As such. he has been in the forefront of the fight to induce Washington to wage an allout battle against communism in Latin America. Formerly the political editor of American Mercury. he was also adviser to the Republic of China between 1947 and 1948. At the time Perez Jimenez was scheduled for deportation. I lodged a vigorous protest with the Department of State against this atrocious procedure. Deportation had been authorized by the U.S. Supreme Court. but the final power lay In the hands of the Secretary of State. This was the first time in the history of this country that deportation was permitted involving a political exile who had been a former head of state of the country to which he was being returned. Perez Jimenez was sold into bondage in exchange for a mess of pottage which quickly soured. This inhuman act by the Kennedy administration will forever be a black mark against the selfproclaimed high ideals of that administration.
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