 are now at war. There are but two alternatives, total victory or total defeat. There can be no such thing as a military stalemate that would result in the survival of Hitler's business. That is the opinion of a man who knows. Douglas Miller, for 15 years, can make an attaché to the American Embassy in Berlin. Presenting a radio series and titles, you can't do business with Hitler. Episode 11, what's the case over the equator? Douglas Miller speaking. Today we hear a great deal of discussion about the possibilities of a German invasion force based on Descartes and Africa crossing a relatively narrow strip of 1800 miles of the Atlantic Ocean and attacking Brazil. We must be alert to this possibility, but we should be even more alert to the fact that Germany already has an army in South America. Unbelievable? Not at all. Take Mexico, for example. In the spring of 1940, Baron von Bacher Bacher of the German Gestapo arrived in Mexico City and was met by Arthur Dietrich, the 40th Nazi fifth column. The two men entered an automobile and drove some miles out of Mexico City to a certain rural community where, you find Alfred, a distant friend here in Japan, Baron. Do you mean your work with the German residents? Yes, it's space to be with the German residents. Here it is all that in American countries. These Germans are concentrated in our own German community. A round strategic force? Strategic force, yes. Army pirates, main tyrants, operands, railroad, oil wells, etc. The group which are located there is located in the neighborhood of the power plant, which decides all the electric power for the captain. How inconvenient it would be for the Mexicans in case of invasion if this power plant were suddenly seized or blown up, eh, Dietrich? Right, I think. Why, this is a desert road. I don't understand. Baron is now one limited officer. Right, I think on the RR, you will see an army past this point. A German half. A German half here in Mexico? Yes. A few seconds. A look. A few seconds there. A tsunami. Barsch to go on, and B 그림s to go on. Everything! Nothing in review for your benefits, sir. I think we are now in good health to produce the votes. Hey, Lieutenant, I am Hitler! Under 10. There must be 500 of them. By 110, yes sir. The assignment site is all over Mexico. Ten minutes. How can you just place a... Sink. Without running into trouble with your target. We never could in Norway, to the authorities about it, to see a hiking club, but it didn't go through the peak. Normally we don't wear the uniform, or what it is, not lately anyway. If you have a hardware, there is no law against it, something you understand. Therefore, we have a hunting club. Very good. Very good. And we pay for all the German businessmen here in Mexico, and your headquarters. Cool houses. We have our own German school here. What is the Nazi party called here? The Amstrup of Mexico. But our activities have been made with what we call the German popular community, a group with activities absolutely, social and recreational. Social and recreation. Yeah. You mean like, hunting and hiking. That's a campus going around your shoulder. That is another of our recreational activities. Amateur photography. We have the marvelous pictures of parrots, rail terminals, arsenals, cotton placements and the like. Just a hobby, you understand? Yes. A hobby. Yes. Like hiking clubs and hiking clubs. Of course. Marvellous hobby. So you see, Germany has an army in Mexico, and the organization there is duplicated almost precisely in every country of South and Central America. You want proof? Read John Gunther's authoritative book, Inside Latin America. He pages 110, 111 and 112. Remember, there are millions of Germans living in South America. They have been there for years. In Brazil alone, there are 830,000 Germans. In the relatively little country of Paraguay, there are at least 18,000. Hitler has already made a number of attempts to seize control of various South American countries. Attempts that many times came within a hair breadth have succeeded. Consider the Nazi push in Bolivia. In July of 1941, a certain letter from Berlin addressed to Ernst Wendler, the German minister for Bolivia, fell into the hands of Bolivian authority. A young officer in the Bolivian army took the letter to his friend. Calling? A matter of pleasure, Mr. Senor Senor. May I speak with you? Of course, Mr. Senor. Thank you, Mr. Senor. This letter, will you read it to me? Is it addressed to me? No, it fell into our hands quite by accident. It is addressed to Ernst Wendler, the German minister. Who is he from? Major Ali Estremonti, our military officer in Berlin. No, Mr. Senor. Please, Mr. Senor. Wait, please, Mr. Senor. Please, Mr. Senor. Very well done. Let's meet soon. Mr. Senor Ernst Wendler, our local German minister to Bolivia. We have received all the maps showing the most favorable sites for landing. Landing? Landing what? Toilet, Mr. Senor. Invaders! Oh, ridiculous. Let me read further. See, everything will be changed when we assume power. We assume power. Who is he? The Nazi. The Nazi. See? Lieutenant, can you vouch for the signature here? I have checked with experts, Mr. Senor. That is met with a multi-signature. Please continue. Mr. Senor, I would like to present a few examples of the most favorable sites for landing. I would like to present a few examples of the most favorable sites for landing. First, we take Bolivia and then other countries on the Yankee influence. And then other nations will follow us and under this guidance to the supreme leader, we will save the future of South America and start a new era of order and work. I would like