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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== POL 6-2 US KENNEDY 6/5/68 ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES OF 2262u/Kvexy_ Plbert F, LIMITED OFFICIAL U5z +35 PAGE | TANANA 00978 121102 80 ACTION AF 15 INFo CPR 02,GPM 04,NSC 10,P @4,RSC: 01,SS 20,USIA 24R8R: 01,/069 W R [106202 JuN 68 FM AMEMBASSY TANANARIVE to SECSTATE WASHDC 1476 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE TANANARIVE 978 REF 1 STATE 179492 1 , GREATLY APPRECIATE REFTEL' 1 2' For AFCM USE, PRESIDENT TSIRANANA SENT DIRECT WAITE HOUSE- 2 FOLLOwING MESSA GE WHICH EVIDENTLY CROSSED REFTEL' QTE COMPA TISSANT AVEC Tout LE PEUPLE MALGACHE AU GRAND DEUIL QU [ FRAPPE. LE PEUPLE AMERICA IN ET Tous LES PEUPLES LIBERAUX DE MONDE, JE VOUs ADrESSE L'EXPRESS ION DE NOTRE 7 SYMPATHIE ATTRISTEE' JE VoUs PRIE D'AGREER ET DE TRANSMETTRE A LA FAMILLE DU REGRETTE SENATEUR ROBERT KENNEDY MES. CONDOLEANCES: EMUES ET CELLES DE LA REPUBLIQUE MALGACHE' UNQTE' KiING Ax LIMITED. OFEICIAL USE Q#PARTMEN? 1 J 1 STA KICROFILRED RS/R ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== Po L 6-2 Us | Ken NE DY z 1 8 0 | | OUTGOING TELFGRAM Department of State RoBERT F. 3 INDICATE: OcOllEcT Pol 2 3-8 Us RX 9 CHARGE TO CONFIDENTIAL 8 Classification Origin ACTION: AmEmbassy NIAMEY PRIORITY JHn &8 00 4 Into: ~STATE FOR PALMER SUBJECT : African Reactions to Kennedy Assassination Reports from AF posts indicate great majority of African governments and 3 peoples have reacted to assassination of Senator Kennedy with expressions 1) of profound shock and sorrow 2) of sympathy and of condolence to the Kennedy family and to the American people; and 3) of concern over lawles8 - ne88 and violence in the United States few posts however report more extreme reactions : 1 Charge Algiers states that when he talked with half dozen Fonoff officials , acted as if under instructions to say nothing- offered 9 no condolences , no expressions of regret, and asked no questions _ PAO reported similar coolnes8 and extreme reluctance to talk on part Algerian press and information officials_ Arab diplomats in Algiers (except Tunisian Ambassador) likewise did not want to talk about matter Embassy suggests possib le reasons for Algerian reserve may inc lude fact shooting occurred June 5 , which is anniversary of shane and disgrace to Arabs; Arab origin of alleged assassin and Algerian apprehension about what investigations might 1 ~ncover; very real Algerian resentment over Senator 8 speech at Portland, Drafted by: Tel, Ext_ Telegraphic transmission and AFL:Wontaguezac 6/10/68 6364 classification approved by: AF Fred L. HadsellLM Clearancos: AFI:JJWagner AFCW-Mr Schaufele (draft)( CONF IDENTIAL FORM Classification 8-65 DS-322 XR 1 I they They 5 ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== 2 of telegram to_ Niame CONF IDENTIAL Clussification Oregon . 2 Embassy Bamako reports that although news treatment of assa8sination in L'Essor of June 7 re latively factual and balanced , paper contained 'brutal" editorial (which we have not received) _ Ambassador expressed to Fonoff Asst Secgen Amadou Thiam shock and disappointment , stated editorial could only inflame Malian emotions and risk creating attitude of hostility toward US , and expressed hope GOM would not repeat editorial on Radio Mali. Nevertheless editorial was carried on radio. Embassy comments that, in addition giving vent genuinely felt indignation, editorial also served drive home some basic tenets of revolutionary ideo in extreme formulation not necessarily subscribed to by a11 of Malian leadership. Embassy doubts there will be repetition on same level of intensity. 3 _ Khartoum papers quoted statements of political leaders expressing sorrow over Kennedy death, but iedat editorially assailed American barbarism, violence and terrorism _ Official spokesman and Minister of Information told LONA (Local News Agency of Sudan) that the Sudan regrets Kennedy' s death, but went on to say movement for peace in Viet-Nam led by the Kennedy brothers is rejected by Zionist monopolies and cartels in America _ Also said it is definite that Zionist economic and social interests had instigated murder of Senator Kennedy and of President Kennedy before him_ 4 In Committee of 24 on June 7 , Tanzanian Perm Danieli expressed regrets over Kennedy death _ He then proceeded to generalize gratuitously, characterizing US society, inter as "conceived in violence, nourished and nurtured in violent "i and immoral wars , at home and abroad. This 18 instance such gratuitous ly FORM CONFIDENTIAL 0-63 DS-322A Classification CONTINUATION SHEET Page yet logy Rep alia, only ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== 3 Amembassy NIAMY of telegram to CONFIDENTIAL Classification insulting observations in any UN organ dur @an many expressions condolences by delegations of all political colorations No official comment as from President Nyerere, although he has sent personal message to Kennedy family _ 5 , Embassy Iusaka reports that Kaunda _ 9 in speech at airport on arrival home from visits Kenya and Uganda , responsibility for assassination on USG for providing inadequate protection_ Embassy was concerned that Kaunda 8 remarks included some which unwittingly may be viewed by Zambians as s imply invitation to "hate America" and notes that some among group of civil servants, ministers, and party officials in VIP area responded to Kaunda S remarks by shouting anti-American epithets and comments _ However tension has eased and memorial services took place without incident or further threatening gestures _ Embassy believes crisis has passed . 