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October 28, 1962

Telegram from the Brazilian Embassy in Havana (Bastian Pinto), 5:30 p.m., Sunday

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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS

 

TELEGRAM

RECEIVED

12893

 

FROM THE EMBASSY IN HAVANA

ON/28/28/X/62

 

SECRET—EXTREMELY URGENT

DAC/DAS/600.(24h)

 

Question of Cuba.

 

353 – SUNDAY – 1730hs – I request to communicate immediately to the Minister of State: This government will receive with much pleasure General Albino Silva. The flight authorization has already been granted, but, in view of the emergency measures, it is indispensable to know with all urgency the type of plane, the insignia [indicativo] and the name of the commander [pilot]. The secretary-general of the United Nations has just communicated to this government that he will arrive in Havana the day after tomorrow, Tuesday [30 October].

 

LUIZ LEIVAS BASTIAN PINTO

 

Pinto discusses the details of a visit by UN Secretary-General and Albino Silva.


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“ANEXO Secreto—600.(24h)—SITUAÇÃO POLITICA—OUTUBRO DE 1962//,” Ministry of External Relations Archives, Brasilia, Brazil. Translated from Portuguese by James G. Hershberg.

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