Museum has 236-foot telegram Series: World Digest CITY Edition

GENEVA, Switzerland - President Otto Stich on Saturday opened an International Red Cross museum that has on display the longest telegram in the world. The 236-foot-long cable was sent from Washington to the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross in 1943 and contains the names of Germa...

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Published inSt. Petersburg times (Saint Petersburg, Fla. : 1921)
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Petersburg, Fla Times Publishing Company 30.10.1988
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GENEVA, Switzerland; VATICAN CITY; BUDAPEST, Hungary; ALGIERS, Algeria
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Summary:GENEVA, Switzerland - President Otto Stich on Saturday opened an International Red Cross museum that has on display the longest telegram in the world. The 236-foot-long cable was sent from Washington to the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross in 1943 and contains the names of German soldiers captured by Allied forces and transferred to the United States. The telegram is pasted on the floor of the underground museum.