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This collection contains programs of visits, legal documents and agreements, general correspondance, and notes on diplomatic activity.

This item contains records relating to diplomatic activities involving CERN and Swiss governmental or diplomatic representatives. Materials document official visits, diplomatic exchanges, negotiations, and communications concerning CERN’s international status, institutional relations, and multilateral cooperation activities.

Cover page of the dossier General correspondence. 

Cover page of the dossier Diplomatic correspondence.

This item contains general correspondence related to interactions between CERN and Swiss authorities, institutions, and external stakeholders. The records include administrative exchanges, official communications, and routine correspondence documenting the management of institutional relations and cooperation activities.

This category does not contain documents. It was intended to contain legal documentation and formal agreements concerning CERN’s relationship with Switzerland.

This letter communicates Switzerland’s decision to allocate three million Swiss francs to CERN for the renewal of its water pumping, supply, and cooling infrastructure. It also outlines additional financial contributions made by Switzerland between 1998 and 2005, including support for major CERN projects such as the LHC and LEP2000. The document highlights Switzerland’s continued political and financial commitment to maintaining CERN’s global leadership in particle physics, despite broader economic constraints. It emphasizes the strategic importance of CERN and frames the contributions as part of a broader effort to sustain its international prestige.

The current document is an annex of the letter sent by Charles Kleiber to communicate Switzerland’s decision to allocate three million Swiss francs to CERN for the renewal of its water pumping, supply, and cooling infrastructure. It includes the contact list of different CERN country members during 1999.