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Le Président des Etats-Unis d’Amérique, D. Eisenhower, au Président de la Confédération, M. Petitpierre1

CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNEMENT2

On behalf of the Heads of Government, now assembled in Geneva, I wish to thank you for the welcome, which you and the people of Switzerland have accorded us.

Your country, Mr. President, is an outstanding example of the fact that different races and cultures can be united under a common ideal and has long been distinguished for its humanitarian acts. It is therefore of special satisfaction that we should be meeting in Geneva on this occasion, and we are deeply appreciative of the generosity and the warm welcome which you and your countrymen have extended to us.

I should be grateful, Mr. President, if, on our behalf, you would convey to the Federal Council and to the Swiss people our sincere appreciation.