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

• Published in: St. Petersburg times (Saint Petersburg, Fla. : 1921)
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: St. Petersburg, Fla Times Publishing Company 30.10.1988
• Subjects: GENEVA, Switzerland; VATICAN CITY; BUDAPEST, Hungary; ALGIERS, Algeria

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...