'Ruski _ L CONFIDENT IAL FORM 0-63 DS-322A Classification CONTINUATION SHEET Page ing yet put end ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== or $ Pac 6-1 u-htenvedy Department of State 4 TELEGRAM 3 Ro Beit f . 89 0F LTmj-EV OFF ! ( IAL UsE 620 7 3 PAGE 0; #AASA4 23524 1:!2:32 AcTIOw EUR 2) 1 INFO SS 26,NSL 18 #; 02v |' 06,Usi4 :22CPR @22 (: 020 UPR 02v C[AE 0 0, [ NR 07 # ( NSAE fv # KSC b:9RSR a !p/083 W R [1 ! 04.2 JLn 68 FM AMLMBASSY W4RSA, To SEcs" 4 JE wAShDC 614% LImiTED OFF!CiAL USE WXhSAw 3524 1 > ApPkuA-mATELY 4 # 3#W [MSCAip-IONS RECEIVED IN EMBASSY v S 8Qoks Of CCivOniENCE STNCE MlodaY THURSDA Y Q 2 0 EMpaSsY {TEnDE ACkNU"LEDGE TKESE) PLUS G IFTS, Of FLOWERS AND Lc ? `ERS A@l} ~ELEGRSMS Rce*VEo> W#Th; PA ] D- NQTIcEi JNi FVE waRSA n NEwSPAPERS j NCtrCE jFEfulLy T0 APPEAR JUNE 1I 0 3 < KE-UEST GUIOaNCE JN ULtiMATE D{SPOS I 7 [ON OF , CCNDOLENCE bQ0kS > PoS_iBl € ' WE wISh To RETAIn TXEM FOR: Two_ WEEKS_ F OR STwdy Av VS [ A AAL'ST Pc +R ~ANICK [ If DEPT AND AGENCY PErCeivt "C Vojectiuns JeNnfNS #%nr E.O 0fF _Ial USE ~#PARTMEN? 2 { 1 STATES 2 :f @ B8/8 VicroeiMEd ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== Op Pot 6-2 US / KENNEDY , FBERT F Department of State TELEGRAM 01 6 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 67@ PAGE D | KAMPAL 02328 113192 2 53 ACTION AF 15 INF0 CIAE 0@ , DODE 00, GPM @4,h 02, INR 07,L 93,NSAE @0,NSC 1 0 ,P 0 4 , RSC @SP 02,SS 20,US IA 12,SAH 03,CPR 02EJR I52 RSR 0 | 0 / | @ | : R [00452 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY KAMPALA To SECSTATE WASHDC 2873 INFO AMEMBASSY DAR ES. SALAAm AMEMBASSY LUSAKA AMEMBAsSY NA IROB I LIMITED OFF ICIAL USE KAMPALA 2328 SU8J ' REACTION To DEATH SENATOR KENNEDY 1 0 NEws OF SENA TOR KENNEDY 'S DEATH REACHED KAMPALA AS DELEGATES To FIRsT YGANDA PEOPLES CONGRESS CONVENTION IN FPUR YEARS WERE CONVENING 0 WHILE THIS IN NO WAY SOFTENED dLjw FOR THE MANY AFRICANS WhO GREA TLY LOVED SENATOR AND WHAT HE_ REPRESENTED, It Is FAct TAAT MINDS OF MANY LOCAL PEOPLE WERE ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL MA TTERS AS PREV [OUSL Y REPORTED, PRESI DENT' OBOTE BROKE NEWS OF SENAToR 'S DEATA To CONVENTION In DIGNIF JED AND MOvING WA Y , RESOLUTION OF RESPECT AND CONDOLENCE WAS' UNANJMOUSL Y APPROVED . SAME DIGN IF I ED ATTITUDE CHARACTERIZED REMARKS: ON RADI0 AND TV, WHICH CARRIED INTERVIEW WIth UPC SECY GENL; ONAMA 0 NEWS 2 PAPER CQVERAGE ENGLISH AND VERNACULAR RESTRA INED: AND ON: WHOLE BALANCED. NO ED [ TORIAL CRITICISM To DATE' WE INTERESTED NOTE KAUNDA WHO APPEARS HAVE BEEN LESS THAN TEMPERATE In REMARKS ELSEWHERE HAD LITTLE COMMENT MAKE DUR [Na His KAMPALA VIS IT 0 ALTHO SOmE AFRICANS IN PRI VATE CONVERSATION HAVE BEEN CRiTICAL IN REMARAS ON SI TUATION IN U'S0 , FoR MOsT PART , UGANDANS APPEAR HAVE REACTED IN ShOCk FOLLOWED SYMPATHY , ONE DISCORDANT NOTE CAME FROM CATHOLIC ARCAB IShOP NSUBUGA who ISSUED SOMEWHAT EMOTIONAL STATEMENT ON STATE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY . PRESS: COVERAGE Los ANGELES HEARINGS ALLEGED ASSASSIN FOR MoST' PART FACTUAL' WITh GOOd COVERAGE 0F ROLE ACLU' ANDI Acts OF= LA POL ICE PROTECT SIRHAN'S RIGATS 0 UNDOUB TEDLY APPRERENSION DR, KING '3 ALLEGED KILLER In LoNDON AAS HELPED Put ThINGS IN LIMITED OFFICIAL USE ~ PARTMEN? 1 6J 1 STATES 1 Yo BY ================================================== Page 8 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0F 21 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PAGE 02 KAMPAL 02328 13192 PERSPECTIVE , 2 ' EMB ORGANIZED MEMORIAL BoOk IN US IS LIIBRARY WHICHi MORE SU I TABLE LOcATIoN THAN 6Th FLOOR CHANCERY = NEARLY ONE THOUSAND V ISI TED A ND S IGNED DURING: THREE DAYS BoOk OPENb WHICH INCLUDED QFFICIAL MOURNING DAY , SUNDAY , JUNE 9, MANY CHURch SERVICES INCLUDED PRAYERS FOR LATE: SENATOR AND ENTIRE KENNEDY FAMILY, STUDENTs KISUBI BROTHERS SECONDARY SCHOOL ALsO DELIVERED Own MEMORIAL BOOK To US I s wITh: NEARLY 150 S I GNATURES OF FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY . OTHER TRBUTES INCLUDED; MEMORI AL INSCRIBED ON TRAD I TIONAL BANANA LEAF AND SEVERALI LETTERS ADDRESSED To MRS' KENNEDY' THESE: WILL BE FORWARDED B Y PDUCH , WHLE S [ GNATORIES 0F book On FIRST DAY LARGEL Y AFRICAN, LAST Two DAYS. SHOWED PREPONDERANCE ASJANS AND FINALi SI GNATURES SHOw ROUGhLY 61-4@ RATIO FA VOR LATTER, VISITORS INCLUDED MANY MIDDLE LEVEL GO VERNMENT OFFICIALS, CHURCHMENs STUDENT S2 PROFESS Z ON - AL PEOPLE And ONE CABINET MINJSTER-KAKONGE. NEARL Y ALL DPLOMATIC MISSIONS S ] GNED, INCLUDING Ua K, HIGH COMMII SSIONER AND SOVIET AMBASSADOR 3 0 Ua3, COMMUNITY CANCELLED ALL But INESCAPABLE PUBLII C APPEARANCES, FLAGS FLOWN AT HALF STAFF: ThRoughout PER IOD & DECON UPON RECEIPt , STEBBINS LIMITED OFFICIAL USE ~PARTMEN? 1 7 1 STA" ================================================== Page 9 ================================================== Op PLL 62 Us]ke NnE DY, Rope et F 2 Department of State TELEGRAM TES OF 4 UNCLASSIFIED 154 PAGE 0 | MOGADI 03334 1106482 1 ACTIoi AF 15 INF0 CIAE 60 , DODE 00 , GPM 04,H 02, INR 07,4 03,NSAE 00,NSC 1 @,P 04 , RSC W | , SP 02,SS 20,US IA 12,CPR @2'R6x 0 2 /083 W Fh'AMeMsz SJuNMOGADISCIO 07 To SECSTATE WASHDC 3699 INF0 US ] A WASHDC UNCLAS MOGAdISC I0 3334 JO NT STA TE USIS MESSAGE REF 8 A , MOG 3302, B , MOG 3369 1 , SOmAL I OFF IC IAL AND PRIVATE REACT ION To KENNEDY ASSASS INA TIun THROUGH DA Y OFF ICIAL MOURNING CONT INUED BAS ICALLY UNCHANGED AS REPORTED In REFERENCED MESSAGES. SOMALIS CONT INUE To STOP AMERICANS ON STREET EXPRESS THEIR CONDOLENCES. 