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COHFIDEHTIAL

January 1568,

The Secretasy-Geaeral has asked me to send you

a copy of a letter d&ted, 50 SteveattHar that be has received

front J6?. Elli^pfSruiaai. He would iss gratefttl for the

of the Ctovernment of Indj.a on the coatents of the

With kindest

sincerely,

de Cabinet

ExcellencyBarfchaestrathi

EKtraoreliaaxy and PlenipotentiaryBemaanent Kepresestati-re of Indiato the Opited

3 East 64th Street

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/^k, 1967

. • rQ^VERJNMENT OF INDIA '

CorQmittaa..on__Untojmhabililty am^concDev-.of- -Sehd

L.Sllayaperumal,Chairman

Dear Mr. Secretary General, ::

At the outset I have to introduce myself as the •Chairman of the Committee•• appointed by the Govt» of India-;./to report on the untouchability problem in Indiaa I was a '"'member of the Parliament during the last three terms. The •Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe, who number about 11crores and constitute about 24$ of the total population of ...India. In brief they suffer from the stigma of untoucha-bility?1 socially and economically they are in a distressed ;state. The Government of India WPS and is aware of their •problems and made constitutional safeguards for their ad- . ;vancement and progress» Our revered late Mahatma Gandhiwas seized of this problem and devoted as much of his time,to eradicate the'evils of untouchability as to the politicalindependent advancement of the countrye None the less thesituation was repugnant with distress and constant endeavouris being made both at the official and non-official levels,'to the upliftraent of these downtrodden human mass who aredenied fundamental human rights. Towards this end in view,Government of India has appointed an all india committee toenquire, study and report measures for the eradication ofthe inhuman evil of untouchability - a scourge on mankind*.I am1 the Chairman of this committee, I will be submittingmy report to the Govt. in due course.

In the course of my study it has revealed thatthis is an essentially psycho-socio-economic problem. Imay venture to say that this problem is akin to the "negroproblem" with the exceptional stress that it is more ae&u&e,inhuman and intolerable in the present day when the emphasisis to abolish the differences among various races, religionsand nationalities. A! recognition of their problem by theUoN«will give a fillip to the advancement of thea.e^communi-ties. Late Dr. AmbedKar who was the architect of the

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIAS O C I A L 5&KKKKX2X

Commit tee,, on Untouchability & Economic ' ar5T? fe^st, 3F?r •Educational 'Dev'.o'f'Sch^gs£»aied, NewDelhi, . .. ."r — -' - - ; - . • - . . .,1" :" '<; ' .

S 2 S : "';;Indian constitution was the representative of the Scheduled ;Castes & Scheduled Tribes in the Indian Government. Apart •;..from one or two stray cases of having represented the Govt»of India from among the members of this community, not much .'.:headway has been made. , ... '.

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I humbly venture to suggest that if & one or two " -^well merited persons from among the Scheduled Castes & ScheduliTribes are given senior assignments in the U0I\

T. it will have aredounding result arid likely to hqve an accelerated effect on '11 crores.of the dov/ntrodden people of the world» " :

At the moment Mrs* Maragatham Chandrasekharis avail-:able and emminently suitable for the U.N. She is a.political 'leader with a reputation and an administrator par excellence,.She is a triple graduate of the Madras and London Universities,She had her higher education at a time when it was a bogey for'Women to enter colleges in-India. She was the first lady •.belonging to the community in India to get a. foreign degreeand also the first lady to be a minister in the Union Cabinet..She had held office as a Minister in the Govt9 of India fortwo terms - in the Ministries of health, Home and Social WeIfa]and Social Security. As a minister she was incharge of thedeptt. dealing'-with the welfare measures relating to ScheduledCastes & Scheduled Tribes» Mrs. Chandrasekhar was a member ofthe Second Pay Commission appointed by the Govt* of India«Further head the National Small Industries Corporation as the .Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive ofthe organisation. This organisation wss set up by the Gevt.of India for encouraging small entrepreneurs to establish :small industries through-out the country.

Mrs* Chandrasekhar also was the leader of the IndianCultural Delegation to the Enst European countries in the earljninteen fiftees for the first time. She was appointed as theleader of the Indian delegation to the United Nations conventicon human rights in developing countries held at Kabul in 1964.

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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Daieri,

She had the distinction to be elected the Vice- Chairman,, "•''She was the member of the United Nations adhoc committee 'on Crime Prevention held at Tolrep in 1966 „ Recently Mrs.Chandrasekhar was the leader o^bhe XIII InternationalSocial Work Conference held at Washington in 1966. Mrs,,Chandrasekhar at the moment has been appointed as theCommissioner for Linguistic minorities to look after theinterests of the minorities throughout the Union of India

Mrs,, Maragatham Chandrasekhar will be bestfitted to serve in wider international spheres in viewof her keen insight to human problems., Apart from de- . ;serving this honour to be of service to internationalcommunity it will be an encouragement to the 11 crores •::",of the population of India who are striving constantlyto emerge with the society both national and international

With esteemed and kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

His Excellency U.Thant,Secretary General,United' Nations Organisation.New York,(H0S.Ae)

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PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THEUNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

TO THE UNITED NATIONS136 East 67th Street

New York 21, N. Y.

• Excellency,

I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that I am

today relinquishing my post as Permanent Representative of

the USSR to the United Nations and leaving New York .

Pending the arrival of my successor, Ambassador Platon D.

Morozov, Deputy Permanent Representative, will be in charge

of the Mission as Charge d'Affaires a.i.

May I take this opportunity to express to Your Excellency

my sincere appreciation of the cooperation and friendly rela-

tions, both official and personal, which have existed between

Your Excellency and my Mission and my confidence that these

will fully be maintained in the future.

Please, accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highes

consideration.

N.FEDORENKO

U THANTSecretary-Generalof the United Nations

New York, N.Y.

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NEW Y O R K , N.Y

31 January, 1968.

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I should have replied long ago to thevery kind message of congratulation whichyou sent me on my being made aPrivy Councillor. It was indeed extremelykind of you to send me such a generousmessage.

As you know, I have been away for thepast few weeks speaking in BritishUniversities, and I apologise for theconsequent delay in replying to your letter.

I am very glad to become aPrivy Councillor since my fatter was amember of the Council and my brother Dingleis also a Privy Councillor. So l feltthat I was proceeding in a family tradition.

With warmest gratitude and best wishes.

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(Caradon)

His Excellency U Thant,Secretary-General of the United Nations,

New York.

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3 January 1968

Sear Lord

I was very happy to see la t&e Hew Year Hoaours List

tfaat you have bees made a Privy dbuasili'or, I offer you

siy warmest felicitations on this recognition of your great

contribution as the Permanent Representative of your country

to tbe Uaited Wationa.

¥it& renewed gaod wishes,

Yerars sincerely,

U Thaat

Hie Excellency ' -The Bt. Hort. Lord Ca.ra.doa, G.C,M,G., K.C.V.O. , P.C.,Minister of State for Foreiga AffairsPermanent Representative of the United Kingdomto laie 0aited Nations

8 5 fhird Avenue, 10th FloorMew York* H.T* 10022

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UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH

30 January 1968

Sir,

I have the honour to request you to transmit the following

message from the Secretary-General to H.E. General Jean Bedel

Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic, in response to

a telegram which General Bokassa addressed to him on 27 January

1968.

"Sir,

"I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt

of your telegram of 27 January 1968.

"I, like Your Excellency, follow with particular

concern the dangerous evolution of current political

events. Your friendly message indeed represents for me

a source of encouragement.

"Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

"U Thant"

Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

V"C.V. NarasimhanChef de Cabinet

Captain Gilbert BandioCharge" d'Affaires a.i.Permanent Mission of the Central African Republicto the United Nations

386 Park Avenue South, Room l6l4New York, N.Y. 10016

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menace pour la paix mondiale stop la repueliqueconseiente de ce grave danger qui risque

de provoquer la destruction total© de tous les elementshumains de la terref vous defeande d*user de votre demiertalent avee le courage et le sang froid qui vous caracterisent,at in de rechercher toutes les solutions necessaires au maintiende la paix et de la securite dans le monde en general et pluspartiowlierement darts ces regions menacees stop je vous pried*agreer, monsieur le secretaire generalt les assurancesde ma haute oonsideratlon stop et fin jean bedel bokassa,

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New York, 2? January 1968

CABLE

Secretary-General, United Nations, United Nations Headquarters, 42nd Street andi 1st Avenue, New York

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To Ho. 015

I have the honour to transmit to you the following text of a message addressed

to yoji by General Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic;

"Wf>, 022/1/1968

His Excellency U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York

The situation in North Korea, in Viet-Nam, in the Middle East and

elsewhere constitutes a grave danger to world peace. The Central African

Republic, aware of this grave danger, wiich could lead to the total destruction

of all human beings on earth, asks jsou to use all «tf your talents, with the

courage and cool-headedness which are so characteristic of you,/

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- eu'fe allthe solutions necessary for the maintenance of peace and security

! in the world in general and, more particularly, in these threatened regions

Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration,

Highest consideration.

Jean Bedel BOKASSAPresident of the Central African Republic"

Gilbert BAWDIOCharge1 dtaffaires, aai.

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le 14 fevrier 1968

Monsieur I'Mbassadeur,

J'al 1'honneur dfaecuser reception de la lettre par

laquelle vous m'avez transmis uae lettre de Monsieur le

Mnlstre des affaires Strangferes d.e la B publique slg§rienne

concernant M. Makiedo. Je votts serais trfes oblig de Men

vouloir faire tenir au I inistre la r ponse ei-

Veuillea a eers Monsieuj*-1'MbassacLeur, les

assuraiices de ma trfes haute consideration

U Thant

SOH ExcellenceMonsieur Tewfik BouattouraMbassadexir extraordinaire et pl£nipotentiaireEepr sentant permanent de 1'Alg rieaupres de I1Organisation des nations Uaies

750 Third Avenue, 14th floorHew York, H.-T. 10017

cc: Mr. HarasimhanMr. Lemieux

PERMANENT MISSION OF AiGERIA

TO THE UNITED NATIONS

UN/SG/MAE/37

Monsieur le Secretaire General,

JTai 1'honneur de transmettre a VotreExcellence une lettre de S.E. Monsieur Abdelaziz Bouteflika,Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres de la Republique AlgerienneDemocratique et Populaire.

Veuillez agreer, Monsieur le SecretaireGeneral, lrassurance de ma plus haute consideration.

Tewfik BouattouraRepresentant Permanent

Son Excellence U ThantSecretaire General de 1TOrganisationdes Nations UniesNew York, N.Y.

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tf'ai I'homeur d1 accuser r&eeptissa ds votre lettreHo MM!/G^2/M coQee-masat II. JWsiedo* Js suls extrîaessenth«ti3re®s: que M» Ifakleto ait donn4 enMfei*e satisfaction S.votre uouvernejaent pendant totsfe le teiapa qu'il a ^t4yepr&Bestaat resident dxi Prograsaae des Nations Unies pourle dliveloppemcnt ea AlgSrie, Je fsis parveair £. titre

. d'iBforzaatioa une copie cte votre lettre S, M, Paul Hoff&as,Directem* d» Programme.

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Le Ministre

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a Son Excellence U THANT

Secretaire General de Ôrganisation des

Nations Unies

- NEW YORK

Excellence,

Au terme de son mandat comme Representant

Resident du Programme des Nations Unies pour le Developpement

en Algerie et a la suite drune promotion que nous savons ample -

ment meritee, Mr. Sergije Makiedo a recemment quitte notre pays,

appele a drautres responsabilites importantes au Siege de Ôrga-

nisation des Nations Unies.

A lroccasion de ce depart, nous tenons particu-

lierement a evoquer son devouement a la cause des Nations Unies

et des Institutions Specialisees, et plus precisement a I'ensemble

de leur action dans le domaine de Âssistance technique en Algerie

qui, sous sa haute direction, a evolue dans un sens particulierement

favorable.

Gra"ce a ses qualites humaines, a sa competence

eprouvee, Mr, Makiedo a ete un animateur drune remarquable effi-

cacite parmi les experts et fonctionnaires internationaux charges

de la preparation et de I'execution des divers projets auxquels il a

su donner une grande impulsion.

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Nous lui rendons hommage pour son action et pour

la cordialite des rapports quril a su creer et entretenir avec moi-

m.e'me, mes collaborateurs, et tous les Representants du Gouver-

nement Algerien qui ont a connaftre des programmes de lrAssistance

technique internationale.

Tout en regrettant son depart, nous sommes con-

vaincus que 1'oeuvre qu'il a accomplie en Algerie constitue un gage

certain de reussite dans sa nouvelle mission.

Je Vous prie dragreer, Excellence, I'assurance

de ma plus haute consideration.

EFLIKA

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cc: Mr. NarasimhanMr. de MeulemeesterMr. Lemieuxi

28 February 1968

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receipt of your Iciiad letter of21 Febxmry iafojsaing me t&at you will "be leavingHew York oa 15 Itocfc. to take up yowr HEW duties asyour country fs jAEJbassador to Tenezaela. I also sotet&at Sir Johiit Carter, Q.,C, will combine the- work ofGuyana's Permanent Representative to the 0sited Sat ionswith his present function as Guya&a's .Ambassador to theWaited States,

1 am ®ost gratefal to you for your kind sentimentsand I take -this opportunity of ej^ressing the appreciationof iny colleagues SHd sgreelf for all the Idiadness andcourtesy that yom have ©iiotm us elurijag your tenure asPerssaneat Representative of j&sr coxintry.

I also avail fi-yself of 1ii@ opportunity to offeryou EQT fcest -wishes for s?otJr futxare success.

With warmest personal regards and the assurances ofay M aest consideration,

Yours sincerely,

Hi0 Eseelleneylfcf Euataee B. BraithwaiteMljas-sador Ixtraordirgiry and FlenipoteatiaryPermanent Hepresentative of ©uyanato-t 'e Suited Katioas

555 LexiBgtos Avenue (l6thYork, 1SF.TP* 1001T '

THE PERMANENT MISSION OF GUYANA TO THE UNITED NATJ

355 LEXINGTON AVENUE <16TH FLOOR)

NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OO17

TELEPHONE: 986-146O-1

February 21, 196

Further to my telephone conversationwith you a few weeks ago, I can now inform youofficially of niy appointment as Guyana'sAmbassador to Venezuela, I expect to leave NewYork on 15 -March and will be replaced by Sir JohnBarter, Q.C. who will combine the work of Guyana1

Permanent Representative to the United Nationswith his present function as Guyana's Ambassadorto the United States.

I would like to use this means ofexpressing to you my deep appreciation of allthe kindnesses and courtesies you have shown me,and from which I have drawn a great deal ofencouragement and stimulus in applying myselfto those U.N. activities with which I have beeninvolved and with which I am sure I will maintaina continuing interest.

If, in whatever field of endeavour Ifind myself active, I can in any small degreeemulate the 'ideals and acumen which so easily andnaturally characterize your endeavours, I willconsider myself extremely fortunate.

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regards.This comes with my

Extraorcinary & PlenipotentiaryRepresentative of Guyana

to the United Nations

The Secretary-generalUnited NationsNew York, N.Y.

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Amb. Wong would wish to say goodbye to youWednesday or Thursday.

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PERUTUSAN TETAP SINSAPURA

KE-PERTUBOHAN BANGSA2 BERSATU

TEL: 687-6155-Cable: SINGAWAKIL NEWYORK

PERMANENT MISSION OF SINGAPORE


711 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. 10017

SM/UN/320/67 15 July 1968

Excellency,

I have the honour to inform you that I shall berelinquishing my assignment as Permanent Representative of theRepublic of Singapore to the United Nations on 21 July 1968.

The appointment of my successor which is expected soonwill be communicated to you.

I take this opportunity to express my appreciation andgratitude for the kindness and courtesy which you have shown meduring my assignment as Permanent Representative of the Republicof Singapore to the United Nations.

Please accept. Excellency, the assurances of my highestconsideration.

Prof. VJong Lin KenPermanent Representative of Singapore

to the United Nations

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His ExcellencyMr. U ThantSecretary-GeneralUnited NationsNew York

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PERMANENT MISSION OF CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLICTO THE UNITED NATIONS

1109-1111 Madison Avenue New York, N. Y. 10028

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Sefior Secretario General :

Terigo a honra dirigirme a Vuestra Excelencia a fin de en~viar con la presents la version en ingles de la declaracion pro-nunciada por el Excelentisimo sefior General de Ejercito don Al-fredo Stroessner, Presidente de la Republica del Paraguay, en o«casion de la visita que efectuo a la sede de las Na clones Unidas,el dia viernês 22 de rnarzo de 196S. J

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PERMANENT MISSION OF THEREPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

TO THE UNITED NATIONSS-41 LEXINGTON AVENUENEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO2a

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His Excellency U ThantSecretary-Genera IUnited NationsNew York, N.Y.

Excellency,

I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that havingbeen assigned to other duties by my Government, 1 shall berelinquishing my post as Permanent Representative of theRepublic of Zambia to the United Nations, and will be leavingNew York for Zambia on 23rd May, 1968.

As I take leave of Your Excellency, I should like toexpress my deep appreciation for the friendship and co-operationyou have always extended to me, and to convey to you howmuch-1 have enjoyed your friendship. -'I shall carry with mehappy memories of our association during my tenure of officehere .

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Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration and esteem.

J . E^l.-fvlwembaAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryPermanent Representative of the Republic of

Zambia to the United Nations

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Dear Secretary-Geheral,

You may recall that when you had lunch

at my apartment the other day I mentioned

that it is our intention to take an ini-

tiative to bring the total matter of "hu-

man environment" to the agenda of, in the

first instance, the Economic and SocialCouncil. I wish to say that we are now ta-king the first step, according to theenclosed copy of a letter to which an

explanatibryxfnemorandrbm is attached.^_£]incerely yo.urs,

Sverker Astrb'm

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PERMANENT MISSION OF THEUKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

TO THE UNITED NATIONS136 East 67th StreetNew York 21, N. Y.

Telephone: LEhigh 5-3418

Excellency,

I have the honour to inform Your Excellency,

that I am today relinquishing my post as Permanent

Representative of the Ukrainian SSR to the United

Nations and leaving New York.

May I take this opportunity to express to Your

Excellency my sincere appreciation of the cooperat-

ion and friendly relations, both official and

personal, which have existed between Your Excellency

and the Mission of the Ukrainian SSR to the United

Nations, and my deep confidence that these cooperat-*

.ion and friendly relations will fully be maintained

in the future*

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my

highest consideration.

S.Shevchenko

H.E. U THANTSecretary-General ofthe United Nations

New York, N.Y.

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juillet 1968

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j'ol l'ftonn©ur# au sicaa &u Secretaire gdsnSral, d* accuserreception' -de la lettre que votis Itil aveg adressê Ieler Quillet au sujet du .dooument A/AC. 109/292.

