 Kelly sought to distance the party from its anti-Semitic past and met with Israel's ambassador to Argentina, Dr. Arie Kubovy during which Kelly informed Dr. Kubovy that the ALN had forsworn anti-Semitism.In 1954, anti-Semitism was dropped from the party.Kelly was arrested after the anti-Perónist "Revolución Libertadora" of 1955 by Argentine authorities for having used a forged passport, but managed to escape and flee the country in 1957.