2 0 CoivOOLENCE BOOK REMAINED OPEN UNTIL MIDDA Y JUNE 16 AND OBTA [ NED WELL OVER 66 0 S I GNATuRES AND MESSAGES, INCLUDING THOSE FRom PRIME MINiSTER& MINISTER OF FOREIGV AFF AIRSB ALL FRIENDL Y CHIEFS OF MISSIONS AND NUMBER OF GSR MIDDLE LEVEL OFF ICIALS. REMA [WDER WERE RELATIVELY YOUnG INCLUD I VG SURPR I S INGL Y NUMBER OF WOMEN 0 3 0 A T REQUEST OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY REQUIEUM; MASS WAs HELD CATHEDRAL EVENING JUNE 9 , NEARLY 200 PEJPLE ATTENDED MASS 0 INcLIXING BR ITISH AMBASSADOR AND NUMBER OF OTHER MEMBERS OF FORE IGN COLONY AND FEw SOMALIS 4 0 In ADDITION To PRES IDENT SCERMARCHE ' 3 MESSAGE: (REF PRIME MINISTER TELEGRAPHED FOLLOw ING MESSAGE To WhITE HDUSE , "Wf IN SOMAL IA ARE SHOCKED To HEAR 0f TRAGIC DEATh Of SENATOR ROAERT F 0 KENNEDY AND ON BEHALF OF SOMALIA GOVERNMENT AND IN MY OWN NAME WE EXTEND To GOVERNMENT OF UNITED STATES: OF : AMERICA QUR MOST SINCERE CONDOLENCES ON ThIS SAD OCCASION WE WOULD BE GRATEFYL IF QUR DEEPEST SENTIMENTS 0F SORROw BE CONVEYED UNCLASS IF IED Q#PARTMENI 1 7 1 STA To [ B ) ' ================================================== Page 10 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM of 4 UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 MOGADI 03334 1106482 To MRS , KENNEDY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF BEREAVED FAMILY. HIGHEST CONS IDERATIONS. 0 THURSToN UNCLASSIFIED QPARTMEN? 1 0 1 STATES ================================================== Page 11 ================================================== Op Ps L 6-2 Us knndh, Department of State cef TELEGRAM TES 0P 70 UNCLASSIFIED 51@ PAGE V| FREETO 0194 | 111055 16 ACTION H 02 INFO AF 09,RSR v],RSC B1,SSj 10,/0!3 w R [116002 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY FREETOwN To SECSTATE WASHDC 2498 UNCLAS FREETOwN 194 | SURJECT, OFF IC IAL CONDOLENCEs ON KENNEDY f S DEATH 3 WE RECEIVED FOLLOWING NOTE FROM THE MINEXTAFF THIS MORNING' "THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS PRESENTS TtS COMPLA MENTS To THE' EMBASSY Of THE UN I TED STA TES OF AMERICA AND HAS THE HONOR To: REQUEST THE EMBASSY To TRANSMIT THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE 0F CQNDOLENCE Toi MRs ROBERT KENNEDY ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SJERRA LEONE = 10 THE PEOPLE OF SI ERRA LEONE HAVE RECEIvED WITh ALARM THE NEWS: OF THE DEATH OF YOUR LOVED HUSBAND SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY, THE LATE SENATOR KENNEDY WAS A SYMBOL Qf YOUThFUL VITALITy DEDICATED To' THE CAUSE 0F PEACE, FREEDOM AND EQUALITy AMoNG ALL; MANKIIND Who: A T THE PRIME 0F HIS LIFE BECAME A VICTIM OF AN ASSASS I NV' S BULLET, "'ON BEHALF 0F MYSELF , MY GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE I EXTEND To You- AND THE REST OF THE KENNEDY F AMILY HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES , HONOURABLE S IAKA STEVENS, PRIME MINISTER' 20 DEPT, IS REQUESTED TRANSMIT THE CONDOLENCES of PRIME MINISTER To MRS' KENNEDY . MINER %x UNCLASS IFIED ~ PARTMENT 1 1 1 STA To NICBIFILMED L; ================================================== Page 12 ================================================== Op 0e2 6-2 usknshy ~ Rxu + Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0f CONF IDENTIAL 523 PAGE 0| SOF IA 08955 M42 ACtIon EUR 22 : INFO CIAE @0,DODE 00,GPM D4,H 02, INR 07,L 03,NSAE 00,NSC 10,P 0 4 , 3 RSC 01'SP 12,SS 20,US [ A 12,SAH 03,VIC 0 |,RSR 01,/090 W R 1!03202 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY SOFIA To SECSTATE WASHDC 1753 AMcONSUL MUNICH C 0 N F I D E N T [ A L SUF [ A 955 SUcja BULGARIAN EXPLOITATION 0F KENNEDy ASSASSINATION 1, BULGARIAN MED IA HAVE EXPLOITED ASSASSINA TION OF SENATOR KENNEDY IN CRUDE PROPAGANDISTIC TERMS, CLFAR PURPOsE HAS BEEN To VILIFy "AMERICAN DEMOCRACY # AND POL ITICAL-SDCIAL SYSTEM BASED THEREON, AND BY IMPLICATION To ENCOURAGE ACCEPTANCE OF COMMUNisT SYSTEM In BULGAR IA , KEY DEVICE HAS BEEN T0 IGYORE IDENTITy OF ASSASS IN AND Tj DSCREDIT IN ADVANCE ANy FuTURE REVELATIONS AS Tj 4IS [DENTITY A VD MOTIVES, 8EG INNInG m[Th TELEVISION NENS REPORTS JUNE 5, MEDIA HAVE PICTURED ShootING AS SERIES IN CHA IN WAICH BEGAN In DALLAS AND EXTENDED ThRJ:in MEMPAIS' MENTIjN OF PRES IDENT <ENNEDY AND KING INCLUDED IN Most COMMERTARIES. 20 SeVERAL CuMMENTARIES AND EDITJR IALS HAVE SPJKEV JF A 8 PoLitICAL MAF ] A " MAICh HAS KILLED AMERICAN LEADERS who ARE ThREAT To IT, PARASES Such A ; "PJLITICAL 3ANDITISM PRJMOTED TQ STATE POL Icy", "GANGSTERIS" , AND "LAw 2F ThE A MERICAN JUvSLE" 4AVE 3EEN USED 0 30 YjSt CJMMENTA5 IES TJuchiNg ON ASSASS I N EXPRESS DJUET EITHER THAT SIR4Av wAS KILLER 3R TAAT HE ActED On 4I5 OwN, MED IA HAVE REFERmED T? "AMERICAN PRopA GA YDA MACHINE" T?YIng JEPIICT SI ?hA,y} LIKE OfWALD' AS SOLITARY FIGURE . 4 0 2vf JF CRujEsT AND ~JSt VICIOS PIECES IS 9y STEFKA PojJVA Iv WEEKLY POGLED JJNE 1 # WHICH SA YS "EVERY INFLUENTIAL COvF IDENTIAL QPARTMEN? 1 [ 1 STA D?, TJ ================================================== Page 13 ================================================== Op PoL 6-2 US Vvwey Department of State 6 TELEGRAM TES {{ed F, LIMITED OFEICIAL USE 067 PAGE 0 1 MUNIcH 00928 1[7592 53 ACTION EUR 20 INF0 CIAE 00,DODE 00, GPm B4,h 02' INR 07,L 03,NSAE @@,NSC 10eP 3 4 d RSC 0| ,SP 02,SS 20,USIA 12,SAH 03'CPR 32,RSR 0!2 /09 | W R 1144502 JuN 68 FM AMCONSUL MuNICH To AMEMBASSY BONN INFO SECSTATE WASHDC 1109 2 AMcONSUL BREMEN UNN AMcONSUL DUESSELDORF UNN AMCONSUL FRANKFURT UNN AMCONSUL AAMBURG UNN AMcONSUL STUTTGART UNN USMISSION BERLIN UNN LIMIED OFF ICIAL USE MUNICH 928 SUBJECT 8 LOCALS OUTPOUR ING Of S YMPATHY OVER DEATH' Of SENATOR KENNEDY 1. THE TRAGIC DEATH OF SENATOR ROBERT F 0 KENNEDY UNLEASHED IN ThIs AREA AN EMOTIONAL INVOL VEMENT - =A COMBINATION QFi DEEP; SYMPAThY FOR AMERICAN'S