La question gSnî'ale relative It I'emploi de la" Original i anglais * i!aas lea doctsaents de cet-fce

nature est &, 1'^tude. Cepsndant, je tiens S, vous signaler que@i ie doexaffient susmew.tioxm5 porte lu jaentloxi "Orislâl; anglaisc'est pare© foe le pro Jet de resolution,A/AC »1©9/S92/L ATS, a dt$ @r6sent£ an anglais.

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Je vous prie d'-agrfisr, Monsieur I'Ambassadeurs lesassurances de cia trfes tonte consideration.

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Monsieur le Secretaire general,

Cette Mission vient de recevoir le documentemarge A/AC.109/292, reproduisant le texte d'une re-solution adoptee par le Comite special charge d'etu-dier la situation en ce qui concerne 1'applicationde la Declaration sur I1octroi de I1independence auxpays et aux peuples coloniaux le 26 juin 1968.

En diffusant ce texte, le Secretariat generalindique que la version anglaise constitue la versionoriginale. Geci impliquerait que le texte franc, aisn'aurait pas une valeur egale d1authenticite, allega-tion a laquelle ma Mission ne saurait, pour sa part,acquiescer.

J'attacherais du prix a connaltre les raisonspour lesqu§.les cette mention figure sur le documentprecite et notamment la base juridique qui fonde, auxyeux du Secretariat general, le regime preferentielaccorde en I1occurrence a la version anglaise.

Je vous prie d'agreer, Monsieur le Secretairegeneral, 1'assurance de ma tres haute consideration.

C. Schuurmans,Representant permanent de

la Belgique

Monsieur le Secretaire general ;de I1Organisation des Nations Unies,

NEW-YORK

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, cc: Mr. Lemieux

18 September 1968

My dear Chief Minister,

I d\£Ly received your telegram informing me of you?

arrival in Hev York on 11 September. As Kr» Harasiahanhas already infomed you, I had to leave that sameevening for' Africa and Europe and returned to isy desk

only yesterday. Since then I have ascertained from

Mr. IfetraslBhan and Ambassador Parthasarathi that you

have undergone major surgery, but that you are making

good progress. I send you my warmest good wishes for

your complete and speedy recovery.

With' kindest regards,

Yoiars sincerely,

1? 'EhantSecretary-General

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September 20, 1968.

Excellencjr,

I have the honour to inform your Excellency that as of 15 September 1968I have relinquished my post as Deputy Permanent Representative at the PermanentMission of the Yemen Arab Republic so as to assume my new post as Minister forForeign Affairs.

It has be'en a great previlege and honour to work with y/our Excellency andI am deeply grateful for the co-operation, friendliness and understanding which youalways extended to me.

May I take this opportunity to thank you once again for all the help you havegiven me during my term of office here.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

Sincerely,

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J'ai 1'honneur de porter & votre haute connaissance qu'acompter du 2 Octobre 1968 je cesserai d'exercer les fonctions deRepresentant Permanent de la Republique de Guinee aupr&s desNations Unies0

Permettez-moif Monsieur le Secretaire general, de saisircette occasion pour vous exprimer toute ma gratitude et ma satisfactionprofonde pour les rapports d'amitie et de confiance qui ont marquenos relations tant officielles que personnelles0 Je ne doute pas quema tclche a ete grandement simplifiee grace §. la comprehension et a1'estime que j'ai toujours trouvees aupr§s de vous0 Je sais surtoutque le Gouvernement de la Republique de Guinee et le Chef de 1'EtatGuineen ont toujours apprecie vos sentiments I leur egard ce qui n'apas manque de renforcer constamment les liens existant entre laRepublique de Guinee et 1'Organisation des Nations Unies0

J'exprime 1'espoir que mon successeur pourra compter survotre amitie et sur votre bienveillance dans 1'exercice de ses hautesresponsabiliteSo

En attendant la nomination du nouveau Representant Permanent,Mo Hady Toure, Premier Secretaire, exercera les fonctions de Charged'affaires a.i0

Veuillez agreer. Monsieur le Secretaire general, 1'assurancede ma tr&s haute consideration,,

Ambassadeur

So E. U ThantSecretaire general des

Nations UniesNew York, N. Y0

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presentante Permanente de Panama ante las Naciones Unidas,

a partir del lo. de octubre de 1968.

Al agradecer a Vuestra Excelencia las mues -

tras de amistad sinceras que me ha dispensado durante to-

dos estos anoSj asi como las facilidades que me ha brin -

dado para el buen ejercicio de mis funciones3 aprovecho

la oportunidad para•reiterarle las seguridades de mi mas

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joi* for your v^ry MM letter ofoa the subject of Viet-Sasu I aa

most grateful to you for your kiad. seatianasts.

Tours

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cvw/cc

cc: Mr. NarasimhanMr. Lemieux

27 November 1968

liy dear .Ambassador Boreh,

I was very sorry indeed that I could not attend theSecurity Council Ltmcheon yesterday. My colleaguesinformed me of the excellence of the luncheon and also ofyour kindness in proposing a toast to my health. I amdeeply grateful for your gesture. I also understand thatthe preseece of Tice President Humphrey lent specialdistinction to the occasion I am very sorry indeed to havemissed it.

t have also jtist learned of the passing away of yourmother in Ifenroark a few days ago. I know that this mustbe a very sad occasion for you and I offer you my sincerestsympathy.

With kindest regards.

Yours sincerely.

0 Thant

Sis ExcellencyMr. Otto R. BorehAfflbassador EKtraordinary and PlenipotentiaryPermanent Representative of Esnmarkto the United lotions

05 East kand Street' York, 8,Y,

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30 November 1968

Her,

£ was vesy sossey iadeed that 2 was absent fromthe luncheon yesteMay. !%• colleagues told me what& pleasant occasion it was although., I uaderstaad,seveasa-1 other Invitees wea e also absent for thessjse s-esaoa, as

1 .was al.so info atefi: of jroar Mad toast to mygood health which I appreciate vesr Mich. I amfeeling much better today aaa I expect to *oe backat JEjjr desk oa ISjndasr 3. December, I look forwardto -mee'tiaag you

•Yours sincere3 -3

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J'ai 1'honneur de porter a la connaissance Ae Votre Excellenceque mon Gouvernement vient de me rappeler a d'autres fonctions.

Depuis ma presentation des lettres de creance jusqu'aux multiplesaudiences que Votre Excellence a bien voulu m'accorder, 1'atmospherechaleureuse et cordiale qui a entoure nos entretiens ne m'a pas laisseinsensible a vos qualites humalnes et d'Homme Politique.

Votre souci permanent des problemes relatifs a la Paix et a laSecurite Internationales, votre delicate attention sur le sort des Pays duTiers Monde en general, ot de mon Pays en particulier, constituent leselements esscnticlt, quo J'ai apprecies, au cours de mon scjour helas bref,et qui repondcnt favorablement. a vos obligations de serviteur de la causeuniverselle.

C'est pourquoi, je voudrais, au moment ou je quitte New York,exprjjner a Votre Excellence et a tous vos collaborateurs ma profonde gra-titude pour votre sollicitude efficace,•ayant ainsi contribue a faciliterma tache.

Et puisque c'est la fin d'annee, je saisis cette occasion pouradresser au nom de mon Gouvernement et en mon nom personnel, les voeux desante et de bonheur que je formule a 1'endroit de Votre Excellence et desa famille.

. Veuillez agreer, Monsieur le Secretaire General, I1assurance de matres haute consideration.

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Representaat Permanent

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3 EAST 64TH STREET


1st January 1969.Nl(FM)460/2/68

£•*'Excellency, S

I have the honour to inform you that on the completion of my

tenure of office in New York, I am relinquishing as of today my duties as

the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations.

The Government of India have designated H.E. Mr, S. Sen, at

present India's High Commissioner in Pakistan, as my successor and he will

be arriving in New York some time in the later half of January 1969. Pending

his arrival, Mr. B.C. Mishra, Deputy Permanent Representative, will be

in charge of the Mission as Charge d'Affaires, a.i.

As I take leave of Your Excellency, I should like to express my

deep appreciation for the friendly cooperation I had always received from

you. I carry with me happy and abiding memories of our close association

during the period of my stay here. I am quite sure that the part played by

Your Excellency in the cause of international peace and security will have

a special place in the history of the United Nations and that the Organization

would continue to grow in stature,' promote international cooperation and bring

about better economic and social conditions for the under-developed world

under your wise stewardship.

Your statesmanship, dedication and integrity have been great

assets not only to our Organization but to humanity at large in dealing with

the intricate problems that we face in these uncommonly difficult times. I

wish you good health and many more years of distinguished service in the

cause of peace and progress.

Please accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my

highest esteem and consideration.

(G-. Parthasarathi)

His Excellency U Thant,Secretary-General,United Nations,New York, N.I, 10017.

THE REPRESENTATIVEOF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICATO THE

UNITED NATIONS

January 10, 1969

Dear Mr. Secretary General:

Thank you for your thoughtful letter

of January 9« I will pass it on to the

appropriate people in my Government.

We are equally grateful that we have

been able to assist a United Nations

colleague in this humanitarian mission,

particularly one involving such a highly

esteemed colleague as Ambassador Bouattoura.

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I viab to'tbaafc you for your MnS letter dated22 January ancioslng s photostat froie the Italiannewspaper "ftvanti", costalaing tfe© statesmit sssde oa10 Jefttmry bjr the Italiaa Minister for Foreignthe loapttra^le Plestro Seaai, to the Foreign Affairs

of tbe Cbaaiber of Deputies of

With kind' regerds, .

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to t&e Ifiaited latioaal*er8Kaa@nt Mls?imi of Italy to the

Ualted'Hations809 ^Jialtâ Satioa®

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THE ITALIAN REPRESENTATIVE


New York, 27 January 1969

Sir,

I am directed to bring to your notice the expressions

concerning the United Nations which Foreign Minister Pietro Nenni

has used in his general statement when, on January 24, 1969, he

has submitted to the Italian Chamber of Deputies the budget of

the Foreign Ministry.

May I ask you to find herewith enclosed the unofficial

translation of that excerpt.


Piero VinciAmbassador

His Excellency U ThantSecretary- GeneralHeadquartersUnited NationsNew York, N . Y .

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Unofficial translation

Excerpt from a statement by Foreign Minister Pietro Nenni on January 24,1969.

" I am well aware that many people incline to say that the

United Nations do not accomplish much and are not capable of much.

But may I ask if anyone else could have achieved results where the

United Nations have failed to succeed?

The truth is that a real and major crisis would arise in the world,

should the United Nations enter into a process of disruption similar to

that of which the League7 of Nations has been a victim in 1935-39.

Today as then, the vacuum that would result could only be filled by

arms.

Consequently there is only one thing that all and each of us

can do: we should strive together towards a strengthening of the United

Nations, towards increasing its authority and its moral and political

influence on world affairs, towards achieving a universal structure by

a new approach to the problem of the representation of China" .

•A-UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION FROM FRENCH 29 January 1969

KSN/

Excerpt from a statement to "be made by Amb. Ibrahima

Yet, there is no need to despair. The United Nations -which is headed by a clear-minded, level-headed man, a manfull of faith in Mankind, His Excellency U Thant - constitutesa forum where one can freely exchange points of view and, ifthey should be different, reconcile them. As long as there isconstructive and honest discussion, as long as there is adialogue, there is always the hope of reaching a solution in

conformity with the goals of the United Nations.

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ALLOCUTION PRONONCEE PAR

MONSIEUR IBRAHIMA BOYE

PRESIDENT DE LA COMMISSION DES DROITS DE L'HOMME

A L'OUVERTURE DE LA 25feme SESSION DE CETTE COMMISSION

A GENEVE

LE 17 FEVRIER 1969

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Mesdames,

Messieurs les Delegues,

En declarant ouverte la 25eme session de laCommission

des Droits de 1'Homme, je voudrais, en vous souhaitant une annee

heureuse, pour vous et pour vos families, vous dire la joie que

j'eprouve en cet instant solennel, a la fin du mandat que vous aviez

bien voulu me confier durant 1'annee 1968, Annee Internationale des

Droits de 1'Homme.

En 1967, certains d'entre vous s'en souviennent, j'avais eu

egalement 1'honneur et le privilege d'inaugurer vos travaux. Sous

la preside nee, cette annee-la, du dynamique et eminent professeur

M. Nedbailo, nous avions accompli un travail fructueux.

Depuis lors, il y a eu la celebration du vingtieme anniver-

saire de la Declaration des Droits de 1'Homme, au siege, a New

York, les 9 et 10 decembre 1968, a la suite de la memorable Con-

ference Internationale des Droits de 1'Homme de Teheran a laquelle

restera attache le nom prestigieux de Son Altesse Imperiale, la

Princesse Ashraf qui voudra bien agreer 1'hommage de mon respect.

Vous me permettrez, egalement, de rendre hommage, en-

core une fois, a deux de nos collegues qui se sont vus decerner la

m£daille commemorative du 20eme anniversaire de la Proclamation

de la Declaration Universelle des Droits de 1'Homme; je veux parler

du President Rene* C as sin, prix Nobel de la Paix, et du professeur

Nedbailo. Tous les deux, dans un style peut-Stre different, ont su,

par leurs actions, par leurs Merits, par leurs conferences, rendre

d'eminents services a la cause des Droits de 1'Homme. L'edatant

temoignage de la Communaute Internationale envers ces deux col-

legues, et, a titre posthume, envers la premiere pre"sidente de

notre Commission, Madame feue Eleanor Roosevelt, prouve la vita-

lite de ce que 1'ONU continue d'appeler un organe subsidiaire du

Conseil Economique et Social.

Cependant, comme 1'a demontre la Conference Internationale

de Teheran, les Droits de 1'Homme constituent, a 1'heure actuelle,

le theme central autour duquel gravitent tous les grands problemes

internationaux.

Quel que soit le sujet d^battu au sein de la Communaute

Internationale, il se pose toujours le probleme de la protection et

de la promotion des Droits civils et politiques, ou economiques,

sociaux et culturels de 1'Homme.

Qu'il s'agisse de trouver une solution a un conflit arme, a

une situation politique explosive, ou qu'il s'agisse de trouver une so-

lution au probleme du des armament, ou mSme, n'est-il pas vrai,

Mesdames, Messieurs, qu'il s'agisse de re"soudre certains probfemes

qui se posent dans le domaine de I1 exploration de 1'atmosphere extra-

atmospheYique, eh bien! le respect de la dignite" de 1'Homme, le res*

pect de I'inte'grite* morale et physique de 1'Homme, lesouci d'assurer

la se'curite' de 1'Homme, se posent toujours. Et, un jour ou 1'autre,

la Communaute' Internationale se retournera vers la Commission des

Droits de 1'Homme pour lui demander de re*diger quelque projet de

convention preVoyant la protection des Droits de 1'Homme dans tel ou

tel domaine bien de'fini. II est ainsi Evident qu1 au fil des annees* et

a mesure que la science et la technique progressent et se deVeloppent,%

la Commission des Droits de 1'Homme aura un rSle de plus en plus

important a jouer.

Alors, Mesdames, Messieurs, ne croyez-vous pas qu'il est

temps que cette Commission jouisse d'une large autonomie au seinde

1'Organisation des Nations Unies? Feut-6tre, le moment n'est-il

pas encore opportun de proce*der a une revision de la Charte des

Nations Unies dans ce sens ? Mais, au moins, je pense que des ame*-

nagements peuvent §tre trouves afin que la Commission ait le droit

de faire directement rapport a I'Assemble'e Ge*neYale. En tout cas,

ma d^le'gation est pr^te, en cooperation avec toutes les autres de'le'-

gations, a e'tudier, une proposition for me lie dans ce sens.

Mesdames, Messieurs,

Malgre* le travail remarquable fourni par notre Commission

depuis sa creation, malgre* I'importance incontestable des instru-

ments internationaux qui ont e"t£ adoptes par 1'Assembled Ge'ne'rale,

tels que, par exemple, la Convention sur 1'esclavage, la Convention

sur le ge*nocide, la Convention et la Declaration sur 1'elimination

de toutes les formes de discrimination raciale, les Pactes interna-

tionaux relatifs aux Droits civils et politiques, et aux droits e*cono-

miques, sociaux et culturels, nous assistons encore, avec tristesse,

a de graves violations des Droits de 1'Homme.

Des millions d'hommes vivent dans la peur, dans 1'angoisse

et dans la misere. Des centaines d'hommes sont, chaque annexe,

torture's moralement et physiquement, execute's mSme, uniquement

parce que la couleur de leur peau n'est pas celle du colonisateur, ou

parce qu'ils n'appartiennent pas a la race du conqueYant ou me"me

parce qu'ils se trouvent dans une situation telle qu'ils ont peur de

dire les maux qui les rongent. Des millions d1 hommes sont ainsi

prives de I'^l^mentaire Droit a 1'autode'termination. Des millions

d'hommes, a cause de l'e*goisme de certaines puissances, souffrent

de la faim. Comment ne pas mar que r notre reconnaissance aux

puissances qui consacrent une partie de leur revenu national pour

venir en aide aux pays momentane*ment deshe*rite*s! Mais, il nous

faut constater que l'e*cart grandissant et inquie*tant, qui se*pare chaque

jour davantage les pays nantis des pays en vole de deVeloppement,

place les deux-tiers de la population du globe dans un e*tat d'appau-

vrissement de plus en plus grand, lee emp6chant ainsi de jouir plei-

nement de leurs droits e*conomiques et sociaux. Pourtant, et c'est

ce qui est triste, les matieres premieres proviennent des pays en

voie de deVeloppement qui sont obliges de les vendre sur le marche*

mondial a un prix toujours de plus en plus bas, alors que les produits

manufactures faits a partir de ces matieres premieres sont revendus

par les pays nantis aux pays en voie de deVeloppement a un prix de

plus en plus eleve. La solidarity entre tous les hommes exige une

politique e"conomique plus e*quilibree, plus Equitable, c'est-a-dire

plus conforme au respect des droits e'conomiques et sociaux de

1'Homme.

Nous sommes ainsi amends "k constater que malgre* les ins-

truments internationaux dont nous disposons, les violations des liber-

tes fondamentales de 1'Homme, loin de diminuer, s1 accentuent au

contraire, et parfois sous des formes violentes et barbares. Pour-

quoi cette contradiction?

Farce que, ires souvent, ces instruments ne sont conside're's

par les gouvernements que comme de simples voeux pieux; alors

que leur efficacite* depend de la loyaute* et de 1'honnetete* intellectuelle

avec lesquelles ils sont mis en application par les gouvernements.

Si deja, les instruments internationaux sign^s et ratifies par la

plupart des gouvernements restent lettre morte. que dire alors

des simples resolutions adoptees par les divers organes de 1'ONU?

Notre experience dans d'autres organes politiques de notre Organi-

sation nous a enseigne* que ces resolutions sont purement et sim-

ple ment rejetees par les gouvernements qui devraient pourtant les

prendre en consideration et en assurer 1'application rigoureuse et

loyale. Quand un Etat est membre de notre Organisation, il ac -

cepte, au prSalable, les obligations de la Charte des Nations Unies

et s 'engage a les remplir. Des lors, il doit accepter le jugement

ou les injonctions de 1'Organisation. Ce sont le prestige et 1'auto-

rite morale des Nations Unies qui sont la en cause. Nous avons

tous 1'obligation de les preserver.

