Funeral services were held here yesterday for Dr. Raymond Henry Pos, Ambassador of the Netherlands to both Cuba and Haiti, who died last weekend in Willemstad, Curacao, at the age of 54. Dr. Pos, who was a former Governor of Surinam, was brought to Paramaribo, his birthplace, for burial in the Jewish cemetery here. Representatives of Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard, the Nether lands Cabinet and the governments of Antilles and Surinam, attended the funeral rites and laid wreaths at the grave. Prime Minister Josef Pengel of Surinam, paid tribute to the late envoy.
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