Loss AS WELL As A STUNNED IMCOMPREHENSION OF This RENEWED MANIFESTATION 0f VIOLENCE FOLLOWING So QUICKLy UPoN ThE HEELS OF THE KING ASSASS INATI ON? Which APPRQACHED THAT WITNESSED UPON THE EQUALL Y TRAGIC DEATH Of PRESIDENT KENNEDY 4 1/2 YEARS AGo , WIThIN Hours 0F ThE ANNOUNCEMENT 0Fi SENATOR KENNEDY ' 5 DEATH, DOZENS OF MUNICH' S CITIZENS 5 5 INCLUDING SUch NOTABLES AS LORD MAYOR VOGEL:-HAD ALREADY S ] GNEDi THE CONDOLENCE BOok AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL ' THE' B00k, Which WILL REMAIN: OPEN HROUGH tomoRrow (JUNE 12), ALREADY HAS OVER 2500 SIGNATURES IN T ANd WE HAVE BEEN FLOOded WITh MESSAGES of CONDOLENCE= FROM GGERMANS IN ALL WALKS of LIFE' 2, THE Much-ABUSED PHRASE "BY POPULAR DEMAND" IS, GENU [ NEL Y APPLICABLE WIth REGARD To THE INITIATION; 0F PLANS For THE MEMORIAL CEREMONY SCHEDULED To BE HELD IN MUNICH: S AMERIICA HOUSE On JUNE 12. FOR REPRESENTATIVES 0f MUNicH' S PRESS: AND LIMITED OFFICIAL USE SFARTMEN? 1 2 1 STA OF e/v/ts ================================================== Page 14 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM LIMITED: OFFACIAL USE PAGE 02 MUNICH 00928 1147592 MANY CITIZENS HAD CALLED AMERICA HOUSE LAST FRIDAY (JUNE 7 ) To InqiIRE NOt If, but WHEN' Such A SERVICE WAS; BE ING HELD ? IT WAS AGA INST ThIS BACKGROUND, MOREOVER) THAT CSU LANDTAG DEputy ROLAND FRIEDRICH MESSNER, ACTING AS SPOKESMANI FOR' GRoup OF HIS COLLEAGUES, APPEARED AT THE: CONSULATE GENERAL AFTERNOON QF JUNE 7 To CONVEY PERSONALLY AND Vigorously To ME THE EXPECTAT [ON THAT "Of' COURSE' THERE Must BE' A SERV ICE IN AMERICA HOUSE JUst LIKE THE ONE: WhIcH WAS: HELD FoR PRESI DENT KENNEDY 1963, OTHERWISE THE GERMAN PEOPLE= WILL SIMPLY NOT UNDERSTAND- 0 /0 OUR INITIAL RESERVATIONS THAT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WAS NOT QUITE THE SAME ThING AS A PRES IDENI In OFFICE WERE BRUSHED AS [ DE WITH TAE COMMENT "THAT MAY BE= TRUEe BUt A KENNEDY IS DIFFERENT' 01 3 0 THE MEMORIAL CEREMONY To BE HELD ON; JUNE 12 AMERICA HOUSE WILL INCLUDE REMARKS BY MYSELF AND: BY HERR MESSNER. A REPRESENTATIVE 0F THE CATHOLIC CHURch WILL; OFFER PRAYERS' Two DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN OPERA AND CONCERT S [NGERS- _ 9 CLARE WATSON AND THOMAS CAREY 05 WILL SING. DEcON 6/1[/69 CREEL LIMITED; OFFICIAL USE ~ PARTMEN? 1 7 1 STATES OF ThE AT AND ================================================== Page 15 ================================================== 35 Op Oec 6-3 US; 16444 Department of State TELEGRAM TES Of 29 UNCLASS IFIED 359 PAGE 0 | MONTEV 02907 1018552 4 5CTION H 02 0 INFO ARA 08,SS 20,CPR 02NSC 10,CIAE @ 00 DODE 00,INR 0 7 ,NSAE 0 0,P 04, RSC 01,USIA I2ARSR 0 | 7067 W 3 R 1018352 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO To SECSTATE WASHDC 4067 UNCLAS MONTEV IDEO 2907 SUBJECT , SENATOR KENNEDY 'S DEATH' LOCAL REACTI ON 1~ , DEATH SENATOR KENNEDY RECEIVED HEAVY COVERAGE URUGUAYAN PRESS JUNE 6-9' ONE PAPER' EL DIA, PUBLISHEDI SPECIALI EIGhT- PAGE EDITIon JUNE 6 DEVOtED EXCLUSIVELY LIFE AND DEATA SENATOR KENNEDY , ALMOST ALL PAPERS CARRIED EDITORIALS EXPRESSING shock AND DISMA Y A T SUDDEN VIOLENT DEATh OUTSTANDING' AMERICAN LEADER, SOME EDITORIALS DEPLORED INCREAS ING FREQUENCY 0F V[OLENCE IN UNITED STATES AND OTHER COuNTRIES, AND SEVERAL' ASKED KOw THIS CAN BE HAPPENING In MOST ADVANCE CoUNTRY' In WORLD, FOR MOSt PART EDITORIALS SIMPLY RAISED ThIS QUEST ION wIthout A TTEMPTING ANSWER It QR INDICT AMERICAN SOCIETY: 2 9 FAR-LEFT PRESS HAS USED KENNEDY DEATh To Launch AttackS AGA INST UNITED STA TES, COMMUNI ST PARTY ORGAN: EL POPULARI HAS CARRIED ARTICLES AND EDITORIALS UNDER HEADLINES Suchi As: "U6 RE IGN 0F CRIME CONTINUES," "DEMOCRACY OF GANGSTERS, "SOCEty QF CRIME, " SOCIALIST WEEKLY IZQUIERDA AND FAR-LEFT INTELLECTUAL WEEKL Y MARCHA HAVE ALSO CARRIED VITRIOLIC EDITORIALS CONDEMNINGAMERICAN SOC[ETy (SEE: A-759 1 3 0 APPROXIMATEL Y 1'400 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED EMBASSY AND EMBASSY RESIDENCE AND S [ GNED CONDOLENCE 8ookS 9 EMBAsSy HAS ALSO BEEN RECEI VING NUMEROUS LETTERS' TELEGRAMS PhONE CALLS FROM URUGUAYANS WISHING EXPRESS THEIR SORROW LOCAL CATHOLIC CHuRch HELD MEMORIAL MASS FoRi SENATOR KENNEDY JUNE 8 WhICH SEVERAL HUNDERED PERSONS ATTENDED. PRESIDENT PACHECO AND FONMIN FLORES UNCLASSIFIED ~PARTMEN? 1 [ 1 STA AND AND ================================================== Page 16 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM 0 UNCLASSIEIED Page 02 MoNtEV 02907 10!8552 . caELED ThetR CONDOLENCEs To: PRESI DENT JohnsoN AND SECRETARY Rusk RespeCTivELY, SENATE pajd Homage Toi SENATDR T JuNE: 5! 5656)ON Aeter Shoot [NG AND. At' SpECiAL SESS ION IN; Honori JUNE 6 , TgppinG uncLASSIEIED ~tMeN 1 STATBS His: ================================================== Page 17 ================================================== DFP ARTMFNT OF ST AT foL 6-3 ush en e RF R EuR_L Rep A f AIRGRAM pkt f, FOR Rm USE ONL Y A RA FJA F E ~W} UNc 'IASSTP'IN Ne^ Mn 0o aNui iNg imM^ f{jM To) Mmur'lutl of Rlnto i(} Fao AID N" 1.9> -s Htsfa R com FRB FROM American Consulate_ TRIESTE DATE: June 10, 1968 InT LAB TA R SUBJECT Reaction to Assasination of' Senator Robert Kennedy TR XmB Aia REF ARmy CiA NAvY 3 70 The assasination of Senator Robert Kennedy has had a profound impac t 090 Usi A NSA throughout this Consular District The Consulate has received more 34 3 than 50 letters and telegrams from officfals organizations and individ - NSC uals throughout the District , inc luding the Prefect and the Mayor of Trieste the President of the Regional Junta ) the President of the Regional Council, the Archbishop of Trieste and the Consular Corps of Trieste and Venice . More than 3000 persons visited the Italo- American Association to sign the Book of Condolences made available under a photograph of Senator Kennedy draped with an American flag_ All the officers of the Consulate have been approached by innumerable friends, and strangers , who wished to express their sorrow Both in Trieste and Venice all activity throughout the cities in factories, offices_ courts, railways, etc _ was halted for five minutes on Friday , June 7 in tribute to Senator Kennedy . The Mayor of Trieste offered a special eulogy at a formal meeting of the City Council_ 2 Thls extraordinary outpouring of emotion has only been exceeded in re cent years by that following the assasination of President Kennedy. It reflects not only the underlying pro-Americanism existing in this I Consular District as a whole and in Trieste in particular but also 4 the very great impact which President Kennedy and later Senator Kennedy exercised on untold millions around the world UNCIASSIFIED FOR DEPT_ USE (NLY Foam 62 DS - 323 {KHIn C7out ontcnts and Classinicat: On Tiod TcFuess; ;gb 2 738*6288 Ss Clearacces: 20 Y2 ================================================== Page 18 ================================================== UNCIASSIFIED 2 'Trieste , A-45 Apart from widespread grief the principal reaction in this Consular District appears to be one of relief (a ) that the asassination of Senator kennedy apparently did not involve a conspiracy and (b ) that it was not associated with civil violence _ Finally , most of the comrents made to the re porting officer have expressed hope that somehow better protection can be afforded public officials generally in the future , particularly through rigorous controls over weapons . FUESS @r UNCLASSIFTED ================================================== Page 19 ================================================== Orisin Action DEP AR TMENT OF STATE p L6-2 us] REP ATRGRAM kslt ;. FOR RM USE ONL Y 6iR FE A-139 UNCLASSIFIED NCA CU INR NO H ANDLING INO;CA T )Fi To Department of State 10 FBo AID Ju ; ; 4 G R coM FR9 FROM Amc onsul NASSAU DATE: June 10 , 1968 IXT L 4 8 TA R SUBJECT Message of Condolence over tne death of Senator Robert F Kennedy XMb AiR REF A RMy CiA NAvy 20 05D Usi A NSA The Consulate General has been asked by the Very Reverend Dr W _ G _ McPhee Pastor of the Mt Calvary Baptist Church in Nassau , to transmit the attached e xpression of condolences tj the family of Senator Robert F Kennedy _ SHELTON 88 Enc1 : al Copy of Condolence ; UNCLASSIFIED FOR DEPT USE ()}i ZORm DS- 223 [XJ] In Ou: 82 Contents andC73816037106 T?roved By: Tu~helton:ifi:6/6/68 Turner_ Sfelton Consul General A F Msg ================================================== Page 20 ================================================== Gue 6 . 2 D> / K OF Rstex F Department of State TELEGRAM TES OF Uv UNCLASSIFIED 4 | 0 PaGE 01 OTTAwA 2 | 8 | 5 10 ! 9261 Sw ACTIo,v H 02 InFo EUR 152 SS 20,CPR 02,NSC 1@p P 04,US [ A 12,RsR D1}RSC 01,/067 W R 1019222 JUN 68 A FM AMEMBA SSY OT TAWA To SECSTATE WASHDC 3273 UNCLAg OTTAWA 18 1 5 $ | 0 DEPARTMENT MAY WISh To KnOw THAT SOME 3,700 PERSONS CALLED ~ A T ThE CHANCERY BE TwEEN THURSDA Y AND SUNDAY AND S] GNED THE CONDOLENCE Bo0k IN HONOR 0F SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY A NUMBER QF LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE HAVE ALSO BEEN RECEIVED ' THE books AND THE LETTERS TOGETHER WIth ThosE FROM The CONSULATES GENERAL WILL 6E cONSOLIDATED HERE AND SEND IN DUE CJURSE To THE DEPARTMENT FoR TRANSMITTAL To MRS , KENNEDY , 2 0 A REQUIEM MASS WAS CoNductED By THE ARCHBISHOP oFi OttawA In WHICh ECCLESIASTICS OF OTHER FAITHS PARTICIPATED AND WAS ATTENDED By THE PRIME MINISTER, CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALSp AMBASSADORS ETC, BUTTERWORTH Bx UNCLASSIEIED QePARTMtn 1 1 1 STA MICROFILMED RS/R ================================================== Page 21 ================================================== L Yb et/n2€ , DEPARTMENT OF STATE SYS Pending Washington, D.C_ 20520 RSFB FI.S 8466 June 10 , 1968 Keecrticn Ias Mullett COPTES TO: together. S/s:RF EUR MEMORANDUM FOR M. WALT W_ ROSTOW EUR/Avg THE WHITE HOUSE Plc Subject: Suggested Reply to Condolence Message from His Holiness , Pope Paul VI, on the Death 0f Senator Robert F Kennedy The President has received the enclosed message 8 of condolence on the death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy from His Holiness , Pope Paul VI. 2 A suggested message of reply is enc losed. 0 sk Oikk 0 Benjamin H. Read Secretary 3 Enclosures : 1 Copy of Papal message. 1 2 . Suggested message of reply. cfrh < Is77 "2e> 6hl&ae 1 Clearances: EUR/ AIS Xr . Strrler 8 sE !Kzfod/ Vnk ? EUR/AIS:RaylorJr:ezt 6/1/63 MiCTCe ; BY 8/3; Keep this study Qee#-- 8136 (tt obt alaltz (Pks Poea decC 25435) Is ================================================== Page 22 ================================================== Exleuiive Seere TARIAT WE?ARTmeNT Uf STATE OUt 1968 JUN !J FA 5 42 ================================================== Page 23 ================================================== O1 Department of State TELEGRAM L LIMITEDi OFFICIAL' UsEi 003 PAGE 01 STATE- 185435: 87' ORIGIN: EUR 20 INFO SS 20,NSC: |0,RSC 01,/051 R DRAFTED BY 'REV ISED TEXT FRom WHITE: HOUSEYEUR/AIS WSTABLER' RWTAYLOR APPROvED BY +S/S-MR; BRowN: R' 1821i62 , Jun 68, FM: SECSTATE= WASHDC To: AMEMBASSY ROME LIMITED OFFICIAL: USE STATE 185435: 1 , PLEASE PASS; FOLLOWING; FROM PRESIDENT To POPE PAUL# Quotei Your HOLINESS, T WAS' DEEPLY Touched BY Your COMPASSIONATEi MESSAGE 0F CONDOLENCE Upon: THE: DEATh; Of: SENATor RoBERT F KENNEDY , WE: DRAW STRENGTH= FROM