Nous devons, ensemble, mediter sur les moyens de rendre

efficaces et effectives les decisions que nous prenons. Nous ne

devons pas nous montrer faibles envers un Etat coupable de violations

flagrantes, persistantes et graves des Droits de 1'Homme. Mais, en

m6me temps, nous devons savoir dominer nos sentiments, et ne pas

nous montrer inutilement excessifs.

Nous pensons qu'il- incombe, en premier lieu, aux grandes

puissances le devoir de tout mettre en oeuvre pour faire appliquer

les decisions des organes de 1'ONU; elles doivent se concerter pour

donner un avertissement solennel, dans le cadre du Conseil de

Se'curite', aux Etats qui me'prisent et violent syste*matiquement les

Droits de 1'Homme, et, de ce fait, mettent en danger la paix et

la securit^ Internationales.

Malheureusement, nous avons constate* que certaines

grandes puissances n'agissent, dans ce sens, que quand elles

pensent ou sentent que leur propre se'curite' ou leurs inte*rgts im-

me'diats sont en danger. Et quand elles croient qu'elles ne sont

pas concerne'es, ou qu'en intervenant dans telle ou telle situation,

leurs inte're'ts e*conomiques et financiers pourraient s'en ressen-

tir, elles assistent, impassibles, aux humiliations d£gradantes

que subissent les 6tres humains places dans cette situation donne'e.

Pourtant la cause de la paix et de la se'curite' Internationales

est indivisible. Quand cette paix et cette se'curite' internationales

sont en danger dans une partie quelconque du monde, et que la si-

tuation y persiste et s'aggrave, & long terme les peuples du monde

entier finiront par 6tre emporte"s dans cet engrenage et entra£he*s

dans une conflagration ge'ne'ralise'e. Que 1'on se souvienne seule-

ment des causes de la derniere guerre mondiale!

Cependant, il ne faut pas d£sespe*rer. L'Organisation des

Nations Unies, a la t6te de laquelle se trouve un homme lucide,

pond^re, plein de foi en 1'Homme, Son Excellence U Thant, cons-

titue le forum ou 1'on peut librement € changer des points de vue

pour tenter, s'ils sont divergeants, de les concilier. Tant qu'il

y a discussion constructive et loyale, qu'il y a dialogue, il y a

toujours espoir d'aboutir a une solution conforme aux buts des

Nations Unies.

En vous remerciant de la confiance et de 1'honneur que

vous m'aviez faits, et a travers ma personne, a mon pays et au

peuple africain, en me confiant la pre*sidence de notre Commis-

sion pendant I'Anne'e historique du vingtieme anniversaire de la

Declaration des Droits de 1'Homme, et avant de passer le relais

cette annee, a un de nos collegues des pays d'Europe et autres

que vous allez, tout a 1'heure, designer, je voudrais que vous me"

ditiez sur ce message d' espeVance, que je lance £galement a la

Communaut^ Internationale tout entiere, afin que dans un monde

re'concili , ^quilibre", tous les Sires humains, quelles que soient

leur couleur, leur race, leur religion ou leur conviction id£olo-

gique ou philosophique, puissent vivre d^cemment dans la paix

et dans la justice sociale.

CVN/MK

cc: Mr. KorleMr. Lemieux

February 1969

Bear

I aeknowleclge receipt of yoiar veary kind letter of15 February inforsiiig me tfaat you will be relinquishingyour post as Permanent Kepresezrfca.tive of Canada to thefelted WatloBs and will be sailing from New York era16

I as glad to kaov t&at in yosir new eapaeitjr yoube" the Peraanent Representative a«d Jissbassaaor of Canadato the Ccaif erertee of th^ "Ei^teea-Hatioa Coaadttee onDisarmament in Geneva, thus aaintaiaiss the close relation-ship vitii the United lations tlmt you faave alreaoy esta-blis3aed. I wish you every success in yoxnr aarisportsaat

I wotild also like to avail s^self of this opportunityto ajcteai to you oa Isehalf of my colleagues in the Secre-tariat and on EQT aim laîalf s^sr sincere appreciation for thecota-tesy ^»i consideration that you haê shoim to ias at alltimes. I s&are year feeling that this aspect of eo-operation

'onderstacKiiag Mil isaso^k the relatioaships Ibet&reen thensa ypas* successor.

I also look forward to seeing JGKL d^rizsg zy visit toGeneva and also daring your visit to Kew Yorlc at tlie tise oftfee

, I raaaiu, iritJi kindest

U Thaat

Hisâr» George IgpatieftAitabassador Extraordinary and PleaipctentiasyPenasfteat Bejsresentatlve of Caaiada to tbs

Elîteea-Kation Coaasittee onGeaesra,

THE P E R M A N E N T MISSION OF CANADA TO THE UNITED NATIONS

LA MISSION PERMANENTE DU CANADA AUPRES DES NATIONS UNIES

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New York,

Dear Mr0 Secretary-General,

FEBli3

Q - No ArriiINITIALS

Having been appointed Permanent Representative

abassador of Canada to the Conference of the Eighteen-Hation

i, Geneva, I shall sail from New York tomorrow,

February 16, ana< .nquish my post as Permanent Representative of

Canada to the United l?8 ij §o Pending the arrival of my successor, 1-Ir,jhjt

Gordon E. Cox, Deputy Penaane'S^^^Dresentative, will continue in charge~'%_

of the Mission, responsibility for wnSii|||y| had assumed during my recent

absenceo

I should like to take this opi unity to

express my sincere thanks for the unfailing friendship and cooperation

v.diich you have extended to me« Your cordiality and assistance have

always been a source of deep gratification0 I feel sure that the same

close and cordial relations will continue with my successor<>

Yours sincerely,

•H.E. TJ Thant,Secretary-General of the United Nations,

Mew York.

George Ignatieff

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J'ai 1'honneur de porter a votre haute connais-sance qu'en date de ce jour, je viens de recevoir un tele-gramme du President de la Republique Gabonaise, m*informantque je suis nomme en qualite dfAmbassadeur Extraordinaire etPlenipotentiaire du Gabon au Japon.. Cette decision a etedictee par le President en vertu des relations que nous enten-dons entretenir avec le Japon.

Mon remplacant,aupres des Nations Unies a eteegalement nomme en la personne de Monsieur Jean Davin, pre-cedemment Ambassadeur a Bruxelles aupres du Gouvernementbeige et de la Communaute Economique Europeenne.

Cette lettre qui vous est adressee, est a titrepurement personnel. J'espere que la Mission Permanente duGabon vous en tiendra officiellement informe par voie protoco-laire habituelle. ,-..•'.• :

Veuillez agreer,,Monsieur le Secretaire general,les assurances de ma haute consideration.

Lubin Mar t i atx^TOUTOUMEOBAMBAmbassadeu^^Representant Per-manent dti Gabon aupres de 1'ONU

Son Excellence U ThantSecretaire general de 1'Organisationdes Nations UniesNations Unies, New York,,

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IK/mb. cc: Mr. RarasimhanMr* Lemi-eux ProtocolRegistry

19 April 1969

Sir, ' - - - •

I wish to aejoaawledgei with ttertks tha receipt of

yosir kind latter date<3 8 April regarding the recent* -'. *

efeanges in tfce Bepti'biican Council sn^ tiia Cabinet of

fhe (3ovei*s£iH5a»t of the Yeisss Arab Republic»

, Sir, tiie assurances of J3^ highest

' If Thant

His"i$r. l$siiaae<i 8ai& AlettarAuâssador Sxtraoai'dinaiy -an«5 Plenipotentiary

Beprasantative of the ifajsaa Arabc- to the Uai.tsd Jfations

S33. ;Sast Ji}rd Street, I9t& Floor,Y» 10017

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cc: Mr* HarasimbanMr. Lemieux

8 Ife 1969

ysrts for your âgr kind letter of 23 April;I tms veny gla3 to Isear ^<3Ei pjiu i h^y® you ha?e settledctoara to ^roia* new :ms|«Ga01&lliti<e& ia l^ris as tlse^ssfeassadbr of your eosasfciry ;«md I vlsfe yeiu ev«iy suceees intfeis

r®cipfoeate ydta? tmna sea&l^sfc© IKto oar eo3?SIal frleBa^feip established at a tisse êa you

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Paris, April 23, 1969

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Excellency, v .

I have the honour to inform you that on

April 17, 1969, I was received in audience by His

Excellency Charles De Gaulle, President of the Republic

of France, and presented to him the Letters accrediting

me as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

the Republic of Liberia to the Republic of France.

In assuming my duties, please allow me to

express my sincere thanks for the harmonious and

cordial relations established between us when I

was Ambassador of Liberia to the United Nations.

With sentiments of my high consideration

and esteem. <-;M-

His Excellency U ThantSecretary General of theUnited Nations

United Nations HeadquartersEast 42nd StreetNEW YORK 10017

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«te iroas eiiie profonaîeat recoaa&iesaiit de&' aouvesu fie votre spgui pour l*oeavre 3e

«t vsos rea»f«ie See paroles attaablss g,ue voas iasplrant

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Jfoasteur Iwbia Htoutoaaiextraojîiiaire et

ote la S^pabltque Gabooaise'

28 mai 1969

A Monsieur le Secretaire Ge'ne'ral,

Permettez-moi de vous presenter mes vifsregrets pour le contre temps qui s'est crde* enquittant New York sans pouvoir vous dire mes adieuxcomme il se le devait.

Votre pe*riple en Europe, n'a pas aussi favo-comme je 1'aurais souhait , d*avoir un dernier

e'change de bonnes paroles avec vous.

Je reste, quoiqu'il en soit, un des \r5tres,bien qu'elo'ignd des courants Onusiens, sensible auxefforts que vous n'avez cease de de*ployer constam-ment et s^rieusement pour les besoins de la causequi nous preoccupe.

Je vous prie de croire, Monsieur le Secre"-taire G€n^ral, aux assurances de ma tres hauteconsideration.

KTOUTOIME'OBAME Lubin

U THAETT ,Secretaire Ge'ne'ral de I1 Organisationdes Nations tlnies

Plaza, New York N.Y 10017

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cc: Mr. HaraslmbanMr. Lemleux

23 Joiy 1969

fhask you for your very kind letter of l4 Julyfrcaa £on<i©n. X iosfe for^ssrd to raeeiviag you soonis ê«r York* MeaswMle, I asa isost grateful for yoiirgood •wishes for ss$- eedy rseonreryj I Mve alreadyreturn^ bcme frcsa tlie hospital and I am askingdatisfaetory

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U Thant

His Excellency8* Saltife BsyuHcenAmttassador of

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TURKISH AMBASSADOR 43, BELGRAVE SQUARE

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/Following my appointment as Permanent Representative

of Turkey to the United Nations, may I say how much I amlooking forward to my new duties especially in view of themost happy recollections of the years during which I had thehonour and pleasure of serving at the United Nations andhaving known Your Excellency personally for such long years,I fervently hope that this new appointment of mine will giveme the opportunity of co-operating with Your Excellency onceagain.

May I also express to Your Excellency my very bestwishes for a prompt and complete recovery to good healthaa I read in the papers that you were in hospital recently.

l^T Uyilaluk BaynlkeiAmbassador

His ExcellencyU Thant,

Secrstarj'-General of United Nations,iMV YORK

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DRAFT - CVN/nt July 1969

TO BE TRANSLATED INTO FRENCH:

Excellency,

It was only yesterday that I saw your kind letter of 19 July

Informing me 'that, on the completion of your mission, you were

leaving Washington on 20 July and returning to your country.

indeed that, in the circumstances, I did not have an

opportunity to see you before your departure.

I am most grateful j?o you for your kind sentiments and good

wishes. I shall always remember our friendly association during

the time that you were"the Permanent Representative of Mali

to the United Nations. - •• . c>

I would like to convey to' you my be-^t wishes for your

future happiness and well being.

I avail myself of th$e>opportunity to renew to'you the

assurances of my highest consideration.

U Thant

His Excellency Mr. Moussa Leo KeitaEmbassy of the Republic of2130 R Street, N.¥.Washington , B.C. 20008

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EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALI2150 E Street, N.W.

Washington, B.C. 20008Telephone: Decatur 2-22 9

19 July 1969

PERSONAL

Excellency and dear friend,

Having completed my mission in the United States, I am leaving Washington to

return to my country tomorrow, 20 July 1969*

I should like to take this opportunity of conveying to you my profound gratitude

for the friendship and assistance which you have always extended to me.

I ardently hope, for the sake of the international community for which you are

working with a faith that does not waver, that God will keep you in excellent health.

This hope extends, of course, to your family and friends.

I should also like to think that, although we may be far apart, the regard you

nave shown me will "be strengthened rather than diminished.

I wish to assure you that, come what may, I shall continue to be your friend

and to admire you very much.

Accept, Excellency and dear friend, the assurance of my very great and fraternal

considerat ion.

(Signed) Moussa Leo Keita

H.E. U ThantSecretary-General of the United NationsNew York

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DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU MALI

2I3O R STREET, N. W.

WASHINGTON, D. C. 2OOO8

TELEPHONE DECATUR 2-2249 ]_g millet 1969

Personnelle

S. E. U ThantSecretaire General desNations UniesUnited Nations PlazaNew York, N. Y. 1OO17

Excellence et Cher Frere,

Ayant termine ma mission aux USA, je quitte Washington demain,2O juillet 1969, pour mon pays.

A cette occasion, je tiens a vous dire toute ma gratitude pour votreamitie et votre assistance dont j'ai toujours beneficie.

Je formule de^voeux ardents pour que, dans 1'intergt de la commu-naute Internationale pour laquelle vous oeuvrez avec une foi inebranlable,le Seigneur vous maintienne en excellente sante.

J'associe, naturellement, vos proches et amis a ces voeux.

Je veux esperer egalement que, malgre les distances qui peuventnous separer, les sentiments dont j'ai beneficie, loin de s'estomper, serenforceront.

Je veux vous assurer que, quoi qu'il arrive, je demeurerai pour vousle frere que vous avez connu et qui demeure plein d'admiration pour vous.

Je vous prie d'agreer, Excellence et Cher Frere, 1'assurance de matres grande et fraternelle consideration.

Moussa 1/eo Keita

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xx 2130 R Street, N. W.\ Washington 8, D. C,. /

PERSONNELLE

S. E. U ThantSecretaire General desNations UniesUnited Nations PlazaNew York, N. Y. 1OO17

CVH/nt

if- August 1969

Ambassador Boyd,

I was very glad to tercw that your daughter,Mda Maria, will aarry Juaai Ramon BarrasOR 15 jtoigust. Please coav jr my fell citationsaad ttest wishes to jrour daughter and your son-in-law.I wish them every happiaess in their married life.

With Mnd regards,

Ktant

His Excellency Me. Aqtsilisso 1. Boydlistraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Sepresentative of ftetnatos to theUmted Hations

866 United latioiisfork, H.Y. 10S17

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Is 7 «o6t 1969

Monsieur I'Aafcassadaur,

J'ai 8ipprla avec beeucoup da plaisir la naissascd da

votre fille Lawette~Allea. J'esp&re 403 tant Radaraa

HaanB qua la tt<%£ s« portent blen.

Acceptes SQ98 plus eordlales fdlleitations poor eat

hevreux v nansant. Jo foroole le voeux que noua palasions

teas ensemble noua etteler b la tficba da fairs qufe c® romds

aolt Kellleur pour Lauretta-Alice ©t toos lea sutres enftents.

Veuillez egr er, Monsieur I'Anibaasedeur, lea assurances

da ma plus haute conaiddretion.

U Thent

3oa ExcellenceMonsieur TerenceAEtoasaadaur Sxtraordinaire et PldnlpotantieireRepr^sentant parsaansnt de la Rdpoblique Su

Burundi eupr^s dea Hationa UalesFifth Av^nua, 5th Floor

HOT York, H.T. 10017

DRAFT - CVH/nt 6 August 1969

My dear Ambassador,

I was delighted to hear of the arrival of your daughter,

Laurette-Alice. I hope that both Mrs. Terence and the baby

are doing well. I offer my heartiest congratulations on this

happy occasion and hope that all of us may work together

to make this a better world for children like Laurette-Alice

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

U Thant

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Translated from Spanish

DELEGATION OF URUGUAY TO THE UNITED NATIONS

New York, 16 August 1969

My distinguished and dear friend,

In February 1966 I presented to you my credentials as Ambassador of

Uruguay.

That ceremony opened a chapter in ray life which will come to an end

a few days from now. On leaving the United Nations, I wanted to recall

that occasion in order to tell you that the feelings of admiration and

affection which came over me at that time, almost as if by magic, have

remained with me constantly, but even more strongly, throughout these

years of so many shared efforts and anxieties.

The idea which I had of you through the Press was transformed into a

kind of devotion towards your outstanding personality as I saw how you

invariably acted, not only with a' full command of the many and complex

matters with which you had to deal, but with a vigorous and clear-cut

international outlook that is as rare as it is essential for effectively serving

the cause of the world.

What impressed me about U Thant was not the world-wide scope of his

office. What impressed me was the man himself, because of his great humanity.

U. Thant impressed me because of his lofty spiritual values and his clear and

firm conception of his responsibilities. He impressed me because of his

invincible, spiritually deep-rooted awareness of his international duties,

and the self-respect with which he objectively and calmly performs his noble

task, regardless of the antipathies which his conduct may arouse.

It is not easy to find in one man attributes, qualities and virtues

that generally appear contradictory and irreconcilable. Yet in U Thant are

combined talent, culture, valour, modesty, ability, energy, meditation,

dynamism, sagacity, prudence, firmness, tolerance, moderation, understanding

and kindness.

U ThantSecretary-General of the United NationsUnited Nations /...

69-18190ep -2-

¥ith calm high-raindedness, you have always defended the prerogatives

of your office, quietly and unemotionally. You speak with great clarity.

You know how to make yourself heard. You say very well what you want to

say and you do very well what you want to do. The world has in U Thant a

zealous defender of the things mankind needs for a peaceful and decent life.

I felt that I had to tell you all this - my conscience demanded it -

before returning to Uruguay.

I could not have expressed this to you orally because of the language

differences which have, unfortunately, prevented closer contacts between us.

I have therefore had recourse to writing, trusting in the accuracy of the

translators. I am leaving the United nations after an interesting experience.

I take with-me some very useful lessons and also some disappointments. I do

not believe that the world Organization has fulfilled or is entirely

fulfilling its lofty purposes. Nor, however, do I believe that we should

attribute to it all the failures of the world. The fact is that we know

how the world has existed with the United Nations, but we do not know how it

would have existed without the United Nations.

I agree with you in nearly all (l might say all) your comments and

reflections on the involved international scene which keeps mankind today in

a constant state of anxiety.

Philosophy, law and morality, which for me are no longer mere branches

of knowledge but have become deep feelings that govern my conscience, have

undergone severe buffetings in some fundamental aspects of the life of the

United Nations. It should be borne in mind in this connexion that the very

changes in the world in recent years - deeper and more radical than in any

other age - have also largely superannuated the texts written at San Francisco,

and this means that considerable revision is needed to adapt them to the

requirements and realities of today.

