October 30, 1962
Telegram from Swiss Foreign Ministry, Berne, to Swiss Mission, United Nations, New York
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p.b.73.Cuba.O.U’Ch.
Original to: [Handwritten:] D
Copy also to: (See below)
Swiss Observer
New York
Berne 30.10.1962
18h45 t.lo.
cable no. 163
Your 151 and 152 stop can respond to your eventual interlocutor that if UN Secretary General asked for participation of Swiss officers in a surveillance team for the dismantling of the Soviet bases in Cuba, and if the conditions of the mandate are acceptable, we will examine the request with benevolence in the framework of our constant policy of lending our services wherever they may be of use.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Copy sent to:
Mr. Minister Bindschedler
Mr. Minister Burckhardt
Mr. Diaz
Mr. Janner
Mr. Jaeggi
The Swiss Foreign Ministry instructs the Swiss Mission to the UN that if UN Secretary General asked for participation of Swiss officers in a surveillance team for the dismantling of the Soviet bases in Cuba, and if the conditions of the mandate are acceptable, they will examine the request with benevolence in the framework of their constant policy of lending their services wherever they may be of use.
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