YOUR' PRAYERS: FoR our FELLDW CITIZENS AND FoR THE NATION: AT THIS: SAD: MOMENT' I Am: PLEASED ThAT ARCHB ISHOP; TERRENCE COOKE HaS; AGREED To SERVE ON- THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION APPOINTED: To' SEEK. Out ThE CAUSES OF VIOLENCE" In: Our countRy: SENATOR KENNEDY BELIENED: THAT AMERICANS' COuLD, Ifi THEY wouldd END: THE BLI GhT OFi POVERTY' AND BIGotrN ' In THIS HE WAS AT ONE WIth; ThE; POLITICAL: LEADERSHIP THE: UNITED STATES HAS ENJOYED FoR: THE PAST ThiRTY-FIVE YEARS' I Must REpoRT- THAT"ThERE HAS' BEEN" No SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS TOWARD= A PEACEFUL: AND Just SOLution, 0F THE WAR In: VIETNAM DURING THE PARIS: TALKS} MeanwhitEb THE COMMUNISts: HAVE- MOUNTEd A SAVAGE) INDISCRIMINATET AttACk On SA [GON-~ON THE GOVERNMENT 0f South VIETNAM: AND' ON ORDINARY CITIZENS ALIKE 0 LIMITEDi OFFICIALi U8E; ~ ARTMEN? 1 1 STATBS OP ================================================== Page 24 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM o2 J LImITED OFFICIALi USE PAGE 02 STATE 185435! THERE IS Much SPECULATION THAT THESE ROCKET AND MORTAR AtTAcKS: ARE DESIGNED NOt ONLY Toi SHAKE THE GOVERNMENT , But To G I VE ThE [ MPRESSION ThAT THE COMMUNISTS HOLD THE MILITARY' INITIATIVE--AND' THEREFORE To SECURE An ADVANTAGE In PARIS' IT IS' A TRAGEDY?-ONE of MANY In THIS WaresTHAT TKE PEOPLE 0f south VIETNAM Must- SUFFER As. THEY Do- BECAUSE OF THE AGGRESS I VE INTENTIONS 0f THE COMMUNISTS, I CANNOT PREDICT- WHEN The; NORth VIETNAMESE REPRESENTATIVES WILLC BE' MORE Forthcoming In PARIS+ NOR: CAN I ESTIMATE how LONG THE COMMUNISTS OFFENSIVE WILL CONTINUE: In south VIETNAMe I FEAR THAT NEITHER: WILL' ocCuR AS: SOON AS_ ALL MANKIND DESIRES 0 NEVERTHELESS, THE UNITED STATES AND THOSE WITH WHOm WE ARE ALLIED: WILL CONTINUE To: SEEK AN HONORABLE PEAcE: At THE NEGOTIATING TAABLE' AS WE SHALL REMA IN FIRM In RESISTING TERROR AND AGGRESSION IN :South VIETNAM' T DEvoutly HOPE: THA Y` MY NEXT LETTER To' You; WILL: BRING MORE HOPEFUL TIDINGS _ UNLESS IT IS MYSELF, I Know 0f NO' ONE ON EARTH Who So Longs For NEWS- OF: PROGRESS TOwARD PEACE IN VIETNAM= AS Your HOLINESS, SHALL' TELL' YOu! THAT T HAVE GREA TLY ENJOYED MY CHATS; WITH THE APOSTOL [c DELEGATEi IN WASHINGTON, S[NCERELY, LYNDON Bb JOHNSON: UNQuotE 2 0 SIGNED ORIGINAL' BEING: POUCHED. 3 , WHITE HOUSE: CONSI DERS THIS MESSAGE A PRIVATE Com- MUNCATION, Rusk; LIMITED: OFFICIAL' USE QaRTMBN? 1 J 1 STATES ================================================== Page 25 ================================================== THE WHITE HOUSE 8936 WA SHINGTON June 15, 1968 Your Holiness : I was deeply touched by your compassionate message of condolence upon the death of Senator Robert Fa Kennedy. We draw strength from your prayers for our fellow citizens and for the Nation at this sad moment. I am pleased that Archbishop Terrence Cooke has agreed to serve on the Presidential Commission appointed to seek out the causes of violence in our country. 6 Senator Kennedy believed that Americans could, if they would, end the blight of poverty and bigotry. In this he was at one with the tical leadership the United States has enjoyed for the past thirty-five years. I must report that there has been no substantial progress toward a peaceful and just solution of the war in Vietnam during the Paris talks_ Meanwhile , the Communists have mounted a savage, indiscriminate attack on Saigon on the government of South Vietnam and on ordinary citizens alike. There is much speculation that these rocket and mortar attacks are designed not to shake the government, but to give the impression that the Communists hold the military initiative and therefore to secure an advantage in Paris_ It is a tragedy one of many in this war that the people of South Vietnam must suffer a8 do because of the aggressive intentions of the Communists _ I cannot predict when the North Vietnamese representatives will be more forthcoming in Paris; nor can [ estimate how long the Communists offengive will continue in South Viet- nam. I fear that neither will occur a8 8oon a8 all mankind desires. poli only they ================================================== Page 26 ================================================== -Z- Nevertheles s , the United States and those with whom we are allied will continue to seek an honorable peace at the negotiating table, a8 we shall remain firm in resisting terror and aggression in South Vietnam_ I devoutly hope that my next letter to you will bring more hopeful tidings. Unless it is mygelf, I know Of no one on earth who 90 longs for news of progress toward peace in Vietnam 38 Your Holiness. I should tell you that I have greatly enjoyed my chats with the Apostolic Delegate in Washington. Sincerely, Qukdl His Holines : Pope Paul VI Vatican City ================================================== Page 27 ================================================== {x"vehiughau 1928 JUN 6 18 02 M ItT-3 Juz 6 1968 CIttavatiCano 65 6 1300 SSS GQvr ETATPRIORITZ LyNdon Joknson PRESIDENTE 07 TKE unITeD. stAtEs 07 6MZRICA WKITE KOUSE WASHINGTONDC DZZ?LY SADDENE BY TE UNTIMELY ANd VIOLENT PASSING 0F SNator Robznt KENNEDY, WE 0FFER You. OUR SINCERE condolznces oN ThE Loss 0f An ouTStANDING PUBL IC. SERvANT; ASKING GOD To CONSOLE, Guard And DLESS You, YOUR FAMILY, TkE Governmznt And PEOPLE 07 TXC umited States PauLus Pp, VI Labil? Jfjert ( ================================================== Page 28 ================================================== DEPARTMENT OF STATE SUGGESTED MESSAGE COPIES TOt S/S:RY EUR EUR/AII Your Holiness Pic I was deeply touched your compask ionate mes s age of condolence o1 thg