to present a few examples of the most favorable sites for landing. First, we take Bolivia and then other countries on the Yankee influence. And then other nations will follow us and under this guidance to the supreme leader, we will save the future of South America and start a new era of order and work. And then other nations will follow us and under this guidance to the supreme leader, we will save the future of South America and start a new era of order and work. If you see the letter yourself in cold print, get a copy of the New York Times for July 24, 1941. Turn to page 4. If the Bolivians haven't luckily discovered the letter in time, the Nazis might very well have a puppet government in Bolivia today. And what about the Nazi-inspired revolt in Argentina? In the summer of 1940, at the Waterfront in Buenos Aires, a number of longshoremen were unloading crates when... You, Manuel, take it easy on the steps. Don't drop those crates. Eh, do not worry, Pedro. Manuel never drops nothing. You better not. Those are fruits in that crate. Caramba! Am I stupid? Do not I know it? Furthermore, those crates are for swathes, mine-hammering companies. You know what those Germans are about the damaged fruits. For the last time, I tell you, shut up! I am not going to drop those crates! Hey, hey, hey! Hey, hey, hey! Caramba! I was scared for what I fell down the stairs. Did I put these stairs there? No. You do not blame me. Blame the only group who put the stairs there. Manuel, you are a friend. You are despicable. You are no longer an employee. Look at that face. Look at this face. Look at those rifles all over the street. Those rifles with... What's this? What are the rifles doing in this crate? Pedro, you are wrong, eh. You cannot ring, eh. You said they were brutal. Santa Maria. Rifles, please. Rifles with what mine-hammering companies? Manuel, you know what I think we do? No, Pedro. What we do? I think we guard the streets. Not hard to believe that Germany was smuggling arms into Argentina, is it? But if you want to, see the New York Times for June 23, 1940. So many incidents of this type occurred in Argentina that the Argentina Congress started an investigation of Nazi affairs. At the height of the investigation in September of 1941, the Argentina police and armies suddenly swung into action to quell and Nazi-inspired revolts. Nazis were arrested. Airports were seized by government sources as a protective measure. The German ambassador, Bonn-German, was accused of fostering the revolts. Argentinian reporters interviewed him at the German embassy. Why are we not after my question? Please, please, please, gentlemen, one last time. Senor Thurman, is it true that there are some 60,000 German strong groupers in Brazil? Of course, that's just ridiculous. So what about the evidence? Call it by the government, Senor Thurman. Is the evidence just fully enforced? Isn't it? Is it true, Senor Thurman, that the German embassy offered bribe to officers of the Argentine army? That is nothing but lying against propaganda. So what about this watch, which seems to control the government, Senor Thurman? That's what you said it there once. So how about this watch, that your embassy spends ten times as much money in Argentina as does the United States embassy? And that's good enough. But that's the fact that he's really proven it, Senor Thurman. Well, I, uh... You, what are you doing? I have a place, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please. Uh, no, what the noise? Wait, come right here. Get our bags, bags. He was going to stay much longer in Argentina. Baron von Bermann, the German ambassador, was really on the spot. 30 leading Germans were arrested. Great crowds marched in Buenos Aires, doubting Viva de Monteser and down with the dictators. Said Raul de Montes for border, head of the Congressional Committee, investigating anti-Argentina activities, now proved that 500,000 Nazi soldiers were organized throughout South America. 60,000 of them in Argentina alone. A complete account of Raul the Argentina government smashed the Nazi plot is in John Gunther's books Inside Latin America. He paid 310. We can be quite sure that most of the South American governments have taken steps to keep the Germans sub-columnists under control. But South America's first line of dissent is the Atlantic Ocean, and the eastern front were the Soviet-Pole Hitler Infection. That is why we must throw our full aid to Russia and England to keep Hitler bottled up on the continent of Europe. Or if England and Russia fall, Hitler will turn his full attention to South America. What will happen then? The answer lies in the words of Adolf Hitler himself reported by Hermann Rausnig on page 61 of his book The Voice of Destruction. He shall create a new Germany in South America. That's confident cause for a capable master. With the precious of his soil, Germany will be rich and great. There we shall find everything we need. You can't do business with Hitler. You have been listening to episode 11 in a series entitled You Can't Do Business with Hitler. This series is based on the experiences of Douglas Miller, who worked for 15 years to make a latte to the American Embassy in Berlin. If you would like a copy of this script, send us a postcard. Address it to the radio section OEM Washington, DC. Or repeat that address radio section OEM Washington, DC. Listen for the 12th program in this series, which is entitled Money Talks with a German accent. This transcribed program written and directed by Frank Shelford was brought to you by the radio section of the Office for Emergency Management in Washington. Thank you for watching.