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Le Délégué du Conseil fédéral aux Accords commerciaux, H. Ebrard, au Commissariat du Peuple pour le Commerce extérieur de l’URSS1

After long absence abroad acknowledge your telegram 17th May2 confirm my previous telegrams according which blocked Sowjet balances in Switzerland represent as with other countries only a provisory measure in order to liquidate reciprocal liabilities. From this point of view there exists a possibility to compensate reciprocal liabilities if I may admit that Union of SSR would send at the same time to a central Swiss institution orders of payments for all Swiss trade liabilities and make an adequate reserve for amounts not yet due. Urgently renew offer my telegram 23rd april3 refering personal negotiations for which I am at your disposal.