ABSTRACT
In parallel fashion, events in Argentina and Brazil began to move with startling rapidity. Rodrigues Alves, always alert to the temper of Argentina's military, informed Getulio in early April that several influential generals were plotting a coup d'etat. The Argentine president had apparently become a forceful exponent of such an encounter, for at a luncheon honoring a prominent faculty member of the University of Buenos Aires, Rodrigues Alves found himself seated next to Castillo. Rodrigues Alves, in assessing this incident for Getúlio, described the Argentine mood as "deeply suspicious" as a result of President Morinigo's visit to Rio. Admiral Storm, in fact, was sufficiently moved to publicly proclaim that "Argentine-Brazilian friendship is the cornerstone of our foreign policy." Open pronouncements and Allied sympathies aside, Storni was a naval officer deeply concerned with the perceived menace of Argentina's giant neighbor.
