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- 1962 - 1971 (Creation)
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Size/Number of Items/Parts: 1.5 linear ft. of textual records, No. of Boxes: 3
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Series consists of cables, handwritten notes, General Assembly documents, drafts, lists, memoranda, press releases, letters, packing lists, Security Council documents, Security Council draft resolutions, speeches, reports, postcards, newspaper clippings, press statements, translations, and minutes of meetings. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: Cuban Missile Crisis; cables and letters from general public urging U Thant and United Nations to intervene in the crisis; Secretary-General's visit to Cuba in October 1962; agricultural aid to Cuba; negotiating Red Cross aid to Cuba; United States blockade of Cuba; and United States government's denial of visas to Cuban United Nations delegates. Correspondents include U Thant, Secretary-General; C.V. Narasimhan, Under Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Chef de Cabinet; Constantin A. Stavropoulos, Legal Counsel; Bruce R. Turner, Controller of the United Nations; Pier P. Spinelli, Director-General of United Nations Office in Geneva; Jose Rolz-Bennett, Deputy Chef de Cabinet; Leopold Boissier, President, International Committee of the Red Cross; Adlai Stevenson, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations; Carlos M. Lechuga Hevia, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations; Mario Garcia Inchaustegui, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations; Raul Rao, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Cuba; Valerian A. Zorin, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the United Nations; Arthur J. Goldberg, Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations; Ricardo Alarcon, Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations; Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba; and Nikita Kruschev, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. Files are arranged by subject. U Thant was Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971.
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Related to: 08-11-F001-2: Digital Scanning - Sample Link to Related Accessions or Archival Record Series - Box & folders that have been identifed as high priotrity.Link to related records -see curent list. Also may attach pdf prints of TRIM reports fat various time.