Interim Report - Report No 64, 1962

1. 12. The I.F.C.T.U addressed to the Director-General on 9 February 1962 a telegram containing a request for urgent intervention by the I.L.O on the ground that a Cuban trade union leader, Mr. Reynol González, was in imminent danger of execution. The Director-General brought the contents of this telegram to the notice of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cuba by two telegrams dated 9 February 1962.
2. 13. By a letter dated 22 February 1962 the Director-General transmitted the complaint to the Government of Cuba in accordance with the normal procedure for the examination of complaints of alleged infringements of trade union rights. In his letter he explained to the Government that, as matters involving human life were raised in the complaint, the case fell within the category of cases regarded by the Governing Body as urgent, in accordance with the decision taken by the Governing Body at its 140th Session (November 1958), and, for this reason, requested the Government to furnish as speedy a reply as possible.

A. A. The complainants' allegations

1. 14. The case was examined by the Committee at its 30th Session (February 1962), when the Committee submitted to the Governing Body the conclusions contained in paragraphs 12 to 15 of its 60th Report, approved by the Governing Body at its 151st Session (March 1962).
2. 15. In particular, as no reply had been received from the Government, the Governing Body decided, on the request of the Committee, to request the Government of Cuba to furnish its observations on the complaint as a matter of urgency.
3. 16. The Government of Cuba was informed of this decision by a letter dated 15 March 1962. On the same day the Office received a letter from the Government, dated 9 March 1962, stating that the Director-General's letter of 22 February 1962 mentioned in paragraph 13 above had been referred to the competent organ of the Revolutionary Government. In a further letter, dated 4 April 1962, the Government repeats the statement that the matter had been referred to the competent organ in question and adds that this has been done in order to enable the latter to study the matter and to prepare observations. No further communication has been received from the Government.