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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DIVISION OF LANGUAGE SERVICES
(TRANSLATION)
LS NO. 38177
T-125/R-XX
Spanish
Embassy of Spain
Text of the telegram from His Excellency the Chief of
the Spanish State to the President of the United States
of America, dated October 13, 1973
Dear President Nixon:
The flood of news about the sufferings of millions of human beings
in the Near East and the fear that the number may become even greater
lead me to express to you my deep concern and my fervent desire that
prolongation of the conflict can be prevented, because war generates
war, and that its expansion can also be prevented by all possible means,
inasmuch as the risk of a holocaust for all mankind would be inherent
in such expansion.
I believe, Mr. President, that it is urgent for the Government of
your great nation, supported if necessary by the Governments of other
friendly nations, to convince the leaders of the warring countries that
continuation of the conflict would SOW ineradicable hatred. Wars do
not solve problems, but only aggravate them and result in ruin for the
victors as well as the vanquished. That makes it necessary, in these
moments of anxiety, to spare no effort to arrive at bases for a nego-
tiated settlement which can be accepted without placing either of the
opposing sides in a desperate situation. Otherwise, the agitation of
permanent and relentless terrorism would create a situation of latent
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