That is not to say, however, that all the ills of mankind can or should

be attributed to the anachronisms or defects of the Charter.

I believe more in the need to change the psychology, the outlook, the

souls of men than in the urgency of revising the instrument which now governs

the community of nations.

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New texts, however perfect, would have no effect if the men responsible

for implementing them continued to be guided by the same old spirit and the

same archaic outlook which has inhibited them in carrying out the existing

precepts.

In conclusion: the assurance of peace, the abolition of ignorance,

hunger, disease, crime, slavery, colonial subjugation and fear for one's

life, and the establishment of new foundations and guarantees of independence,

freedom, economic security, international co-operation, well-being and

brotherhood, could be attained with the instruments we already have in our

hands, subject, of course, to a radical change in the ideas and feelings of

the men who lead the international community. There would be no need for

more perfect instruments, although I do not, of course, deny the service

which they could render. The need would be, rather, for more perfect men

who would not evade their international responsibilities by seeking refuge

in the inviolability of their aggressive sovereignties, in the defence of

their economic egotisms, in the fatuity of their national vanities, in

discriminatory pride in their race, or in their .manias for power and glory.

Over and above all these things, however, I take with me the image of

a great man who is sincerely fighting for the true cause of the universe.

I take with me the satisfaction of having played rny modest part in dissuading

you from not seeking re-election as Secretary-General; and I take with me the

honour which it was for my country and myself to nominate you, in plenary

meeting of the General Assembly, for a further term of office in the high

position which you are discharging with dignity and efficiency in the

Organization that is, despite everything, the only faith and the only hope

of mankind.

My only regret is that our differences of language compelled us to

learn one another's ideas and feelings through hurried simultaneous

interpretations, records which are only summaries, or cold translations

after the event.

The truth is that our friendship would have been wider and deeper if we

could have used to one another the' proper instrument of a common language,

so that we could have expressed to one another more warmly and more

69-18190ep -k-

colourfully the various nuances - ideological, political, spiritual, moral, etc,

of the many, many problems and subjects involved in the activities of the

United Nations, and also our own feelings of friendship.

I do not know whether it is customary to write letters of this kind, or

whether to do so breaks some rule of diplomacy. I should be sorry if that

were so. I do know", however, that in doing so I am fulfilling a duty of my

conscience.

Believe me when I say that I feel for you a deep admiration and sincere

affection.

Most cordially yours,

(Signed) Pedro P. BERROAmbassador

DELEGATION OF URUGUAY


Nueva York, 16 de agosto de 1969

Mi ilustre y querido amigo:

En febrero de 1966 hice entrega a Us ted de mis creden-ciales como Embajador del Uruguay.

En tal ceremonia, se abrio un capitulo de mi vida, cu-yo epilogo se producira dentro de pocos dias. Al dejar NacionesUnidas, he querido evocar dicha escena, para expresarle quelos sentimientos de admiracion y de afecto, que nacieron enmi espiritu, casi por arte de magia, en aquella oportunidad,los he mantenido constantemente, aunque con mas vigor, a tra-ves de estos anos de tantos esfuerzos e inquietudes comunes.

El concepto que yo tenia respecto de Usted, a traves dela prensa, se transformo en una especie de devocion hacia suinsigne personalidad, al verlo actuar, invariablemente, no so-lo con pleno dominio de los multiples y complejos temas que de-bia abordar, sino con una vigorosa y bien definida mentalidadinternacional, tan rara como indispensable para servir con efi-ciencia la causa del mundo.

No me impresiono U-Thant por la vastedad mundial de suinvestidura. Me impresiono el hombre en si, por la grandezade su dimension humana. Me impresiono U-Thant por la alta je-rarquia de los valores de su espiritu, por la clara y firme no-cion de sus responsabilidades. Me impresiono por la concienciaincontrastable, que tiene arraigada en su espiritu, acerca desus deberes internacionales, y el respeto que se rinde a si mis-mo en el ejercicio objetivo y sereno de tan noble mision, a des-peclfao de las antipatias que pueda despertar con su conducta.

No es facil encontrar en un solo hombre, atributes, cali-dades y virtudes, que generalmente parecen contrapuestas e in-conciliables. Sin embargo, en U-Thant concurren el talento, lacultura, el valor, la modestia, la capacidad, la energia, la me-


TO THE UNITED NATIONS _ 2 -

ditacion, el dinamismo, la sagacidad, la prudencia, la firmeza,la tolerancia, la sobriedad, la comprension y la bondad.

Serenamente altivo, ha defendido siempre los fueros desu cargo, sin ruido y sin aspavientos. Habla con gran claridad.Sabe hacerse oir. Dice muy bien lo que quiere decir y hace muybien lo que debe hacer. El mundo tiene en U-Thant un celoso de-fensor de los bienes que la humanidad necesita para vivir enpaz y dignamente.

Todo esto precisaba decirlo, - como un mandate de miconciencia, - antes de volver al Uruguay.

No hubiera podido expresarselo a Usted, de viva voz,por las diferencias idiomaticas que han obstado, lamentablemen-te, a mas hondos contactos entre nosotros. Por eso he acudidoal metodo escrito, confiando en la fidelidad de los traductores.Me voy de Naciones Unidas con una interesante experiencia. Lle-vo ensenanzas muy utiles y tambien algunas decepciones. No creoque la organizacion mundial haya cumplido ni este cumpliendo en-teramente sus altos cometidos. Pero tampoco creo que debamos ad-judicarle a ella todos los fracasos del mundo. Sabemos, en reali-dad, c6mo ha vivido el mundo con Naciones Unidas. No sabemos, encambio, como habria vivido sin Naciones Unidas.

Coincide con Usted en casi todos, (podria decir en to-dos), sus comentarios y reflexiones acerca del intrincado pano-rama internacional que mantiene en continua zozobra a la huma-nidad contemporanea.

La filosofia, el derecho y la moral, que ya dejaron deser, a mis efectos, meras disciplinas del saber, para convertir-se en profundos sentimientos que dominan mi conciencia, han su-frido rudos golpes en algunos aspectos fundamentales de la vidade Naciones Unidas. Cabe recordar a este respecto que las pro-pias transformaciones del mundo, operadas estos ultimos lustros,-tan hondas y radicales como en ninguna otra epoca, - han supera-do tambien con holgura los textos escritos en San Francisco, yello reclama, desde luego, una importante reforma para adecuar-los a las exigencias y a las realidades de hoy.

Esto no significa, empero, que todos los males de la


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human!dadipuedan ni deban atribuirse a los anacronismos o defectosde la Carta.

Creo mas en la necesidad de cambiar la psicologia, la men-talidad, el alma de los hombres, que en el apremio de introducirreformas al instrument*) que rige actualmente a la comunidad denaciones.

Ninguna eficacia tendrlan, por otra parte, los nuevos tex-tos, cualquiera fuese su grado de perfeccion, si los hombres en-cargados de aplicarlos, prosiguiesen animados del mismo viejo es-piritu y de la misma arcaica mentalidad que los ha inhibido paracumplir los preceptos existentes.

En conclusion: asegurar la paz, suprimir la ignorancia, elhambre, la enfermedad, el crimen, la esclavitud, la subyugacioncolonial y el miedo a la vida, asi como establecer nuevos funda-mentos y garantias de independencia, libertad, seguridad economi-ca, cooperacion internacional, bienestar y fraternidad, podrianlograrse con los instrumentos que ya tenemos en nuestros manos,sobre la base, eso si, de un cambio radical en las ideas y lossentimientos de los hombres que dirigen la comunidad internacio-nal. No harian falta instrumentos mas perfectos, sin desconocer,desde luego, el servicio que ellos prestarian. Pero harian falta,en cambio, preferentemente, hombres mas perfectos, que no eludie-sen sus responsabilidades internacionales, abroquelandose en laintangibilidad de sus soberanias agresivas, en la defensa de susegoismos economicos, en la fatuidad de sus vanidades nacionales,en el discriminatorio orgullo de sus razas, o en sus vesanias depoder y de gloria.

Pero, por sobre todas estas cosas, me llevo la imagen deun gran hombre, que esta luchando sinceramente por la genuina cau-sa del universe. Me llevo la satisfaccion de haber rendido mi mo-desto esfuerzo para lograr el desistimiento de su actitud contra-ria a la reeleccion como Secretario General; y me llevo el honorque significo respecto de mi pais y de mi persona, proponer a Us-ted, en el plenario de la Asamblea General, para un nuevo manda-te desde el alto cargo que esta ejerciendo con dignidad y eficien-cia en el organismo que constituye, pese a todos los pesares, launica fe y la unica esperanza de la humanidad.



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Solo lamento que nuestras diferencias de lenguaje noshayan obligado a conocer nuestras ideas y nuestros sentimien-tos a traves de presurosas interpretaciones simultaneas, demeras slntesis de actas, o de frias y retardadas traduceiones.

Pero la verdad es que nuestra amistad hubiera cobradouna amplitud y una hondura distintas, si hubiesemos podido uti-lizar, entre ambos, el adecuado instrument© de un idioraa comun,para poder expresar, reclprocamente, con otro calor y con otrocolor, los distintos matices ideologicos, polxticos, espiritua-les, morales, etc., de tantos y tantos problemas y asuntos queinsumen la actividad de Naciones Unidas, e incluso de nuestrospropios sentimientos de amistad.

No se si escribir esta clase de cartas es usual. Ignore,asi mismo, si al hacerlo, quebranto alguna norma diplomatica. Lolamentaria. Se, en cambio, que con ello cumplo un deber de miconciencia.

Creame que siento por Usted una profunda admiracion yun sincere afecto.

Muy cordialmente,

P. BerroEmbajador

Senor Seeretario General de lasNaciones UnidasU-ThantNaciones Unidas

PPBgd

fom Sanish

DBI*SQA,TIOM OF tJRUOUA.'Sr TO 33B8 UMITEO; - V . • > , - • - . . . " ' . - . " ' ' . " " ' . . • ' ' • • •

Ywls, 16 AugustDistinguished and deal* r friend, / >In February 196 I presented to you my creden-falals && Ambassador of

That ceremony dpeaed a' chapter Itiajrilfe tthich will come to an endit few days from nowt Ott lelaviftg the United Nations, I wanted to recalltk&t occasion in of der to tell you that the feelings of admiration andaffection vhich came over me at that tina, almost as if oy naglc, haveremained with me coftstatitly ,, Mt even more strongly,} throughout these

of so many shared efforts and anxieties*Ttia Idea tthlch 1 had of you through the Bpeiss was transformed into aof devotion towards your outstanding personality as I saw how you

invariably acted; not only with a full command of the many and complexmatters with which y0u had to deal, but with & vigorous and clear-cutinternational outlocjfc thai is ts rare as it is essential fdr effectively servingttee eauee of th$ world.

What impressed me about tJ Thant was not the world-wide scope of hisoffice. What Impressed me uae the man himself, because of his great humanity.Ha Thant impressed me because of hid lofty spiritual values and his clear andfirm conception of his responsibilities. Bfe impressed me because of hisinvincible, spiritually deep-rooted awareness of hie international duties,stud' the self-respect with which he objectively and calmly performs ais nobletasH, regardless of the antipathies which his conduct may arouse .

It is not easy to find in one man attributes., Qualities and virtuestaat generally appear contradictory and irreconailable . Yet in U Thant are

talent culture, valour, mod etjr, ability, energy, meditation,sagacityj, prudence firmness, tbleraftee, moderation, understanding

'"Uf . ., . . .Seeretary*0eneral of the tlolted Hationsifjiited nations , /**.

With calm hlgh mlndedKiess, you have always defended theof your office, quietly and unemotionally* You speak with great clarity,fem knew how to make yourself heard* You say ve±y veil what you want tosay and you do very well what you want to do* fhe world has in U fhant azealous defender of the things mankind needs for a peaceful and decent life«

I felt that X had to tell you all this * my conscience demanded it -"before returning to Uruguay,

I could not have expressed this to you orally because of the languagedifference's -which have,, unfortunately, prevented closer contacts betoken us*t hfeve therefore had recourse to writing* trussing in the accuracy of thetranslators* I am leaving the United Nations after an interesting experience.I tike with me some very useful lessons and also some disappointments* I donot believe that the world Organization has fulfilled or is entirelyfulfilling its lofty purposes* Hor, however,, do I "believe that we shouldAttribute to it all the failures of the world* $he fact is that we knowhow the world has existed with the United Nations* "but we do not know how itwould have existed without the United nations*

with you in nearly all (I might say all) your coamrants andon the involved international scene which keeps mankind today in

a «d»(5tant ststte ot-anaisiety* •• • ~ •Philosophy, law tt&3 morality., which for ma are no longer mere branches

<9f knowledge but hftv s beeome deep feelings that govern ay conscience, haveundergone severe buffetlngs in some fundamentzal Aspects of the life of th&United Nations, It should be borne in mint in this connexion that the verychanges in the world In recent years * deeper and more radical than in anyother age » have ilso largely superannuated the texts written at San Sfcaneiseand this means that considerable revision is needed to adapt them to therequirements and realities of today*

That is aot to say, however, that all the ills of mankind can or shouldbe attributed to the anachronisms or defects of the Charter*

I believe more lor the need to change the psychology, the outlook* thesouls of men than in the urgency of revising the instrument which now governsthe community of nations*

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Hew texts, however pisrfeet, would have no effect if the men responsiblefor implementing them continued to be guidM by the same old spirit and thesame archaic outlook which has inhibited them ia carrying out the existingprecepts*

In conclusion: the assurance of ptitagd, the abolition of ignoringhunger, disease, arinus, slavery, colonial subjugation and fear for one'slife, and the establishment of new foundations and guarantees of independence,freedom, economic security* international co-operation, well-being andbrotherhood, could be attained with the instruments we already have ia ourhands, subject, of course, to a radical change in the ideas and feelings ofthe men who lead the international community. $here would be no need formore perfect instruments, although X do not, of course, deny the servicewhich they could render* The need would be, rather, for more perfect men•who would not evade their international responsibilities by seeking refugein the Inviolability of their aggressive sovereignties, in the defence oftheir economic egotisms, in the fatuity of their national vanities, indiscriminatory pride in their race, or in their manias for power and glory*

Over and above all these things, however, I take with me the image ofa great man who ia sincerely fighting for the true cause of the universe *I take with me the satisfaction of having played my modest part in dissuadingyou from not seeking re-election as Secretary-General! and I take with me thehonour which it was for my country and myself to nominate you, in plenarymeeting of the General Assembly, for a further term of office in the highposition which you are discharging with dignity and efficiency in theOrganisation that is, despite everything, the only faith and the only hopeOf mankind,

My only regret is that our differences of language compelled us tolearn one another's ideas and feelings through hurried simultaneousinterpratations, records which are only sutmaaries, or cold translations&ffcer the awnt*

The truth is that our friendship would have been wider and deeper if wecould have used to one another the proper instrument of & common language,so that we could have expressed to one another more warmly and more

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colourfully the various nuances - ideological, political, spiritual, moral , etc*of the mny, many problems and subjects involved in the activities of theUnited Hat ions, end also our ova feelings of friendship,

1 do not Knov whethei* It is eustomary to write letters of this klndtj orwh.athei' to do so "breaks soas rule of diplomacy* I should be sorry if that•were so. I do know hotfeyt-sr, that in doing so I «ua fulfilling a duty of ay

' day that X feel fox* you & deep admiration and sincereaffection, • . • ,

Most cordially

P*Ambassador

DELEGATION OF U R U G U A Y

TO^THE UNITED NATIONS

Nueva York, 16 de agosto de 1969

Mi ilustre y querido amigo:

En febrero de 1966 hice entrega a Us ted de mis creden-ciales como Embajador del Uruguay.

En tal ceremonia, se abrio un capitulo de mi vida, cu-yo epilogo se producira dentro de pocos dias. Al dejar NacionesUnidas, he querido evocar dicha escena, para expresarle quelos sentimientos de admiracion y de afecto, que nacieron enmi espiritu, casi por arte de magia, en aquella oportunidad,los he mantenido cons tantemertte, aunque con mas vigor, a tra-ves de estos afios de tantos esfuerzos e inquietudes comunes.

El concepto que yo tenia respecto de Usted, a traves dela prensa, se transformo en una especie de devocion hacia suinsigne personalidad, al verlo actuar, invariablemente, no so-lo con pleno dominio de los multiples y complejos temas que de-bia abordar, sino con una vigorosa y bien definida mentalidadinternacional, tan rara como indispensable para servir con efi-ciencia la causa del mundo.

No me impresiono U-Thant por la vastedad mundial de suinvestidura. Me impresiono el hombre en si, por la grandezade su dimension humana. Me impresiono U-Thant por la alta je-rarquia de los valores de su espiritu, por la clara y firme no-cion de sus responsabilidades. Me impresiono por la concienciaincontrastable, que tiene arraigada en su espiritu, acerca desus deberes internacionales, y el respeto que se rinde a si mis-mo en el ejercicio objetivo y sereno de tan noble mision, a des-pedho de las antipatias que pueda despertar con su conducta.

No es facil encontrar en un solo hombre, atributos, cali-dades y virtudes, que generalmente parecen contrapuestas e in-conciliables. Sin embargo, en U-Thant concurren el talento, lacultura, el valor, la modestia, la capacidad, la energia, la me-


TO THE UNITED NATIONS _ 2 -

ditacion, el dinamismo, la sagacidad, la prudencia, la firmeza,la tolerancia, la sobriedad, la comprension y la bondad.

Serenamente altivo, ha defendido siempre los fueros desu cargo, sin ruido y sin aspavientos. Habla con gran claridad.Sabe hacerse oir. Dice muy bien lo que quiere decir y hace muybien lo que debe hacer. El mundo tiene en U-Thant un celoso de-fensor de los bienes que la humanidad necesita para vivir enpaz y dignamente.

Todo esto precisaba decirlo, - como un mandate de miconciencia, - antes de volver al Uruguay.

No hubiera podido expresarselo a Us ted, de viva voz,por las diferencias idiomaticas que ban obstado, lamentablemen-te, a mas hondos contactos entre nosotros. Por eso he acudidoal metodo escrito, confiando en la fidelidad de los traductores.Me voy de Naciones Unidas con una interesante experiencia. Lle-vo ensefianzas muy utiles y tambien algunas decepciones. No creoque la organizacion mundial haya cumplido ni este cumpliendo en-teramente sus altos cometidos. Pero tampoco creo que debamos ad-judicarle a ella todos los fracasos del mundo. Sabemos, en reali-dad, como ha vivido el mundo con Naciones Unidas. No sabemos, encambio, como habria vivido sin Naciones Unidas.

Coincide con Usted en casi todos, (podria decir en to-dos), sus comentarios y reflexiones acerca del intrincado pano-rama internacional que mantiene en continua zozobra a la huma-nidad contemporanea.

