Rumors that the Argentine Ambassador to the United Nations had been summoned home in connection with his government’s reported threat to complain to the UN Security Council, against Israel’s attitude regarding the case of Nazi executioner Adolf Eichmann, were officially and firmly denied here by the Argentine delegation today.
Argentina’s permanent representative here, Dr. Mario Amadeo, left for Buenos Aires on May 29, the day after the Security Council had completed debate on the Soviet Union’s complaint against the United States overflights of the USSR in the U-2 case. Argentina is a member of the Security Council.
Ambassador Amadeo, along with a number of other diplomats from various capitals, had been summoned home for consultations with President Arturo Frondizi, in preparation for the Argentine President’s forthcoming trip to Europe, scheduled for next week, a spokesman for the delegation declared this morning. Dr. Amadeo is due back at his post here next Sunday.
The Argentine spokesman pointed out that the UN Ambassador’s trip to Buenos Aires was begun before the Eichmann case had become a disputed issue between Argentina and Israel.
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