death of Senator Robert F_ Kennedy . We draw S trength rom / YoXr prayers for our fellow citizens for the nation at this s ad moment _ Senator Kennedy' s belief in the equality of al1 men , his compags ion for the poor , his confidence in the essential goodness men and his unfailing courage serve as an ins 'piration fox all_ As we mourn the pass ing of this extraordinary young man we dare to hope that what he 1tved Jand djed for may , with God's come to pass Sincerely, Lyndon B, Johnson His Holiness Pope Paul Vatican Clearances: EUR/AIS Mr _ Stabler EUR Mr Leddy EUR/AIS Mr Taylor EUR/AIS :RWT ,Jr/emt:afm ard help, VI , City. Jlc ( ================================================== Page 29 ================================================== Exi Wive Se ~rf Tariat [Ip ~arimen| Jf StaTE Out 1968 JUA' [o) FX 5 32 ================================================== Page 30 ================================================== Gl Op Poz &-aus]kennebh Robert F Department of State TES OP TELEGRAM UNCLASS IF IED 3]3 0 PAGE 6 | NAIROB 05067 1048352 8 47 ACTION AF 15 2 INFO CIAE 00,DODE 00,GPm @4,H 02, INR 07,L- 03,NSAE @b,NSC 1@,P 04, RSC 01,SP 02,SS 20,US IA 12,SAH 03,AI0 280PC: @4RSRI 01'/116 W R 7016502 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY NA IROB [ To SECSTATE WASHDC 5385 INF0 AMEMBASSY KAMPALA AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAM UNCLAS NA IROB I 5067 SECTION of 2 SU8JECT REACTION To KENNEDY ASSASS INATIJN REFERENCE' NAIROB I 5644 1 ' FURTHER OFFICIAL REACTION-PRESIDENT KENYATTA ORDERED KENYA FLAG FLOWN AT HALF STAFF JN ALL OFF ICIAL BUjLDINGS thRoughout COUNTRY JUNE 8 In MEMORY Of SENATOR, MINISTER ECONOMIC PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENI MBoY A REPRESENTED PRESIdENT AT REQUIEM HIGH MASS AT HOL Y FAMILY CATHEDRAL, NAIROB 1 , 10 4 00 Ae Mo JUNE 8 (MBOY A READ EPISTLE A T MASS ) AND IN SAME ROLE CAME To EMBASSY AFTERWARDS (FOR SECOND TIME' SEE REFTE ) To SIGN CONDOLENCE 800k, INSCRIPTION READS , "ON BEAALE OF H'E' THE PRESIDENT MZEE JOMO KENYATTA, MaPo , THE GOv"t, AND PEOPLE 0F KENYA, WE OWE RESPECTS To A GREAT MAN" , S I GNED T , MBOYA AND PAMELA MBOYA , REQJIIEM MASS: ALSO ATTENDED B Y MINISTER 0F INFORMAT ION AND BROADCASTING osoGo who ALSO S [ GNED EMB, CONDOLENCE 300k AFTERWARDS ) AND NUMBER 0F GOK CIVIL SERVANTS' MP"s, REPRESENTATIVES: OF DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND PUBLIC' FILLING LARGE CATHEDRAL AUDITOR 1UM' MINISTRY DEFENSE IsSUED FOLLOw ING STATEMENT JUNE 7 ON BEHALF OF MINISTER NJORJGE MUNGA I , "THE MINISTERI FoR DEFENCE' DR, NJOROGE MUNGA I AAS EXPRESSED PROFOUND ShOck OVER THE CONCE VTRATION OF KILLINGS ONI The KENNEDY FAMILY. DR , MUNGA [ , OBV IOUSL Y DEEPLY UNCLASS IFIED Q#PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 31 ================================================== OF Department of State 2 TELEGRAM TES 0f 29 JNCLASSIF'ED PAGE 22 NA [Ru3 35067 {6!8252 UPSET THE KECENT ASSASS [ VATION OF SE Vv RJAERT KENNEvy DESCRI 9ED TAE KtNNEJY F AMILY AS ONE which? 06 HAS VEwy JGh ICEALS F OR MankiND GoTh IV AMERICA 4N) THE WCRLD 4 LaRGE Q9 DR < MUNGA ! AJdED TXAT ~hE KENNEDYS SFood FOR ACpe IN THEIR CUUvT<Y 4 vD OvERSEAS 6 ThEY ST)od FoR JustiCE A ND FA [R PLA Y & THE AvISTER WENT QN , 01 [T MY HOPE Tha} SUMEThING WiLL 3E DONE To DIscovER T+E JICKNESS QF SOcicty mhich 3R[VES PEOPLE TC 6E74vE TkI3 WAY 0 3 ExPRESS MY SymPatky TJ MRS 0 EThEL K NNEDY , ThE CAILDREn Awd ThE ReS? JF THE FAMILY { Ni Tk=i7 JEEP S@RROw o " 2 - PUsl ( AND PRESS REactioN- 81FJRE SC-DJl: FOR Last XT `ES KNUWN HERE' EMB A NOUNCED JJNE 6 ThAT CONOo+YCE JQuks wOud E 0PE: V CAANCERY AND JS IS L RATy ER!DAY JuvE 7 ThRCJgh TUESDA M # JuNZ Y | (EXCEPTING SeTVRJA" AFTE~NJON A NO Sunday | & STREAM JF PEOPLE COmIn- -0 S-i.v #Ocks ThRJJSA ~ONDAY 2 HUVE 1 2 HAS CoNTI NUED UN4JATE?" PRESS CZVERAjc OF FUNERAL 4 VD EVEvts SURRJuYdJN IT, AS wiLl A5 mQRLO REACTioN Td AsSASS] NA T [ON AND LEGAL PROCEEDJNGS AGAINst A ESASS[N WA$ DOmi A VT SlBJECT Iv SPACE AND ATTENTION [V LC-A. PRESs ThkJUgh wEEi -EvD 4 VD MJNDAY 0 SuNDA y VA Ijn CC~M€#TARY 4,LA#Y ~JjfNC WAR:S AME?ICAVS AGA INST "CoNs-IRACY QF SilEnce 4 4J 3XAME" QVER h[S NEw MURDER OF De V?Tzo pyb_12 LEADER: N"iUENV 4SSERTS ~HAT AMERICANS AGA JN MLL -TrE PT ~EJECT IEA THAT THERE WAS CJNSPIRACY BEHIND ThT3 "WRJER ThA 88 ThEY ni J&L NcT WANT 8 AJMjT TQ THEIR PA#tizi?4TIn I ThE UNE 6Iu Cons?IRacy WhICh ALONE EXPLAINS Ths KlL' !NG, THE shoctIng 4 YD ThE Loof VG TAAT SwEPT Tx'ol_AJut ThtlR cjuntry IN RicenT TiMESe 0 0 0 THE CONSFIRACY (s Sf_ce 31LENCE JN ThE #Act CF ThE MAJO?ITy OF 4 Mca}:4"S Jn T4E F A CE CF Tke Appalinj COND[TjOvS WhICH BREED V:oiEwCE c ? VlnE Povr?ty Aivd TAE SJUALJR oF GHETTO LIFEo & T - 2JJUy ICEs AN OEGRA ATIO,S 2F 2AcIAL PREJUdICES AND 0Tsck:w'N4tTOn0 0 TAC EVIL 1 vFLENCES JF THE AMER ICA V; 1 'STi AL-MIlitaty (JMplkX : < Tx: EViL P JwiR Of i Ljc2':S CrRuPticn iN P~BU*C Ltfe: 0 T4E LiP 32?/! 47 TJa: AMERiCAN !#ade?S CiNsYANTL" PA K 7) THEIR Qc K; ;c 23CAlS E~SHR]~Ec I~ Tei < COwNTRV"3 CovStITUtuoN 9 4 'VE w) p-L.