La filosofia, el derecho y la moral, que ya dejaron deser, a mis efectos, meras disciplinas del saber, para convertir-se en profundos sentimientos que dominan mi conciencia, han su-frido rudos golpes en algunos aspectos fundamentales de la vidade Naciones Unidas. Cabe recordar a este respecto que las pro-pias transformaciones del mundo, operadas estos ultimos lustros,-tan hondas y radicales como en ninguna otra epoca, - han supera-do tambien con holgura los textos escritos en San Francisco, yello reclama, desde luego, una importante reforma para adecuar-los a las exigencias y a las realidades de hoy.

Esto no significa, empero, que todos los males de la


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humanidadfouedan ni deban atribuirse a los anacronismos o defectosde la Carta.

Creo mas en la necesidad de cambiar la psicologia, la men-talidad, el alma de los hombres, que en el apremio de introducirreformas al instrument© que rige actualmente a la comunidad denaciones.

Ninguna eficacia tendrian, por otra parte, los nuevos tex-tos, cualquiera fuese su grado de perfeccion, si los hombres en-cargados de aplicarlos, prosiguiesen animados del mismo viejo es-piritu y de la misma arcaica mentalidad que los ha inhibido paracumplir los preceptos existentes.

En conclusion: asegurar la paz, suprimir la ignorancia, elhambre, la enfermedad, el crimen, la esclavitud, la subyugacioncolonial y el miedo a la vida, asi como establecer nuevos funda-mentos y garantias de independencia, libertad, seguridad economi-ca, cooperacion internacional, bienestar y fraternidad, podrianlograrse con los instrumentos que ya tenemos en nuestros manos,sobre la base, eso si, de un cambio radical en las ideas y lossentimientos de los hombres que dirigen la comunidad internacio-nal. No harian falta instrumentos mas perfectos, sin desconocer,desde luego, el servicio que ellos prestarian. Pero harian falta,en cambio, preferentemente, hombres mas perfectos, que no eludie-sen sus responsabilidades internacionales, abroquelandose en laintangibilidad de sus soberanias agresivas, en la defensa de susegoismos economicos, en la fatuidad de sus vanidades nacionales,en el discriminatorio orgullo de sus razas, o en sus vesanias depoder y de gloria.

Pero, por sobre todas estas cosas, me llevo la imagen deun gran hombre, que esta luchando sinceramente por la genuina cau-sa del universe. Me llevo la satisfaccion de haber rendido mi mo-des to esfuerzo para lograr el desistimiento de su actitud contra-ria a la reeleccion como Secretario General; y me llevo el honorque significo respecto de mi pais y de mi persona, proponer a lis-ted, en el plenario de la Asamblea General, para un nuevo manda-to desde el alto cargo que esta ejerciendo con dignidad y eficien-cia en el organismo que constituye, pese a todos los pesares, launica fe y la unica esperanza de la humanidad.

IDELEGATION OF URUGUAY


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Solo lamento que nuestras diferencias de lenguaje noshayan obligado a conocer nuestras ideas y nuestros sentimien-tos a traves de presurosas interpretaciones simultaneas, demeras sxntesis de actas, o de frias y retardadas traducciones.

Pero la verdad es que nuestra amis tad hubiera cobradouna amplitud y una hondura distintas, si hubiesemos podido uti-lizar, entre ambos, el adecuado instrumento de un idiotna comun,para poder expresar, reciprocamente, con otro calor y con otrocolor, los distintos matices ideologicos, politicos, espiritua-les, morales, etc., de tantos y tantos problemas y asuntos queinsumen la actividad de Naciones Unidas, e incluso de nuestrospropios sentimientos de amis tad.

No se si escribir esta clase de cartas es usual. Ignore,asi mismo, si al hacerlo, quebranto alguna norma diplomatica. Lolamentaria. Se, en cambio, que con ello cumplo un deber de miconciencia.

Creame que siento por Us ted una profunda admiracion yun sincere afecto.

Muy cordialmente,

P. BerroEmbajador

Senor Secretario General de lasN^ciones UnidasU-ThantNaciones Unidas

PPBgd

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U N I T E D N A T I O N S

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

N A T I O N S U N I E S

MEMORANDUM 1NTERIEUR

TO:A:

THROUGH:S/C DE:

FROM:DE:

SUBJECT:OBJET:

Mr. C.V. NarasimhanChef de Cabinet

DATE: 15 AUgUSt 1969

REFERENCE:

Mohaaed TabitiActing Chief of Protocol

Complaint from Ambassador G. Schuurmans. Permanent Representativeof Belgium to the_ United Nations

From Ambassador Schuurmans' letter dated 1J August 1969and from a conversation which I had with him, the incident referred tooccurred in the following manner:

On August 13, the day of the Astronauts' visit to Headquarters,at 11:50 a.m., Ambassador Schuurmans was about to cross First Avenueat 5th Street in order to get to United Nations grounds to attendthe ceremony given in honour of the Astronauts when he was stoppedby Lieutenant O'Shea of the City Police Department who told him thatnobody was allowed to pass.

Even when Ambassador Schuurmans identified himself as thePermanent Representative of Belgium and shoved his United Nationspass the Police Officer persisted in refusing to let him cross.

Ambassador Schuurmans then decided to write down the Officer'sname and asked how to spell it. The officer, rather angrily, repliedto Ambassador Schuurmans: "..If you are an Ambassador you ought toknow how to spell a name". It seems that it is this rather unpleasantremark from Lieutenant O'Shea that prompted Ambassador Schuurmans tocomplain.

According to the arrangement worked out between our ownSecurity and the Nsw York Police Department, First Avenue was to beclosed to traffic starting from 12 noon on that day with the under-standing that any delegate who would come on foot will be allowedto get into the United Nations. However, since the motorcade cameabout 20 minutes earlier than scheduled, the City Police hadapparently already blocked all accesses to United Nations headquarterslong before 12 o'clock.

I am submitting the attached draft reply to Ambassador Schuurmans1

letter.

I would be very grateful for your instructions as to whetherour office is to initiate any action on this matter with the UnitedStates Delegation.

IV I ' f ,'N ',-' :: f?M AN r N ! E Dt~ LA BELC. IQ I 'C

A >..'P KFI5 PES N A T I O N S UNI ES

U N I T E D NAT ION P l . A Z A . N F W Y O R K , N . Y . I O O I 7

T E L E P H O N E R B 2 - O I O O

New-York, le 13 aoQt 1969


Vous avez eii la courtoisie de m'inviter& la ceremonie d'accueil, organisee aux Nations Unies en1'honneur des astronautes, CG mercredi 13 aout.

Lorsque je me suis presente, vers11.50 heures, pour traverser le carrefour de la premiereavenue et de la 45erne rue afin de gagner le batiment desNations Unies, la police m'a fait savoir que je n'etaisplus admis & passer. Bien que j'eusse exhibe monlaissez-passer officiel et decline ma qualite d'ambas-sadeur, 1'officier de police, non sans nervosite, a per-siste dans son refus.

Je vous serais oblige de vouloir bienm'indiquer sur quels pouvoirs ou arrangements un telcomportement se fonde. Je voudrais notamment connaltrevotre opinion sur la compatibilite de cette attitudeavec les immunites et facilites, reconnues par 1'Accorddu Siege aux Representants permanents aupres de 1'Orga-nisation des Nations Unies.

Veuillez agreer, Monsieur le Secretairegeneral, 1'assurance de ma tres haute consideration.

C0 SchuurmansRepresentant permanent de

Belgiquela

Monsieur le Secretaire general de1'Organisation des Nations Unies,

New-York

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Montevideo

My dear friend,

I am handing this letter to Ambassador AugustoLegnani, the new Permanent Representative accreditedby the Uruguayan Government to the United Nations„

In our respective tasks we both know the importanceof real friendshipa In the case of Dre Legnani, whom Ihave known and appreciated since long before he was ap-

pointed Ambassador to the United Nations; we easilybecame friends due to his great human sense and integrity,

Apart from the official relationship which you willmaintain with Ambassador Legnani, I do believe, that thisletter from your friend will add another one to themany friends you already have,.

My very best regards,

Yours sincerely,

Jnited Nations Development

The Secretary GeneralU-Thant

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voluntad, le envia, adjunta, la carta que tuviera a. bien

entregarle el Representante Residente de Naciones Unidas

en Uruguay Senor Don Carlos Salamanca.

Le ruego excusas y me crea su

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FROM: J. Rolz-BennettDE:

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cc. Mr. NarasimhanMrs. Mira

11 d® aovieisbra de 1969

SsHor:Mucho 1© agradegeo el eiRfio <qu© se sirvio hacenae, COB

carta d«l 7 <*© aovieiBbre ea c«rso» de UK eêsaplsr del folletopreparado por la Stgeretaida de luforiaacion d® la Presldeacia

de la Espdblie.a de El Salvador, qus coatiene el tesfeo de los

dlecuarsos proauaeiadoa por el sesior Faj3istro <Je E@laeion©3

Doctor Fraaeiaco ôss (5iserr@ro, eate la Asasiblea

de las Saciones Onldas j aiit© la, Reunion d© Constaltala Organiaacion de Sstsdos AHi©ri«ano3s ea r<s ,aci6ri oon ©1iflictQ eoclstente enisre El Salvador y Honduras.

La ruego aceptar, .EsccelentisiHio SsEor, lasxai safe aita eoasideracidn.

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SeRorPohl

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aate las iaeio&esEast'43rd StreetTork, Ji.T. 10017

MISION PERMANENTE DE EU SAUVADOR

EN LAS NAC1ONES UNIDAS

211 EAST 43RD STREET, ROOM 1SO2


SNU-68A.800.A 7 de noviembre de 1969

Sefior Secretario General:

Con instrucciones de mi Gobierno tengo el honor de enviar con

la presente a Vuestra Excelencia un ejemplar de un folleto preparado por

la Secretaria de Informacion de la Presidencia de la Republica de EL Sal-

vador, que contiene el texto del discurso del seftor Ministro de Relaciones

Exteriores Doctor Don Francisco Jose Guerrero pronunciado ante la Asaniblea

General el 3 de octubre ultimo, en el que se refirid al conflicto existen-

te entre El Salvador y Honduras, y tambien el discurso pronunciado por el

mismo funcionario ante la Reunion de Consults de la Organizacion de Estados

Americanos el 6 del mjlsmo mes, en relacion con el conflicto antes menciona-

do.ti

Me valgo de la oportunidad para reiterar a Vuestra Excelencia

las seguridades de mi mas alta consideracion.

io Galindo PohlEmbajador y Representante Permanentede El Salvador 'en las Naciones Unidas

Excelentfsimo U Thant,Secretario General de las Naciones UnidasNueva York, N.T. 1001?

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DRAFT TRANSLATION

11 November 1969

Fir,

I thank you for your letter of 7 November enclosing

a copy of the booklet prepared by the Information Office

of the Presidency of the Republic of El Salvador, which

contains the text of the speeches made by the Minister of

Foreign Affairs, Doctor Francisco Jose" Guerrero, before

the General Assembly of the United Nations and the

Consultative Meeting of the Organization of American States

in connexion with the conflict between El Salvador and

Honduras.


U ThantSecretary-General

H.E. Mr. Reynaldo Galindo PohlAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryPermanent Representative of El Salvador

to the United Nations211 East 43rd StreetNew York, N.Y. 10017

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J'ai 1'honneur de porter S votre connais-sance qu'ayant ete appele par Sa Majeste le Roi a assumerde nouvelles fonctions diplomatiques, je quitterai monpresent poste & I1issue de la vingt-quatrieme session de1'Assembles generale. Je me permettrai de solliciter, aumoment convenable, une audience d'adieu.

Pour me succeder, le Gouvernement beigea designe Monsieur Edouard LONGERSTAEY, presentement Ambas-sadeur de Belgique a Rome, dont le "curriculum vitae" setrouve ci-joint. Monsieur Longerstaey, qui dirigera cetteMission avec le titre d'Ambassadeur extraordinaire et ple-nipotentiaire, prendra ses nouvelles fonctions au debutde 1'annee prochaine.

Je vous prie d'agreer, Monsieur le Secre-taire general, 1'assurance de ma tres haute consideration.

L. i

Co SchuurmansRepresentant permanent de la

Belgique

Monsieur le Secretaire general de1'Organisation des Nations Unies,

New-York'

Curriculum viLao do Edouard LONGERSTAEY

- ne le 14 decembre 1919

- Licencie en sciences commerciales, consulaires et maritimes;

- Admis dans le service diplomatique beige en 1946 :

Vice-Consul £ New-York (1947 - 1950)

Deuxieme Secretaire S La Haye (1952 - 1956)

Premier Secretaire & Teheran (1956 - 1958)

Chef de Cabinet du Ministre du Commerce Exterieur(juillet - novembre 1958)

Consul general & Lille (1959 - 1961)

Chef de la Mission beige au Congo (mars - decembre 1961)

Charge d'affaires & Leopoldville(27 decembre 1961 - 8 fevrier 1962)

Ambassadeur a Alger (1962 - 1964)

Directeur general adjoint des relations economiques exterieures(1964 - 1966)

Ambassadeur, Representant permanent de la Belgique aupr&s de1'Office des Nations Unies et aupres des institutions specia-lisees & Geneve (1966 - 1968)

Ambassadeur extraordinaire et plenipotentiaire & Rome,depuis decembre 1968

- marie, 3 enfants.

septembre 1969

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Beseo preseirfcar a listed jr s su senora esposa rais sineerasper el trato de que fueron objeto en oportualdad de la

del Bia <3e las Sacioues Unid.es , qt^ usted senalo ami ateneti&i en. sw. e^riia del 2% de

3isposicl.6a mla, se ha efeetuacto una investigaei&t tieeste inforfcrnjada incl^nte y, si "bien no es jrd intenei6nel e<anport^!ilen1jo do los funeionsarfos q«e en 41 partielparon,

qwe iebo e^pllear eiertos faetoês que eontj'i'buyeroa a

Segila es au«Btara e0st«aibye# ae liabla dlspuesto en u& priacipiose suffiiaSstrasen los servlcios de gafas ds las Efaeiones Onldas

para ejue actuasen eeeso aeomodadorae y ayudasen a controlar el sectorde asientos reservados, SeSTilt , 3^0 tfostaaate, (^jte el horario degrapes de visitant es aeeptados prevlsmente por la Ofieiaa de

Publiea estmtaa 'tan reeajrgado que se neeesltaron lostodas las galas^ a las euales^ per tanto, a0 se pudo

a dieha fimet^B. El laselio de (|ae se hallara present e enel edifisfo ua piSblleo nuuieroso Impidi^l astmismo que se utilizase alos funeionarios de seguridad penuanentes como ujieres dentro de laaala de la Aseanblea General. Fue EecesarlO;, pues^ en esta situaci<5nde aaergeneiaj aslgaar eomo ujieres a alganos fimelonartos de seguridadsttperauffierarlos contratados tan s5lo para el perfode de seslones de laAsafflblea deiafiKral, qtiiems visten de civil y estin destinados normalstentea los seotores de las salss de reTanlâ Stbiertos al ptfblico. Estos

desempeSan sus funeiones desde hace poeas semtanas y no se

Sen orMiguel Solano Lopezaabajacter S^fcra^dlaario yBepireseiitaa'fee Pesmaneaê del Paraguay

ante 3ss laetoa<es Iteidas211 last

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encusstran en eoaSleiosaes 3& sreeoaeeer a toa©s losy IJabaJacLesteSj pastlettiaj?S30i2te eiaandto exist© %aa granule

e <3&legados3 funeiosarios e imritatss. Les fuactoa&riosde eeguriclaot perfflanenfees se haHabsn natus?a3jEsente eaeargatos ctevigilar icsdas las eatâfes y saiidas de la sala ê la Asasiblss CSeasral.

fnncionarlQS de seguriSad tienaa instrmeiones penaaoentesde esdglr as talss ^portunifedss,, a te*3s pere&aa la ja-eseataei^n deuna ta2"5eâ ^s laarltaei^n aates && atoitlrla a uua fuaelfe^ perese les ha inSteads Qtte no debea ImpetiJr la entj?a€a a ningdn

o Bnbaâ^torj auncpze 4ste no pmseate tma

la euaato a las p^sgaatas ecmeretas goe usteS formula en el12 <Sa su oarta, ^ a las que se reflate nxjevaaoejite en el pdsrafo

la srespsssta es, par Sttpi2e0i«j# negsttva ea todos los casos.

aa elineideafce ya ha si5o amonestado. P0r mi parts., no ta& eabe slnomi pes^» pea* este Iaa©a1;able imitleate y asegurar a lasted que seto<Sos les esfuearaos poaitles paya evlliar q«e incicteates tfe esta class se

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Translated from Spanish to

PERMANENT MISSION OF PARAGUAY TO THE UNITED NATIONS

15/69/NU New York, 2*1 October 1969

Sir,

I feel bound to bring to your attention an incident which occurred this

afternoon in the General Assembly Hall, where United Nations Day was being

celebrated.

2. The signatory of this no be and his wife were allocated reserved seats

Nos. 3 39 and ^0, which they occupied during the first part of the concert

given by the Royal Fhilha.rmonic Orchestra of London.

3. During the interval between the first and second, f.^rts of the concert,

:ny wife remained in her seat while I wont for a short ti"in to what is

commonly known as the Indonesian Lounge, or in United Nations terminology the

West Foyer. Before the resumption of the concert, I tried to return to my seat

through the west entrance to the Assembly Hall. I did not think it necessary to have

the invitation card with, me, since it had been shown at the proper time.

U. The two persons in civilian dress who were guarding the west entrance to

the reserved section where ny seat was - and who were wearing badges with the

word "Security" - refused to allow me to enter unless I showed them the

'invitation card. I told them that I had loft it at my seat; I pointed out to

them which seat it was; I identified myself and said that, if they had any

doubt, they should call any Protocol officer to verify my statements.

5- Neither of these two persons had at least the elementary courtesy to check

with the Protocol officers concerning my right to occupy my seat. The Permanent

Representative of Barbados, Ambassador Jackrnan, who was with me, also tried to

persuade the two guards to allow rue to enter the Hall. I told him that the

Representative of the- Republic of Paraguay could not accept that he should need

the assistance of the Reoresentatlve of another State in o^der to exercise his

rig.

His Excellency U ThantSecretary-General of the United NationsNew York

6. Consequently; I left the scene. I tried to tele^'ione Protocol, 'but

there- was no reply to thr- calls to their ofL'ice-3.

7. Later, PS ny wife \T-:.S alone in the He. .11 'uniting :ny return, I considered

it essential to inform her of the reasons for iny absence. I made another

attempt to enter the reserved section, this time successfully, as I had no

difficulty whatever in reaching my seat through the east entrance to the

Assembly Hall. By then, however, some time had elapsed since trie beginning

of the second part of the concert.

0. However, the annoying incident had not left me in the proper mood to

participate in the celebration of United Nations Day, and I decided to leave

the Hall. I did so. On my way out, I met the Chief of Protocol and informed

him briefly of what had occurred; I protested against the affront done to me

by the two aforementioned members of the Security Service; I told him that I

was not prepared to overlook it and that, in my view, the incident should be

brought to the attention of the Secretary-General of the United Nations himself.

