Contribution of Jewish Communal Activities in Latin America to the Establishment of the State of Israel, 1945-1949

Member of the foreign service, 1948-1978. Arrival in Uruguay, 1949. Establishment of Israeli embassy in Uruguay. Mauricio Litman founder of Punta del Este in Uruguay. Background for Uruguayan sympathy towards Israel. Arrival in Argentina, 1949-1952. Carlos Grinberg, attorney general. Moshe Tov's visit to Argentina prior to establishment of Israeli embassy there including visit to Foreign Minister, Mr. Bramulgia. Presentation of credentials ceremony. Pablo Manguel, an associate of Peron and member of the OJA, first delegate of Argentina to Israel. First commercial delegation to Israel headed by Mr. Holander, minister of commerce and industry. Relocation to Brazil, 1952. Oswaldo Aranha, president of the special assembly in 1947. Jewish activists, honorary consul Samuel Malmud, Mr. Schneider, Leo Peper and others. Industrialist Menashe Kashpizki, associate of E.G. Fontes, struggling against Jewish white-slave traders of Jewish women in Brazil. Ambassador in Mexico, 1960-1963. Activities in the Committee for Eretz Israel. Cooperation with Alejandro Carrillo, Mexico's ambassador in Egypt.