathizers.

The section was terminated with War Division, December 28, 1945.

Source

National Archives and Records Administration

External links

Third Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, held at Rio de Janeiro, January 15-28, 1942.

Latin America during World War II

Events	Seguro Obrero massacre St. Louis Affair Panama Conference Battle of the Atlantic Battle of the River Plate Havana Conference Battle of the Caribbean Operation Bolivar Revolution of '43 Operation Pelikan

Histories	Argentina during World War II Bolivia during World War II Brazil during World War II Colombia during World War II Cuba during World War II El Salvador during World War II Mexico in World War II Panama during World War II Paraguay during World War II Puerto Ricans in World War II Uruguay during World War II Venezuela during World War II

People	Juan José de Amézaga Isaías Medina Angarita Jerónimo Méndez Arancibia Alfredo Baldomir Fulgencio Batista Federico Laredo Brú Manuel Ávila Camacho Alberto Lleras Camargo Lázaro Cárdenas Ramón Castillo Pedro Aguirre Cerda Manuel de Jesús Troncoso de la Concha José Castellanos Contreras Eleazar López Contreras Andrés Córdova Glen Edgar Edgerton José Félix Estigarribia Edelmiro Julián Farrell Ramón Grau Henry Harwood José María Velasco Ibarra Hans Langsdorff William D. Leahy Élie Lescot George Mantello Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Eduardo Santos Montejo Juan Antonio Ríos Morales Higinio Moríñigo Julio Enrique Moreno Aurelio Mosquera Enrique Peñaranda Jacinto Peynado Dusko Popov Alfonso López Pumarejo Carlos Quintanilla Pedro Pablo Ramírez Clarence S. Ridley Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río Arturo Rawson Rafael Trujillo Rexford Guy Tugwell Manuel Prado y Ugarteche Getúlio Dornelles Vargas Gualberto Villarroel Sténio Vincent

See also	American Theater British Guiana during World War II Falangism in Latin America History of Ecuador (1925–1944) History of Peru History of the Dominican Republic History of Mar del Plata Infamous Decade Inter-American Highway Latin American Section National Socialist Movement of Chile ODESSA Panama Sea Frontier Presidential Republic (1925–1973) Ratlines (World War II) SCADTA South Atlantic air ferry route in World War II Southeast Pacific Area Spain in World War II U-977 U-530 Vargas Era

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