Office of the Historian

811.348 Z 4/49: Telegram

The Minister in Switzerland (Grew) to the Secretary of State

Berne, October 10, 1923—6 p.m.
[Received October 11—7:18 a.m.]

88. Department’s unnumbered mail instruction of September 18th. Swiss Government authorizes voyage of ZR–3 across Switzerland without landing, on the following conditions.

1.
The dirigible shall be subject to Swiss law respecting aerial navigation (Swiss regulations on the subject will be forwarded to the Department under cover of Legation’s despatch number 119992).
2.
The United States shall be responsible for any damage caused by the dirigible or by any person aboard.
3.
In the event of a forced landing the captain shall immediately inform the Federal aerial office and the customs authorities through the local authorities and should see to it that the occupants and objects on board remain at the disposal of the authorities.
4.
No photographs whatsoever shall be taken during the voyage.
5.
The political department shall be notified several hours before the departure of the dirigible.
Grew
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