But we should have learned by now that we cannot dictate to the Mexicans and. by pursuing policies and actions in the region that confuse and alarm Mexico. we are only playing into Soviet hands. While the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua appears to be no friend of ours. a strongly antiAmerican regime in Mexico would be a far greater threat. In countering Sandinista excesses. we must guard against precipitating a nationalist antiAmerican lurch in Mexico. which could be felt in everything from immigration to international debt. For example. during the recent financial crisis in Argentina. Mexico asserted leadership which was constructive and proAmerican.
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