That is what I am doing through this note.

9. I must point out, in the first place, that at the present time I an serving

in three representative capacities: I am the Permanent Representative of the

Republic of Paraguay to the United Nations; I am the Representative of the

Republic of Paraguay in the Security Council of the United Nations; and I am

Acting Chairman of the Delecation of the Republic of Paraguay to the

twenty-fourth regular session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

10. I do not think that niy case involves a person who is unknown in the

United Nations, since I have had the honour bo serve as a Vice-President of

the General Assembly on behalf of my country and to preside a.t plenary meetings,

and as recently as June 1969 I was President of the Security Council.

11. I am not confining myself, Sir, to protesting most vehemently against the

treatment accorded to me. Such a protest, however forceful, would be

insufficient.

12. I wish to know whether it is essential for the performance of the duties

entrusted to me by my Government, or for the exercise of rights inherent in

the representative capacity which I exercise, to be in possession at all times -

I repeat, at all times - either of the pass which is issued annually by Protocol

or, as in today's case, of a mere invitation card. I also wish to know whether

this performance of duties or this exercise of rights can be subject to the

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interpretation or goodwill of subordinate personnel of the Orcanization.

In view of what h?s occurred - and it ly nc t the first time, althouch I

hope it will be the last - these questions require answers.

13. You, Sir, know very well f--o;,i lonc personal acquaintance the hirh

decree of co-operation vhich I havo alwayr: shc'./n, and hope to continue to

show, in the 'performance of n.y duties. However, I do not think that anyone is

immune to the possibility of finding by ehanco, at one Li:.i<: en- another, that

he is not in possession of or able to chow to subordinate personnel either a

courtesy card or an invitation card.

ih. It is not in any way my intention to seek punishment of the persons

referred to in this note. It certainly is my intention, however, through the

action I am taking, to prevent any future repetition of incidents of the kind

to which I have referred. Just as I hr.ve not the slightest interest in the

former, I have the greatest interest in the latter.

15. I have referred, Sir, to an extremely disagreeable incident and I have

put some questions. I am awaiting the answer.

In the meantime, I take this opportunity to reiterate to you the

assurance of iny highest consideration.

(Sillied) Mif'ucl SOLANO LOPFZ11-

Permanent Representative of Pararjuay

MISION PERMANENTE DEL PARAGUAY ANTE LAS NACIONES UNI DAS

CENTENARIO DE LA EPOPEYA NACIONAL1864-I87O

- 15/69/NU -Hueva York, 24 de octubre de 1969

Sen or Secretario General :

Ctimplo el deter ineludible de llevar a conocimiento de Vuestralencia un incidente oourrido en la tarde del dia de hoy en la sala del Plenario de la Asamblea General, en ocasion de celebrarse en dicho lugar elDfa de las Naciones Unidas.

2. Al firmante de esta nota y a su esposa le fueron asignados los asien_toss reservados numeros J 39 y 40 » respectivamente, qu© ocuparon du

rante la primera parte del concierto a cargo de la Real Orquesta Filajrmo__nica de Londres»

3:» Dttrante el intervalo entre la primera y la segunda partes del cojicierto, mi esposa continu6 ocupando su asiento en tanto qne yQ; me

dirigl por corto iempo al salon conrfSnmente denominado Indonesio, o Wes*Foyer en la terminologla de las Uaciones Unidas •• Antes de reiniciarse elooncierto, intent^ regresar para ocupar mi lugar, por la entrada ocoidental del Plenario* No ore! indispensable tener oonmigo la tarjeta de invitaci6n,ya que Ilia liabla sido esiiibidsi oporttinaniente . ~~

41* Las dos personas vest Idas con ropas civiles que guardaban el accesooccidental a la Secci6n reservada en la cual se hallaba mi asiento

- personas que llevaban insignias con la palabra "Security" - me impidieron el acoeso^ a menos que les ehibiera la tar jeta de invitaci6n* Les maiiifestS que la habla dejado en mi asiento; les indique* cual era este; meidentifiqul y anadf que, si tuvieran alguna duda^ llamaran a alguno de losfuncionarios del Erotocolo a fin de verificar mis a-firmaeiones>

5*- Kinguna de esas dos personas tuvo al menos la cortesla elemental deindagar con los funcionarios del Protocol© mi derecho a ocupar mi

asiemto. El Representante Permanente de Barbados, Embajador Jackman, quiense hallaba conmigo, intento a su vez persuadir a los dos guardas que mepermitieran la entrada a la sala. Le expres£ que el Representante de la Rjepublica del Paraguay no podfa aceptar que para ejercer sus derechos tuvieranecesidad de la asistencia del Eepresentante de otro Estado*

£+ En consecuencia , me retire" del lugar indioado, Intente comunicarmetelefonicamente oon el personal del Protocolo, pero las llamadas a

las oficinas respectivas no tuvieron respuestai*

7. Ma's tarde, en yista de que mi esposa se hallaba sola en la sala aguar_dando mi regreso, consider^ indispensable imformarle de las raaones-

de mi ausencia. Intente nuevamente ingresar en la Secci6n reservada, esta

Su ExcelenciaU fMBT,Secretario General de las Naciones TJnidas.Faeva Tork, Nueva York

- Uo-fca 15/69/OT - Hoja 2 -

vez con exito, ya que por la entrada oriental del Plenario no tuve difi>cultad algtina en llegar a mi asiento* Para entonoes, sin embargo, ya hablatuanseurrido cierto tiempo^ desde la iniciaci6n de la gegunda parte del concierto*

8* Sin embargo, el enojoso incidente me habia privado ya del esplr±tuadecuado para participar en la celebraci6n del Dia de las Haciones

nhidas y decidi retirarme de la sala* Asf lo hice* En mi camino de salidaencontre" al Jefe de Protocol©? a quien brevemente le informe" de lo que habfaocurridoj protest^ contra la afrenta que me habian inferido los dog miembrosaludidos del Servioio de Seguridad; le manifesto" que no estaba dispuesto apasarlo por alto y anadf que consideraba que el incidente debla ser llevadoa conocimiento del propio Secretario General de las Naciones Uhidas, Es loque hago mediante esta nota*

9* DebO' recordaB-, en primer termino, que en el momento actual conottrrenen mi persona tres calidadas representatiyas : Soy el Repreeentante

Permanente de la Sepublica del Paraguay a4te las Kaoiones Unidas; soy elRepresentante de la Repuiblica del Paraguay en el Consejo de Seguridad delas Kaciones TJnidas y soy el Presidente ad interin de la Delegacion de laRepublica del Paraguay al vige'simo-cuarto perlodo ordinario de sesionest dela Asamblea General de la s Haeiones tfeidfe-s*.

10, Ho creo que en mi casose trate de una persona desconocida en las Haciones Unidas, ya que he tenido el honor el ejercer la Yice-Presiden

cia de la Asamblea General en nombre de mi pals; de presidir sesiones delPlenario j y,tan recientemente como en el mesde Junio de 19 9» la Presiderrcia del Con3©jo de Segmridad, ha sido ejercida por mi*.

111. Ho me limito, sen or SeoEetaTio General, a protestar de la manera masvehemente contra el tratamiento de que he sido objeto» Una protestfa

de este tipo, por enlrgica que fuera, ser£a insraficiente*

Il2«. Deseo saber si es indispensable para el desenreprfo) de las funcionesque mi Gobierno me ha confiado, o para el ejeroicio de derechos inherent

tea a la caliidad representativa que ejexso, estai munido an todo tiempob — re_pito, en todo tiempo - ya sea del pase que anualment© entrega el Protocolso, como 6E el caso de hoy , de una simple tarjeta de invitaci6n. Deseo sabertambie"n si ese cumplimiento de funciones on ese ejercieio de derechsss puedequedar librado a la interpretacio*n o a la buena voluntad de persoiial subal,terno de la organizacion* En vista de lo oourrido - y no es la primera vezaunque espero que sea la ultima - estas preguntas requieren respues-fras*

13» El Senor Secretario General sabe muy bien,. por un largo comocimientopersonal, el alto grado de cooperaci6n que siempre he demostrado y

espero segulr demostrandojen el cumplimiento de mis funciones* Pero no creoque nadie est5 inmune a la posibilidad de que en un momento dado y por circunstancias fortuitas no este" en posesion y en condiciones de eihibir alpersonal subalterno ya sea una ferjeta de cortesfa o una de invitacidn.-

14. BTo me anima ningun prop6sito de busoar la aplicacion de sanciones alas personas a que aludo en esta nota. Sf, en. mbio,, me propong©

- Uota - Hoja 3 -

con la accidn que tomo, evitar la repetiei6n en el future de incidences seme,jante K-J al que he relatado. Asi como no tengo el menor inheres elj lo•tengo el m&ximo en lo

15:» He he referido, senor Secretario General, a un incidente sumamente dej3_agradable y he formulado preguntss. "Quedo aguardando la respuesta*

Entre tan to, me valgo de la oportunidajtario General las seguridades de mi consid

para reitera:mas

senoj

Repre sentanteSOLANO LOIEZ

Perraanente del

PERMANENT MISSION OF ICELAND


December 16, 1969

Dear Mr. Secretary-General,

Indeed I wish to thank you very much for your

thoughtfulness in sending me your kind letter of 6

November 19&9* wishing me a speedy recovery.

I am pleased to tell you that I have now regained

my health and fully expect to resume my duties at the

beginning of next year.

Again with many thanks for your good wishes, I

remain j/pM^ fcfrswf f^^~

Yours

// Jiannes Kja^ftansson

/

His ExcellencyU ThantSecretary-GeneralUnited Nations, N.Y.

6 Ssvesifcer 1969

dear Ambassador

so distressed to hear of your Decentillness but I am glad to knew that you are BOWcojivEtlescing. I ould lik@ to wisii you a speedyand complete recovery ith restQra,tloa to cormal

li as soost as possible.

With renewed gooi wishes,

Yours

JSis Sscceiieacy HP*atratsgjaiaâi'y aad

Beiafeseaffcatlve of loelaM to theUnited Ifetioiss

a.;* 10917ce - Mr. Lendeux

tetters to the Editor, of 'Tl 1969Naming Deputy Mayor

;.To the Editor:It is important to examine

the specifics of Henry Cohen'spietistic letter [Dec. 15] criti-cizing Eugene Calender's pro-posal for a black or PuertoRicau Deputy Mayor.

;.: Mr. Cohen writes that In the"next few years" a black or.Puerto Rican Executive Deputy

• Mayor will probably be ap-pointed. He adds that the ap-pointment should be based on"the qualifications and the ex-perience and because he enjoysa confidential relationship with

•• the Mayor. He should be no-body's special conduit"

\ What is one to make of all'. this? While others are predict--. ing the election-of blacks and. Puerto Ricans to citywide and

statewide and even nationaloffice, Mr. Cohea is adventur-

,' ously foreseeing the appoint-ment of an Executive Deputy

,. Mayor.Certainly he is too politically

sophisticated to suggest, at this' late date, -that no black or.•Puerto Rican has the "qualifi-cations and experience" to be

': appointed now. So we are left•with the last two criteria as

"the reason why the appoint-ment must wait .a "few years.".Blocked Minorities

The Executive Deputy Mayor;•;. should enjoy a "confidential re-

lationship with the Mayor. He'.' should be nobody's special con-

duit." In a sense Henry Cohenis owed thanks for bringinginto the open the latest gamethat is being run, now that thequalifications gambit sometimesdoes not work, to block theappointment of blacks and the

;-Spanish-speaking minorities to'-•important public or private of-; fice, i.e., that the blacks and

the Spanish-speaking, can't be,: 'trusted to put loyalty to the

.executive, the party, the com-pany above the interests of

;..race or .minority group./. By implication Mr. Cohen

raises a more difficult and; pragmatic question about the

proposal than he does express-ly. Is there point to having ablack or Puerto Rican DeputyMayor when, since he is un-likely to be trusted, he is un-likely to -be given significantpower or ready access to the

. Mayor?In the end Henry Cohen may

be right, but for the wrongreasons. In the next, few yearsa black or Puerto Rican Execu-tive Deputy Mayor will be ap-pointed, but it will probably bebecause a black or Puerto RicanMayor will have been elected.Predictably such a" Mayor willbe found qualified, experiencedand trustworthy by 40 per cent

of the electorate. When thathappens Mr. Cohen and othersupporters of good governrhentwill conclude that the time has,come for an end to minoritymayors. LISLE C. CARTER JR.

' Ithaca, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1969.The writer was formerly Assist-ant Secretary of the Depart-ment of Health, Education andWelfare and a vice president- ofthe Urban Coalition.

• . ® • . . •Great University

To the Editor:It is reported in The Times of'

Dec. 16 that the Urban Center,an institution set up at Colum-bia University under a FordFoundation grarit, has decriedthe fact that Columbia "is a

•long way from achieving the..ethnically inclusive student body -.that is the hallmark of a great,university." -" ; • 'V

With'all due respect for the'.Urban Center,: it should bepointed out that some peoplestill hold the old-fashioned viewthat the hallmarks of a great1

university are good students^good teachers and an atmos-

• phere conducive to learning. •"' JL HERMANN'

lew York, Dec. 19, 1969

U.N.'s AchievementsTo the Editor: • ' .",

I must take exception, to thepessimistic evaluation in youreditorial of Dec. 19, "FadingHope at Turtle Bay."

It strikes me as unwarrantedto state that, aside from a-miJdresolution calling for sternermeasures against hijackers, oneof the most notable' achieve-

. ments of "the last session wasto approve. plans for thetwenty-fifth anniversary.

This is a rather unsatisfac-tory rendering of the proceed-ings in a session marked by anextremely constructive andimaginative debate on the. ques-

.tion of. the -strengthening of

international security and onthe whole range of disarma-ment and arms control and bythe adoption of several resolu-tions of far-reaching impor-tance defending the rights5 andfurthering the aspirations ofmedium and small states.

I refer specifically to theresolution requesting a freezeIn the activities of explorationand exploitation of the sea-bedand ocean floor, until an effec-tive international regime is get

. up, and. the appeal to the super-powers" for a moratorium on,further testing of strategicnuclear weapons,. pending theresults of the Helsinki talks.

Mention, could likewise bemade of- the declaration onchemical .and bacteriological

,;.warfare.-•.Political Realities x

., .The whole '-implication of•• your, editorial and .qf some news'items published in The Timesin recent weeks was, however,.that the General Assembly wasdoomed to failure, because of

• "a rebellion of smaller states"that pushed through unrealisticand possibly irresponsible reso-lutions completely detached

i'/from political .• realities in this• age of superpowers.

• . The •argument' 'has 'been ad-.duced that resolutions of a

'.; major 'scope should ' not be.carried by "majorities," how-.ever comfortable they may be.

. but by consensus or unanimity,• 'which would of necessity in-

clude, the vote or imply the, agreement of the major powers.-We cannot unfortunately sub-scribe to, this view.

Contrary to your evaluation, -•the twenty-fourth General As-.sembly may well be considered

'''as a turning-point in the life. of the organization, a moment•when the .nations convened at

• Turtle Bay did speak up.. JOAO AUGOSTO DE ARAUJO CASTRO

' Permanent Representativeof Brazil to the U.N.

'• New York, Dec. 22, 1969

Sellout ~To the Editor:

The well-orchestrated unveil-5ng of State Department plansfor the Middle Ea.st which bar-gain away all negotiating card?of Israel and the disclosure ofstrong behihd-the-sOTne pres-sures by oil-cum-banking inter*ests, make one wonder.

Mr. Nasser, for one, will beencouraged in the belief that,with such influential friends,there is hardly need for the ex-pense, and loss of face, offormal diplomatic relationswith Washington. The Israelismay ponder on an old adage:who needs enemies when one'sfriends can help as effectively?' With the stage apparentlyset for a repeat performance

.of the 1956 sellout, your Dec.11 editorial blessing of Mr.Rogers's speech earlier thismonth may turn out to havebeen ti bit premature.

BRUNO FOANew York, Dec. 22, 1959

®

• Gains in LossTo the Editor.. Those who fee! so passionatefor hysterical) about the im-portance.of achieving a signif-icant . or token victory inVietnam might dp well, to re-flect on what the'United Stateswould be like today, if theBritish had insisted on defeat-ing the Colonial revolutionistsin 1776.'

The British did not pour end-less resources into a lost cause.Rather, since they had otherpressing matters around theworld -to attend, they weighedthe limits of their resources.

In our time, nearly all themajor powers have survivedhurt pride—both from battlesand possessions lost. lean thinkof two who could not face

.defeat—Napoleo'n and Hitler.DANA K. MOORING

New York, Dec. !3. 1969

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A cause fie BJOS a&ee&ee j>rolong$s Sa Siege, je regretted* accuser reception si tarîvement de votre lettre 3u§7 dece3abr& 1969 par Ja<pelle vous vcnaliess Men me fair®©avoir q«*appal0 a d*autres fonetions> roas eesseriezj aStt 39 a^cesibre 19 9* «te rsafigllr ôts^ Eiissioa en gualitd

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aiiaalsles <|u@ voue aves bien 'BSulu is'atoasssr ainsi qu'ames eoil^bo3ratears« Qa'il me eoit permis a aoa tour die vousexpi»liasi?1 aa tres vive gratlta(Se sur 1* assistance et laCollaboration j^j© voa©*sjeffi© m*avea toajours apportees dsus laponrsaita des id<laux <Je Is Sfeafte.

Jfe voiis pide d'agrêr, âasieur I'^Bibassaa^Tar, l*a,ssurance-Se ma tres haute consideration.

Ibaat

Gonstsaatfax tons soia© &e la Mssioa

• : ' d e l a! . deeKations

PERMANENT MISSION

OF THE MONGOLIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC


6 EAST 77TH STREETNEW YORK, N. Y. IOO2I

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February 13,1970

Dear Mr.Secretary-General,

During our conversation which. I had the

honour to have with you the other day I took much

pleasure in saying that I would "be in Geneva by

18 February,1970 i.e, the day on which you are going

to address the Conference of the Committee on

Disarmament.

But now I regret very much to inform you

that I have to postpone my departure to Geneva for

several days for unforeseen circumstances.

I am really sorry that I shall have to

miss the rare chance to listen to you.

While saying this may I wish you

happiest journey.

M.DugersurenAmbassador

Permanent Representative

H.E.U ThantSecretary-GeneralUnited Nations,

N E W Y O R K

CW/at

ferek 19T®

dear

jroa for yotsr vesy kind Istter of 2?I, too, am v»ry sorry tfest joa. will be leavingbut I a& glad to komr tiiat you vlll be |>o6te€ toas St^t- Coiamlssioaes* tiftfe tbe possibility ofas Australiaa ABS«assMor to Hepal*

I aeriie tSiat yoar gaeeessor as ffenaaaentto the 0olte<3 Hations will fee Sir laureaee Mclatyre, C,B,K,,at pjreEeat Bepit;? Seeretarj of tfee le^srttaeat of IbcfcewmlAffairs, Cafibeifjî* I recall haviag set Sir Xtatireoce onmore t&aa oae oceasioa âs-iag General IssfensJly sessions*

to c^sfir® tlie iatitati<m to Imelnsati cmBarefe. I am weay glasi that yom «ill fisS it

possible t» ôin 83® OH t&st day* IMs will give me saidsouse of yo«r f'rlm&& both in trie Secretartataa opportnaity to sa^1 farewell sad also to îsh you soceeesia

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York,

ce - Mr. HarasimhanMr. KorieMr. Lemieux

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AUSTRAL IAN MISSION


11EW YORK

2?th February, 1970.

