ABSTRACT
In the case of Brazil, long wedded to a concept not unlike that of the Estrada Doctrine and for the moment desirous of avoiding unnecessary tension with Buenos Aires, the State Department anticipated an argument. Argentina's heightened military activity served to further alarm the Brazilians, particularly General Goes Monteiro. Peron's pacifying tone, in direct contrast to Argentina's now frenzied haste to match Brazil's swiftening military buildup, evidently made some impression on Rodrigues Alves. In a final gesture, notable in that it caused several observers in Rio to ungraciously grumble that Argentina was attempting to embarrass Brazil into recognition, the Farrell government saw fit to declare three days of official mourning in memory of the ambassador. Brazil's predicament would have been complete had not Getulio, in quiet fashion, moved to privately disassociate himself from Washington's policy at the same time Itamaraty publicly declared unanimity with the United States on the Argentine question.
