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October 30, 1962

Telegram from Polish Embassy in Washington (Drozniak), 30 October 1962

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Ciphergram No. 16025

 

Dispatched from Washington, D.C., on 10.30.1962 at 14:00 and received on 10.31.1962 at 04:00

Came to the Decoding Department on 10.31.1962 at 05:00

 

To: [Foreign Minister Adam] RAPACKI

From: [Ambassador Edward] DROŻNIAK1

 

Yours 12930

 

The police security around the embassy building has somewhat decreased, but it still continues although it is less visible. The building of the [Embassy’s] consular section, the [Embassy’s] economic cone, and the Consulate General in Chicago have not been protected by the police.

 

[1] Edward Drożniak (1902 – 1966), Poland’s ambassador to the United States (1961-1966).

 

Drozniak describes the situation of the security present at the Polish embassy in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis.


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Szyfrogramy from Waszyngton 1962, 6/77 w-86 t-1312, Polish Foreign Ministry Archive (AMSZ), Warsaw. Obtained by James G. Hershberg (George Washington University) and translated by Margaret K. Gnoinska (Troy University).

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