My dear Secretary-General,

At our raeetirir on Monday, 9th February, 1970, Imentioned to you ihe plnns of the Australian Government forchanges in overseas apnoint ents which involved -^y impendingre-post'l ng from New York.

It is with mixed feelings that I now have toconfirm this information. I hnve been informed that theGovernment of India has given its agrenent to my appointmentas High Commissioner for Australia in India. An announcementto this effect will be riade in Canberra on 1st March. !

I should let you know confidentially at this stagethat a/rre'ment is being sought to my acceptance as AustralianAmbassador to Nepal.

The Australian Government has announced that myreplacement as Australian Permanent Representative to theUnited Nations will be Sir Laurence Mclntyre, C.B.E., whois at present 'Deputy Secretary of the Department of ExternalAf f a irs , Canbe r ra .

Our travel arrangements have not been completed,but my wife and I expect to leave flew York probably on 7thApril, and ny successor should arrive here shortly -thereafter.

I understand from Mr. Sinan Korle, Chief of Protocol,

I that you have been gracious enough to offer to entertain me atlunch on Tuesday, 24th March. I greatly appreciate this gestureand look forward to being with you on that occasion.

Yours sincerely,


Hia Excellency U Thant,Secretary-General,United Nations,NEW YORK. N.Y.

CVN/CC

cc: Mr. NarasimhanMr. Lemieux

26 March 1970

My dear Ambassadort

Thank you for your kind letter of 25 March informingtne of your travel plans. I would like to take thisopportunity to express to you ay sincere appreciation foryour courtesy and consideration to me and to wy colleaguesin the Secretariat over the past five years. I hope thatthe same cordial relationship will continue under yoursuccessor, Sir Laurence Hclntyre.

X also send you my best wishes for the success of yourwork as the High Commissioner of your country in India andconcurrently ae Ambassador to Nepal*

With beat wishes to you end Mra» Shaw,

Yours sincerely.

U Ithant

His ExcellencyMr. Patrick Shaw» G.B.E.Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryPermanent Representative of Australiato the United Nations

750 Third Avenue* 22nd FloorNew York, N.Y. 1001?

AUSTRALIAN MISSION


NEW YORK

25th March, 1970.

My dear Secretary-General,

This is to thank you very much indeed for yourkind hospitality at lunch yesterday and for the wordswhich y-u felt able to say about myself. It was a pleasantfunction but of course so far as. I was concerned withelements of sadness.

Accompanied by my wife I propose to leave New Yorkon Tuesday, 7th April, en route to New Delhi to take up mynew position as Australian High Commissioner in India andAustralian Ambassador to Nepal.

My successor as Australian Permanent Representativeto the United Nations, Sir Laurence Mclntyre, now DeputySecretary of the Department of External Affairs, Canberra,will arrive in New York on 29th April. In the interim periodMr. Kenneth Rogers, Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative,will be in charge of the Australian Mission.

Once again may I express my appreciation of youradvice and friendship over the past five years. You have neverfailed to see me when I sought an interview and I have benefitedgreatly from your friendly counsel.

With very best wishes,

Yours sincerely,


His Excellency U Thant,| Secretary-General,

•j United Nations,NEW YORK. N.Y.

15 April 1970

NOTE TO: Mr. C.V. NarasimhanChef de Cabinet

FROM: Sinan A.Chief of Protocol

His Excellency Dr. S.T. Msindazwe Sukati, PermanentRepresentative of the Kingdom of Swaziland to the UnitedNations, telephoned me this morning from Washington to informme that his tenure of office is coming to an end. TheAmbassador will be in New York on Friday, April 17, and wouldlike to call on the Secretary-General for a few minutes to payhis respects and bid him farewell, if the schedule of theSecretary-General permits.

I would be grateful to have your instructions concerningthis matter.

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Date: 19. VI. 70 FROM:J. Rolz-BennettDE:

JRB/br

12 <fcms 1970

Dear Mbassador Maiirtua,»I have lamest 'wltij sadness about your Illness

and that of Mrs. Slatirtias. Please accept agr bestlidshes for a prompi and complete reeove^ for youboth* 1 looic forwsixi to seeing you back soon in yourpost as Penaaaent f ©presehtistive' of Peru to the

With best persoaslTours

U

Mis33r. Mamiel F^LixAs&assactor E^feraordiaary andPennanefcrt; Eegpreseatative of Peru

to the 0sited Jfetioas301 lk*st 47fch Street, Hoom 16-A

Sork, i.Y. 1001?

TO:


INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

The Secretary-General

N A T I O N S U N I E S

MEMORANDUM 1NTERIEUR

DATE.- June 12. 1970

THROUGH:S/C DE:

REFERENCE:

o"t?M:

SUBJECT:

Sinan A.Chief of Protocol

Departure of His Excellency The Permanent Representative of Peru

As per your instructions, Mr. Y. Zibanov, Assistant Chiefof Protocol, accompanied by Miss T. Oc6n-Sol6rzano, LiaisonOfficer for Latin American countries, went to the Airport tobid farewell to His Excellency the Permanent Representative ofPeru and Mrs. Maurtua.

Mr. Zibanov presented your message, as well as Mr. Rolz-Bennett's to the Ambassador who asked him to convey to youhis thanks and gratitude. Also, he mentioned that he wasleaving New York carrying with him the happiest memoriesabout the United Nations and the personality of the Secretary-General.

NEW YORK TIMES, Sunday, 23 June 1970

"s, l/./v. uetegateIs Removed'by Tories

Special to The New York TJmes

UNITED NATIONS, N Y,June 27—The Conservativeparty's victory in the Britishelections has cost the UnitedNations one 6f its most re-spected delegates, Lord Cara-don

After a quick visit to Lon-don fojf the, June 18 elections,L'6rd YcSraddn"Wu'rnl'd thisweek to say his farewells Hehad been serving as a politi-cal appointee and a lyiinisterof Sj:ate/m the defeated. LaborGoyerjurien^ _^ Sis ^ successorhas notj been'announce'd i

He became chief BfitisHdelegate to theftJmtedi,Na^tions on Nov-f 13,*nlg64,< after,the»Labor pgntish

NNNN rNOR 010 'EPD2442252 JCARADONS

(275)LONDON, JULY 4, (REUTERS)--LORD_CARADQNs FOR SIX YEARS

BRITAIN'S AMBASSADOR TO THE UNltTFlTATTt^r SAID TONIGHTTHERE cgtO BE NO PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST WITHOUT THEWITHDRAWAL OF ISRAELI TROOPS FROM ARAB TERRITORY.

WRITING IN THE EARLY EDITION OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NEWSPAPE4,CARADON SAID THE ESSENCE OF A SETTLEMENT WAS THE CONCEPTION OFA WITHDRAWAL TO PEACE, , ."NOT TO THE UNEASY TRUCE OF THE PAST20 YEARS, BUT A WITHDRAWAL TO PERMANENT PEACE."

HE ADDED, "THERE CAN BE NO PEACE IWTHOUT WITHDRAWALAND THERE CAN BE NO WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT PEACE."

CARADON, NOTING THAT NEITHER THE ISRAELI. NORARAB GOVERNMENTS HAVE SHOWN ANY READINESS TO ABANDON THEIRENTRENCHED POSITIONS, SAID THAT BOTH THE UNITED STATES ANDTHE SOVIET UNION RECENTLY HAVE SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF HOPE,

"THE RUSSIANS ARE MORE READY TO SAY WHAT THEY MEAN BYPEACE. , ,THE AMERICANS ARE MORE READY TO URGE THE NEED FORWITHDRAWAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOVEMBER (U .N. )RESOLUTION," HE SAID.

HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT PEACE WOULD EVENTUALLY COME TO THE REGION,"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT A SETTLEMENT WILL ONE DAY BE REACHED

IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ( U . N . ) PRINCIPLES. . .N O DOUBT A T ALL. . . .

"ONLY ONE QUESTION REMAINS, THE QUESTION WHETHER THESETTLEMENT CAN BE ACHIEVED IN PEACE OR WHETHER IT WILL BEREACHED ONLY AFTER TERRIBLE BLOODSHED AND GHASTLY SUFFERINGOF COUNTLESS INNOCENT PEOPLE.

"IN THE END THE RESULT WILL BE THE SAME," JE ADDED.REUTERS A/V WR/EHC

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Dear Mr. Secretary-General,

I enclose a copy of a new White Paper

on Canada's foreign policy which has just been tabled

in the House of Commons in Ottawa. It includes a

separate section on Canadian policy towards the United

Nations.

Yours sincerely,

JYvon BeaulneAmbassador and

Permanent Representative.

His ExcellencyU Thant,Secretary-General of the United Nations,

NEW YORK.

UNITED KINGDOM MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS

845 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y.

Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the

United Nations

No. 44

News Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office made thefollowing announcement today at 7 a.m. (EDT)„

"The Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, with the approvalof the Prime Minister, has appointed Sir Colin Crowe, K.C.M.G.,at present British High Commissioner at Ottawa, to be UnitedKingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations andUnited Kingdom representative on the Security Council, insuccession to Lord Caradon."

Sir Colin Crowe was born in 1913. He was educated at StoweSchool and Oriel College, Oxford and has been a member of the BritishDiplomatic Service since 1935.

On joining the British Foreign Service in 1935 Sir Colin wasappointed H.M. Vice-Consul in Peking (1935-38) and then in Shanghai(1938-40). During World War II he served in the British Embassy inWashington and after a period of service in the Foreign Office he wasappointed to the Permanent United Kingdom Delegation to theOrganisation for European Economic Co-operation<>

In 1949 Sir Colin became First Secretary and Head of Chanceryin the British Legation in Tel Aviv and from 1950-53 held a similarappointment in the British Embassy in Peking, thereafter becomingHead of the Far Eastern Department of the Foreign Office (1953-56).

In 1959 Sir Colin was appointed Head of the British PropertyCommission in Cairo, then from 1959 to 1961 Head of the BritishDiplomatic Mission in Cairo.

Sir Colin became Deputy Permanent Representative of the UnitedKingdom Mission to the United Nations in 1961, a position which heheld until 1963 when he was appointed H.M. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.From 1965 until his appointment as H.M. High Commissioner in Ottawa in1968 Sir Colin was Chief of Administration of H.M. Diplomatic Service.

Sir Colin was appointed a Commander of the Order of St. Michaeland St. George in 1956 and a Knight Commander of that Order in 1963.He attended the Imperial Defence College in 1957 and in 1964 was aSupernumerary Fellow of St. Anthony's College, Oxford.

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16 July, 1970


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- . ' Press Release SG/SM/131510 August 1970

MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, U THANT. ON DEATH OF

TEWFIK BOUATTOURA, FORMER REPRESENTATIVE OF ALGERIA

Following is the text of a message sent on 7 August by the Secretary-

General, U Thant, to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Abdelaziz

Bouteflika, on the death on 5 August of Tewfik Bouattoura, Permanent

Representative of Algeria 'to the United Nations from 196 to-1969:

Original in French ' •

J'ai ete profondemerit peine d'apprendre le deces de son Excellence

Monsieur Bouattoura, Pendant qu'il exercait les fonctions de Representarit

Permanent aupres de 1'Organisation des Nations Unies, il a servi son pays

avec une grande distinction et s'est fait de norabreux amis. Je le connaissais

bien et sa disparition apres une si longue maladie m'afflige d'autant plusi

personnellement.

Veuillez accepter et transmettre au Gouvernement alge"rien ainsi qu'aux

membres de la famille du disparji mes plus sinceres condoleances.

Translation into English

I was deeply grieved to learn of the passing of His Excellency Ambassador /.

Bouattoura. During his tenure as Permatnent Representative to the United

Nations he represented his country with great distinction and made many

friends. I knew him well and I feel a sense of personal loss on his decease

after his long illness..•',,.' - Please accept, and convey to your Government and members of the bereaved ,

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family, my deepest sympathy. . ' » , .,,'f-

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NEW YORK TIMES, Friday, 7 Augast 1970

Former Mg&ridn Envoy toU.N.ALGIERS,., Algeria, Aug. 6j

(Reuters)—Tewfik Bouattoura, jformer Algerian Ambassador tothe United Nations, .died last1

night after spending ,19 months iin a coma, the Algerian -'News'Agency reported today. 'He was:34 years old. ' .' " i

Led Economic Council. Mr. Bouattoura had been in-1

jured in a Caribbean beachaccident during his. honeymoonhi January of 1969 and -,hadbeen tafcen from Trinidad toNew York University Hospital!several days later, aboard.a jetdispatched by the United StatesGovernment. He remainedthere for two .months,. , -.

. According to associates, Mr.Bouattoura had:.been , walking,in the surf when .he. was.-struckbv a wave aad. lost his footing.The ingestion of .salt water wasbelieved to have brought onshock symptoms.

Mr. Bouattourk became: headof the Algerian • delegation in1964 and was elected presidentof the' Economic and SocialCouncil a year and a half later.

While;at^.the United Nations,'he was active in various privateefforts to jbring about Vietnampeace negotiations. ..Algeria isone -of -the i few • countriesl"inwhich, high-level delegationsare ..maintained '.by .-Peking,Hanoi ..and. the National Libera-tion Front, the Vietcorig politi-cal wing. ; '-• . ' • , ' "

As a result, U Thant, theSecretary, General^ on-several;occasions'turned' to Mr.;: Bouat-toura to, get word to the threeparties; which have n6' dire'ctUnited-Nations' tie'si'i; .':; -^ .''Soon after his arrival here aschief, delegate,1 a United Nartions diplomat who was recall-

isuezf^risjsl^ked^^'jijbjjaiilnnVmoS2Si<TOriff^S;«!Mj^ |-iiteaâ

several and

• George RbwenTewfik Bouattoura

shot back: "I was carryinggun." ; '....'.The young .' diplomat • wa

proud .of his role in the Algerianstruggle for.independence fromFrance..,.He;:'s,erved as. an arrnjoffic.er "aiid later in' a series ckey" p.osts for. the provision;government- ?tha't operated ia kind•• of-*government;in exil.until independence: :came1962. He.' also seryed for, twyears as director of. politicaaffairs /in the foreign ministr

" was" ambassador to GhanaMir. Bouattoura once sai

that he thrived .on the atmqspherp Of tension and turttib'lAfter returning, :to tlie.-UniteiNations - from a vacation onquiet island, .he' confided oncethat he had not had a gootime. ;:...:'.;:,:• • • . , • ' : ; . . '

YORK TIMES, Thursday, 2? August 1970

' FOR KOREAN'S LIFE.Speclal.to The Ntw YorJc Ttinw

/SEOUL, South'Korea, Aug.26-*—Lord Caradon, the formerBritish representative at ;theUnited Nations, arrived here,from London today to try' tbjsave a South Korean graduate!of Cambridge University who [has been sentenced to death oncharges of having spied forNorth Korea.

Lord Caradon is scheduled tomeet Foreign Minister ChoiKyu Hah tomorrow to plead for

-the life of Dr. Pak No Su, 36years old, whb spent a year atHarvard University before go-ing to .Cambridge in 1961.

Dr. Pak, who also studied atTokyo University in Japan, wasarrested shortly after he re-turned from London to seek aposition in the South KoreanGovernment in February, last

; year.'.' > ' , • • .He was accused of having

been the ^leader' since 1964 ofart 18-member espionage ringfor North Korea based in Brit-ain and Japan and of havingvisited Pyongyang, the NorthKorean capital, and East Berlinto receive money and instruc-

, tions for his operation.The Seoul district and'appeals

courts both .found- him guiltyand sentenced him to .behanged. The sentence was con-firmed by the Supreme Court^

MISSI4JN OF

TO THE 1UNITEIS NATION

New York, September 8, 1970.

Sir,

I have the honour to inform you that, having been assignedto other duties, I shall on 9 September, 1970, relinquishmy post as Permanent Representative of Sweden to the UnitedNations, and that Mr. Olof Rydbeck, Director-General of theSwedish Broadcasting Corporation, Stockholm, has been ap-pointed to succeed me.

May I avail myself of this opportunity to express my deepappreciation of the invaluable assistance I and this Missionhave always received from you, Sir, and from the members ofyour staff, whose unfailing courtesy and helpfulness havemade work here both pleasant and rewarding.

In expressing my sincere wish for the success of the workof the United Nations and your own endeavours in the causeof peace and true cooperation between the peoples of theworld, I am, Sir, with the highest consideration,

Y/ouiS obedient servant,

Sverker AstromAmbassador, Permanent Representativeof Sweden to the United Nations

U ThantSecretary-General of the Bruited Nations

NEW YORK

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cc: Mr. Lemieux*CCNFIBEKTIAL

11 September 1970

Hear Carl,

Thaak you for your confidential letter So. D-2000/Ho.ll52dated 27 August regarding Mr. Wilfred de Souza. As youare aware, the Secretary-General has agreed to receive himfor the presentation of his credentials on 18 September asproposed. I have also shown the Secretary-Genera! yourletter to me, so that he is aware of Mr. de Souza1sbackground*

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

G.V- NarasiahaiiChef de Cabinet

Mr. C. Major WrightBesident EepresentativeUnited Nations DevelopmentCotonouDahomey

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Last night, Mr. Wilfred de Souza asked me to make a request'to the Chef de Cabinet of -the Secretary General, to fixe a date onwhich he, Mr. de Souza, might present' his credentials. He proposedli1 rid ay the 18th of September or Monday the 21st in case the Tomerdate is not TTolr ciri'enTTT Tmve sent a telegram to this effect toNow York.

With the poxich which was mailed yesterday, I sent you a shortaccount of the nomination of Mr. de Souza as Permanent Representativedesignate to the United Nations, and Ambassador designate to theUnited States. This account was hastily written because of the largenumber of other letters that had to be prepared for the same pouch,I also included a curriculum vitae for which Mr» de Souza intendsto substitute a larger and more complete version* In this circumstance[ like now to ,ruve you a more complete version of my letter*

With the nomination of Mr. de Souza to occupy ther.e two posts,here can ne little doubt that the Government has chosen the bestiorse in the stable, not only on account of his technical qualifications,jut also on account of'his integrity0

Mr. do Souza was born in 1935, in Ouidah, the old port city/hi h vras for centuries a commercial centre of West Africa. AmongJie foreign families who settled the-re was the Brazilian family,ie l-iouza, which not only gained an important place in (Juidah itself,ait in the hinterland.

I have been told that Mr. Georpy who was French Ambassador inaiiomey for more than five years, and an outstanding historian, hadhe intention to write the hifetory of Dahomey The book is completed,ut for p;ood reasons it txirned out to be a history of the de Souza-anily. Unfortunately it will not be available for some time to comeecause of its caracter of a personal history. Mr. Georgy would not

: i.ke to see it published before he leaves the foreign service.

With regards to Mr. de Souzia himself, you would see that hehas complete classical French trainiiig, and that he entered theforeign service as soon as Dahomey became independent.He has servedas !2nd Councellor in tiie Dahomean Embassy in uonn, at the time whenthis embassy v/as responsible for the EEC. During this period heacquired a complete knowledge of the German language and doveloppedexceptionally good contacts in thn German Federal Republic. Mrs. deSouza is German born. His next post was that of 1st Councellor inthe Dahomean Embassy in Paris, at the age of less than 1)0 years; andas Charge d'Affaires he was freeq lently responsible for this important.!•'. ibassy. Since the 1st of March 1)09, he has been the Secretary Generalo the foreign Oi'fice*

During this period I have ha1! ample opportunities to see himc- fry out his duties under the ra idly changing regimes. He not onlyc: itribated to formulate the genej il line of the Dahomean i'oreign

( P( Licy, but saw to it, in a most . imarkable way, that this line wasa'j Lowed to prevail under -the dii'f i *ent regimes.

lie has seen to it that Dahoim ',at each juncture,was placed in sucha >osition, that it would enjoy t! •• gratest possible bargaining powerii. its relationship v/ith other cot itrics. An example of this is Dahomey'spolicy towards Nigeria,described 3 i my letter of the 25th of this monthtc :.ir. "yer Cohen.

»It is largly the results of 1 is efforts to forego any temporary

a vantages which might have been < btained during the civil war inNigeria in favour of a long range good neighbour policy v/ith the FederalGovernment, that Dahomey has reac! c'd the new agreement with thatGovernment, which is believed to 1 ive brought many advantages to thecountry.

It is true that the new Atabar >ador will bo domiciled in Washingtonai 1 not in New York. I do not thine this decision rei'lects an attitudeth t Dahomey considers the United -ations less important today thanir tiie past, but rather an efCort !,o economise on the high cost ofme 'taining an embassy in New Yorko In fact the Dahomean Government ownsti; > Chancellery ;:mcl the Ambassador s li-cuidencc in Washington, whiletl: .• similar premises in New York u ed to be rented.

Although Mr. jfle Souza, in man ways, is very different fromAm .-assndur Pinto, I have reasons t think that his presence in NewYork and Washington may create a p sition for Dahomey similar to theon>- the country had'in the days of Ambassador Pinto.

Mr. do Souza has a complete command of the Spanish laand will he accredited to Mexico and Email, two -factors v;hich willultimately prouve to be very important for the cooperation of theAfrican countries and those of Latin America, in and outside theUnited Nations.

He has also a complete command of the English, language andwill be accredited to Ottawa. This may give him an opportunityto serve as a "trait d'union" between anglophone and francophonenations, in and outside Africa,

f..Co Major Wright,

Resident Representative.

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to thank you Epst sincerely for yoar kind letterof 21 September transmitting' a copy of the Lusaka Declarationon Peace, Independence <, Development, Co-operation andDeffiDCpattsation of International Relations which was adoptedby the TMrd Conferenee of Heads of State or Government ofthe Mon-Allgaed coontries held in Lusaka from S 'to 10September 1970.

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have noted with particular gratification the statement of

sapport of the Halted Nations which it includes.

With warmest' personal regards,

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PERMANENT MISSION OF THEREPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

TO THE UNITED NATIONSISO EAST SS STREET


September 21, 1970.

Excellency,

I have the honour to transmit one copy

of the Lusaka Declaration on Peace, Independence,

Development, Co-operation and Democratization of

International Relations which was adopted by the

Third Conference of Heads of State or Government

of the Non-aligned Countries held in Lusaka, Zambia

from 8th to 10th September, 1970.•

Accept, Your Excellency, the renewed

assurances of my highest esteem.

Vernon J. MwaangaPermanent Representative of Zambiato the United Nations.

His Excellency U Thant,Secretary-General,United Nations ,New York, N .Y.

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PERMANENT MISSION OF BURMA

TO THE UNITED NATIONSNEW YORK

No. f7 /GE 7(a) 28 December 1970,

Excellency, /

I have the honour to Inform Your Excellency that,

having been assigned to other duties by my Government, I shall

be relinquishing my post as Permanent Representative of Burma

to the United Nations on 31st December 1970* Pending the

arrival of my successor, His Excellency U Lwin, Ambassador

Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, U Thaung Lwin, Deputy

Permanent Representative, will be in charge of the Mission

as Charge d1 Affaires a«l«

............ As I take leave of Your Excellency, I wish to

convey to Your Excellency my deep gratitude for, and sincere

appreciation of the courtesy and co-operation which It has been

ray privilege to receive from Your Excellency and all the

officers of the Secretariat during my tenure of office in New

York, and to express my confidence that the same will be

extended to my successor in equal measure*

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my

highest consideration*)

SOE TIN

His Excellency U Thant,Secretary-^General of the United Nations,NEW YORK.

YORK TIMES, Tuesday, 29 December 1970

Diplomat-Says Trucker "1

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*' Tht 51-year-old, 170-poundchief* United.Nations delegate-from Spain complained to thepolice here yesterday that hewas beaten up by a 390-poundtruck driver when he declinedto move his car from a diplo-

, made parking zone on East> 44th Street.| The-oomplainant, Jaime De|~ Pinies, told the police at 1!he

51st Street stationhouse thatwhen he parked In the zonebetween First and SecondAvenues shortly after 9 A.M.,the driver demanded that hemove to .make way for thetruck. When, he refused, Mr.De 'Pinies,',:said, (the7 driverJsnocked him, ;d6wn,; kickedhim and: drove off. ',..,:..•;. The Spaniard gave ittoe po-lice the: truck's licehse> platenumber, and a short Awhilelater they arrested IrvingDavis, 38 years old, .-whodrives for the Falser CartingCompany of the Bronxv Mr.Davis contended that Mr. ;DePiiiies had hurt himself ;whenfell trying to hold upton, that had fallen off,truck vv

%The police gave Mr. Davis

a summons to appear in courtJan. 5 on a charge erf simpleassault.

Associated PressAmbassador Jaime DePiniesafter incident yesterday.;

possible tos ibe treated with':;|what1 is §upposed''3'""

CVN/je cc: Mr. NarasimhanMr. LemieuXf •""

31 &s dicieRibre de 1970

Sefisz* Bribajador,

He j?eeibi&0 su note, Ho. 252 y la eopla adjunta de sucarta al Sspresent&nte Peiroamnte de los Hstados Unldos3?elatiâ al ataq.ua coiastido centra ?d» el 28 de dlciembre porel conductor de tin esaatSn ie reeol^celos de basura. Deseoreltei-arle q.ue me entepil de este inctdente eon profunda pre-oeupaeiâ y gue espero qûa se reeupere VS* pronto de laslesldnes sttfeidaa* !>e e<anuatco qius tsaibl^n he esertto alRei»*ssett%aate S^waaaente fie los Estados Ohidos para espresarleml preoeupselon po? «ete

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TO BE TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH

My dear Mr. Ambassador,

I have received your note No. 222 with which you enclosed

a copy of your letter to the Permanent Representative of the

United States on the subject of the recent attack on you by the

driver of a garbage truck on 2C December. I want to tell you

once again how deeply concerned I was to hear of this incident

and I hope that you will quickly recover from your injuries. I may

add that I am also writing to the Permanent Representative of the

United States expressing my concern over this incident.

With kind regards,

Yours sincerely,

U Thant

"His ExcellencySr. Don Jaime de PiniesAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryPermanent Representative of Spain to the UN820 Second Avenue, 17th FloorNew York, N.Y. 10017

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Numero 222

La Mision Permanente de Espafia en las Naciones Unidasm

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saluda atentamente al Senor Secretario General de las Na-

ciones Unidas y tiene el gusto de remitirle copia de la

Nota que con esta misma fecha se dirige al Embajador Re-

presentante Permanente de los Estados Unidos en las Naciones

Unidas sobre la agresion de que esta manana ha sido victima

el Embajador Jaime de Pinies.

Nueva York, 28 de diciembre de 1970. It

Excmo. U ThantSecretario Generalde las Naciones UnidasNUEVA YORK.

Nueva York, 28 de diciembre de 1970

Numero 227

Excelencia:> •En la mafiana de hoy, dia 28, me dirigi a mi oficina,

en mi coche particular. Al llegar a las nueve y cuarto,

frente al estacionamiento asignado a diploma'ticos en la

acera Norte de la calle 44, entre Primera y Segunda Ave-

nida, observe que un cami6n de recogida de basuras, matrl-

cula 174862, de Nueva York, obstruia la calle por estar

parado en doble fila. Un taxi que se encontraba entre el

citado cami6n y mi coche hizo uso de la senal acustica y

el camion avanzo unos dos metres. Paso el taxi y mi auto-

m6vil, dejandolo estacionado en el sitio reservado para

los Representantes extranjeros acreditados ante las Nacio-

nes Unidas.

Descendio del camion un individuo que pretendio exi-

girme que mi coche abandonara este lugar y lo estacionara

en la otra acera, en sitio prohibido por la Municipalidad.

Le advert! que observara el signo que indica el estaciona-

miento autorizado y le record^ que la ciudad de Nueva York

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no consiente que se estacionen los vehiculos en sitios dis-

tintos de los especificamente asignados para esa finalidad.

Sail de mi coche y en el memento en que cerraba la puer-

ta, el conductor del camion de basuras intento apoderarse de*

la Have. Mantuve fuerte mi mano y en el momento de guardarla

en el bo]Lsillo y sin darme tiempo a incorporarme completamente,

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se abalanz6 sobre mi, derriba'ndome contra la acera. Ya en el

suelo empez6 a descargar toda clase de golpes con las manos

y los pies, pateandome en la cabeza en forma cobarde e inhumana.

No obstante intentar rehacerme, estando derribado, y con los

golpes que recibia, me fue materialmente imposible reaccionar

mas que pidiendo auxilio, reiterando durante doce o quince

veces la palabra "help", sin que la indiferencia ambiente,

en un sector tan proximo a las Naciones Unidas, y por el que

transitaban diversas personas, reaccionara en ningun sentido.

El acompanante del conductor, que pasivamente observaba

la agresion que contra mi se cometia, se llevo finalmente

al conductor del cami6n, quien puso en marcha su vehiculo

y salio en direccion a la Primera Avenida. A pie, ensangren-

tado y herido, me dirigi en busca de un policia, a quien

despue's de andar medio bloque, encontre en la Segunda Avenida.

El Policia en cuesti6n vino al lugar de la agresion, y

Of Om/fyat^Vf dtyjvtfrurftHft" iSfnturm'infa.in*' (MA'/, ,\r • . o)/ • f . - 3 ~

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despues de tomar la matricula y demcis dates, me ofrecio*^

trasladarme en una atnbulancia al Bellvue Hospital. Pre-

gunte si no se disponia de otro lugar distinto y al indi-

carme que solo podia tras^ladarme a aquel hospital, decli-

ne el ofrecimiento. Minutos despues llegaban diversos po-

licias, que me ofrecieron ayuda y a quienes indique que

el agresor deberia ser detenido.

For mis propios medios me traslade a la oficina de mi

medico particular, el Doctor Cc;rballeira, 955 Park Avenue,

quien luego de examinarme, me envio al radiologo, Doctor

Hamilton, 63 Este, 66 Street. Aparte de las magulladuras,

heridas en la cabeza, mejilia, extremidades y espalda, que

seran certificadas por un doctor, no es posible conocer el

diagnostico final.

El Doctor de Pinies, del New York Eyes Enfermery, me

ha hecho un reconocimiento y emitir^ el correspondiente

dictamen.

En diversas ocasiones se han denunciado por la Mision

de Espafla y por otras Misiones agresiones cometidas contra

los diplom^ticos acreditados ante las Naciones Unidas. La

situaci6n en que se encuentra esta comunidad ha sido objeto

de advertencias reiteradas a las Autoridades norteamericanas .

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En la ocasi6n presente sorprende mas que por el lugar, a me-

dio bloque de las Naciones Unidas, por la hofa, la normal de

acudir a las oficinas, puedan producirse en pleno dia este

tipo de agresiones contra ,un Embajador debidamente acreditado.

Ante el Comite de Relaciones del Pals Hue'sped estd explicado

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la falta de" facilidades de que dispone la comunidad diploma -

tica para el desempeflo de su misi6n.

Sorprende aun mas si cabe el que cuando encontrandome

en la clinica del Doctor Carballeira, un detective de la

fuerza de Policia me preguntara por telefono si estaba in-

teresado en que se arrestara al agresor. Me he limitado a

senalar que en mi pals, si se cometiera 'una agresion simi-

lar contra un Embajador no se le preguntaria si deseaba que

su agresor fuera detenido; se actuaria en consecuencia. Es

lamentable que estos hechos y otros que ha denunciado esta

Mision queden inclusive sin respuesta por parte de las Auto-

ridades norteamericanas .

Al comunicar a Vuestra Excelencia cuanto antecede y•j

dado que la Compafiia de recogida de basuras debe conocer el

nombre del conductor del cami6n matrlcula 174862, asi como,

el de su acompanante, la Misi6n de Espafia confia en que las

Autoridades federales aprehenderan al culpable, adopt£ndo las me-

mPERMANENT MISSION or SPAIN

TO TUB UNITMD NATIONS8CO SKCOND AVENUBNisw YOHK 17, N. Y. - 5 -

didas perbinenbea.

Aprovecho esta oporbunidad para reiberar a Vuesbra/

Excelencia el bestimonio de mi imas diabingu'lida consid'Craci6n.

Jaime^q/e Pinies

Embajador HepjWrenbanbe Peraamenbe;de.Espana en las Nacionea Unidas

Excmo. Senor Embajador Kepresenbanbe Permamenbe.de los Esbadoa Unidoa anbe las Naciones Unidaa.HTJEVA YORK. :c

CVW/je cc: Mr. MarasimhanMr. Lemieux ^Protocol

31 December 1970

Sir,

I have received your letter Ho* li87/GE 7(a) dated28 December informing rate that, having been assigned to otherduties by your Government^ you shall be relinquishing yourpost as Permanent Bepresentative of Burma to the UnitedHations on 31st December 1970. I also note that pendingthe arrival of your successor, His Excellency U Lvin,Ambassador Esrferaordinary and Plenipotentiary, U ThaungLvin Beputy Permanent lepreeentative, will be in chargeof the Mission as Charge d* Affaires a.i.

I would like to taHe this opportunity to place inrecord my deep appreciation for all the courtesy andGo-operation extended to me and my colleagues in the Secre-tariat by you personally and by the members of the PermanentMission. I have fto doubt that the same eordial relationshipwill continue under your successor.

Aeeept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.

tl Th&nt

His Excellency

-Ambassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryPermanent Representative &£ Burma to theUnited Nations

10 Bast 77th StreetSew York, K»Y* 10021

CVW/je cc: Mr. NarasimhanMr.

31 December 1970

% dear Mr. Ambassador,

Ambassador de Plnies has seat me a copy of Ms letter

to you dated £S December. 1 feel I amet inform ymi of my

personal concern over the safety of diplomats accredited to

the United Nations who are Corking in New York, in the light

Of this incident. I should also let you know that I have

received a letter from the Permanent Representative of Brazil

to the United Hatlonef on behalf ©f the Latin American group.t enclose a copy of the letter and of my reply to the Ferjaanent

Representative*With Icind re rds

sincerely,

!jf S

SisJtis Charles W« Tost&abassador ©Etraordinary and Fl«nipot«ntlaryBenaanent Repyeeentative of the United States

of America to the United Nations799 United nations PlazaHew Yorfe, H,1?. 10017

CVS/je ec: Mr. BarasiiahanKP» Lemieux^/^ /"V -t

197$

st£ ysaj? letter of 39ia ymxr eaf&eltr '*« Sfeat 9T i&e latin -Aâ^Lcaaa

to Hisaf Spain t$- tfee UsiteA JSa-friaus. I share

sis tfet» «i&j«Gt# $&d 3C SK writing to©f tlae

j tfet ®E@iaif«siess of

His S>f.cellencyH« ôao

of

Nww York/ 29 December 1970.

.- ' V .Sir/

On behalf of the Latin America/i group, I address

myself to you, Sir, both as Secretary General of the United Na-

tions and as Chairman of the Informal Joint Committee on Host

Country Relations, in order to express our deep' concern at the

shocking act of violence perpetrated upon the person of H.E. Mr.m

Jaime de Pinies, the Permanent Representative of Spain to the

United Nations. In my capacity as Head of the group, I have ex-

tended him the expression <f our full solidarity.

2. This deplorable episode is/ in our view, an in-

dication of the serious deterioration of conditions in this city

as regards the safety of diplomats who are living here and at-

tempting to carry out the assignments entrusted to them by their

national governments. We trust, Sir, that you will not fail to

impress upon the authorities of the host government the need for

a stable climate in which diplomatic functions may be exercised

normally.

Please accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my

highest consideration. /")/ C? T^

~ / of J^ " —[Joao Xugusto de Aâujo Castro)

Permanent Representative'of Brazilto the United Nations.

His Excellency U Thant,

Secretary-General of the United Nations

JAAC/JDC

^

-Vcc: Mr. Warasimhan

Mr.It, 5

31

t acffcBwle^ge receipt osf yosi1 let&es* ofta yew eaiwelty as lesaa of tfee latia jfêriesE geoup,

on "fclie stitjj««st of the recent incident lasrolvisg "bodily tomtto Sid Sseoelleney Sr* Boo #aime de Hnies, P«sraane»t Bepre*eentatlve of Spain to the Ifcited HaMons. 1 share thefeelings Qt jrcnas' group «a tfe&s mibjeetjj aufi 1 am witlag to

of the !fc>Bt

a@eta?anees df siy highest

tl

Joao Augusto 6s Jtoô Gastroantof B?aail "to

NHW York, 29 December 1970.

Sir,

On behalf of the Latin American group, I addressi

myself to you, Sir, both as Secretary General of the United Na-

tions and as Chairman of the Informal Joint Committee on Host

Country Relations, in order to express our deep' concern at the

shocking act of violence perpetrated upon the person of H.E. Mr.w

Jaime de Pinies, the Permanent Representative of Spain to the

United Nations. In my capacity as Head of the group, I have ex-

tended him the expression cf our full solidarity.

2. This deplorable episode is, in our view, an in-

dication of the serious deterioration of conditions in this city

as regards the safety of diplomats who are living here and at-

tempting to carry out the assignments entrusted to them by their

national governments. We trust, Sir, that you will not fail to

impress upon the authorities of the host government the need for

a stable climate in which diplomatic functions may be exercised

normally.

Please accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my

highest consideration.

îJoao .Augusto de Ar4ujo Castro)Permanent Representative'of Brazil

to the United Nations.

His Excellency U Thant,

Secretary-General of the United Nations

JAAC/JDC

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