(tTLES HALF - wA Y #E4sWRES Of 2AST TQ CQsse-T T~ESE IL_S, SAYS T{ #E 19 Q{JivN ! N; JuT Jw JNCLASsfTid ARTMENT 1 8 { 1 STA 9} 1S Jy ================================================== Page 32 ================================================== Op 0 Department` of State TELEGRAM TES OF 29 JNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 NA J RuB 05067 10 [ 8257 AMERICA AND RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNTRY TurN INWARD CORRECT THESE ILLS BEFORE [T DESTROYS THE WORLD ALONG WiTh JTSELF 0 NeGUEnO"S words" 0Q "PERHAPS IN OROER T0 CONCENTRATE ON THE PROBLEMS OF VIOLENCE IiJUSTICE, AMERICANS SHOULD TURN MORE TOwARDS THEIRI OWN DJMESTIC SICKNESS, SPEND MORE ON THE GHETTOSd OFi AMERICA TAAN ON THE BA TTLEFIELDS OF VIETNAM 8 MORE ON' TKE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE' TAAN oN THE DEVELFMENT 0F OTHER PEOPLE : ATTEND To TAEJR OwN #EAKNESSES RATHER TAAN THOSE OF OTHERS THE DEVELUPNG NAT I ONS MAY NoT BE HAPPY AT THE PROSPECTS OF REDUCED 4 [ D FROM THE UNITED STA TES, Ut ThEy WILLI UNDERSTAND It IF IT MEAtvS THA T TkE NEGRQES AND THE PQoR UF AMERICA N WILL THEREBY BE REMOVED FROM CONDITIONE JF SQUA'OR Anu INJUSTICE < If IT MEANS LZSS VIOLENCE IN AmERICA , IF MEANS THAT AMER ICA WILL BE MORALLY HEALThIR AND THEREFORE IN A BETTER POS I TION To BE 0F: LAST Iivi; ASS I STANCE To OTHER NATIONS LATER, FOR TAE FE?GUSON JNCLASSIF IED QePARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA" AND IN AND IT ================================================== Page 33 ================================================== Op Department of Pgrat8 Us" Kennedy 2 Rop ENT F_ TELEGRAM TES 0F COiF} DENTIAL 08| 8 PaGE 0| WARSAW 03513 10 ! 648 L ~" 40 6 Ifooe_ "Elrs]e,P004,h 02,INR 072SS 20,NSC 2 0 RSR 0 | RSC 0 ! 0 / @60 W 1 5 P R ]Wi510Z JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY WARSAW To SECSTATE WASHDC PR IORITY 6 | 34 INFO AMCONSUL MUN ICH C 0 N F [ D E N T I A L WARSAw 3513 ST A TE PASS US [ A FOR IBS/POLISH 8 MunIch FoR FCN 1 > RESPONSE OF PCL ISh PEOPLE To KENNEDY DEA "h HAS POURED INto EMBA SSY IN FORM OF HUNDREDS OF VISVTDR: To LOBBY CoN DOLENCE BOOKS, PLUs LETTERS 0 TELEGRAMS 0 MOUDS Qf FLOWERS, GIFTs 0 2 c SINCE MIDDAY JUNE 6v MORE THAN 42 300 PERSONS S [ GNED EMBASSY ! S SEVEN BOOKSe AND MANY MORE WH; UNAPLE 8]GN DUE 70 crowds AT TABLES CAME To PAY RESPECTS BEFORE P-CTURE Of SENAToR WREATNED In BLACK 0 BR I GhT FLOrERS OF E VERY (ND FILLEC LOBBY 0 ManY In VASES SET In FRoNT JF P[CTURE ? MANY VISItoRS' KNELT' IN PRA YER , AND MANY WEPT , SOME Brought PICTURES, OF SENATCR: TAKEN DUR ING HIS 1964 VISIT To POLANDe cRowDS INCLUDED Youne PEQPLE AND) OLdd PEASANTS , SOLDIERS p WORKERS AND PRJESTS0 MEMBERS 0f POL ISh GOVERNMENT CAME , AS WELL AS QF WARSAH DIFLOMATIC COMMUNITY 0 DEMAND To s [GN BOOks S0 HEA V y EMJASSy KEEPING THEM OPEN AT LEAST UNTIL EVENING JUNE 1 @ 0 3 0 B I G CROWDS COLLECTED IN FRuNT 0F EMBASSY 0 5 UJAZDOWSKIE SJDEWALK DISPLAY CASES DEVOTED To SENA TJR , JNE CASE' CONTAINING BLACK-RIMMED PICTRE QF KENNEDY , WAS STREWN A ND KUNG- W ITh FLOWERS B Y PASSERSBY 0 OTHER CASES SHOwI vG PIcTURES FRQm: KENNEDY S LIFE AND VISIT To POLAND ATTRACTED THRoNGS QF VIEWERS? On SUNDA Y 2 JUNE 9 , EMBASSY LOBB Y FILLED To CAPACITy WITh VISITors: And CQNSTANT STREAM OF PEOPLE FLOwED In AND OUT ? 4 0 SOLEMN MASS WILL BE CoNDUCtEd MONDA Y D JUNE 1 $.2 At 0 8@0 GMT A T ST o JOGN 0 S CA THEDRAL In WARSAW MEMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY WILL ATTENDo EMBASSY HAS WGn0ium @l B4 CONF IDENTIAL ~#PARTMEN? 1 l-X { 1 STA ANO B I G ================================================== Page 34 ================================================== O1 Department of State TELEGRAM 2 CONFIDENTAL PAGE 42 WaRSAw 435/3 10 ! 6482 NO REASON Think CARUINAL WILL cundugT MAss QR: CVEN NO REFEAT BE PRESENT 0 But DQES NOT EXCLUDE POssIB[LITY 0 59 FOREGOING IS FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST USE Q JENKINS: GONFIDENTIAL ~ PARTMENT 1 STATES 0F ================================================== Page 35 ================================================== Op P0L 6-3 us|KENNEDV €osc Kt F I Department of State TELEGRAM TES UNCLASSIFIED 93 | PAGE 0| LAGOs 098 1 7 10 !4052 2 AEtIoN AF 15 7 INF0 SS 20,H 021CIAE 00,DODE 00, INR 07,NSAE 00,Pi @G,RSC 01,US I A NSC 10,RSR] 01,/072 W K 1012452 JUN 68 Fm AMEMBASSY LAGOS To SECSTATE WASHDC 97 8 iNFO AMCONSUL IBADAN UNN AMCON*UL KADUNvA UNN UNCLA? LAGOS 98 /7 SATURUA Y MORNING ARCHB ISHOP 0F LAGOS HELD REQUIEM MASS In COOPERATIJN WIth EMBASSY To HoNOR ROBERT F , KENNEDY. MASS ATTENDED 6Y GE ERAL PUBL IC, U'S, BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND Ue Sb MISSI ON PERSONNEL ' CONDOLENCE LETTERS RECEIVED FROM LEADING MEMBERS 0f GOvERNMENT' MEMBERS DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND FRIENDS. Of Ue S% CONDOLENCE oooks CPENED A T CHANCERY, RESI DENCE AND USI5 INFORMATION CENTERS. JEinG S [ GNED BY ALL LEVELS NIGERIAN SOCIETY' MATHEwS: NNN UNCLASSIEIED S PARTMENT 1 J 1 STA OP 12' OT 8 5 ================================================== Page 36 ================================================== Op Polozu s] Kinndy, RsktF Department of State TELEGRAM TES O? 26 UNCLASS IFIED 354 PAGE 0 | KINSHA 0968 | 1018532 SCTION H 02 E InFo AF 09,CPR 02,P 04'USIA 12'sS 20,NSC 10,SSO 00,RBR DIvRSC 0 | , (061 W 2 R 1017002 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA To SECsTATE WASHDC 8 1 9| UNCLAS KINSHASA 968 | { FORE IGN MINISTER BoMboko, InTERIOR MINISTER TSHI SEKEDI, TRANSPORT MINISTER NENDAKA' MINISTER 0f NATIONALI EcoNOMN NZEZAb ALL CAME To EMBASS Y JUNE 8Th To S I GN book For SENATOR KENNEDY , ALL MADE A POINT OF EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES AND: SYMPATHY' MCGUIRE UNCLASS IEIED Q#PARTMA; 1 1 1 STA 0 1 ================================================== Page 37 ================================================== OF Po26-&us/ Kernevy; RoBeRt kb F, Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP 7 UNCLASSIFIED 918 PAGE 0 | NA ] RUB 05067 02 Of 62 112472 4 ActIOn AF 15 3 INFO CIAE Bv)DODE @ U > GPM 14,H 029 [NR 6 70 1 03,NSAE 0@,NSC 1@,P 04, RSC 6|SP 02'SS 20,US IA 12,SAH 03 2 A ID 28,PC @ 4 RSR: @8 /1 16 W R 1016502 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY fvA [ RUB I To SECSTATE WASHDC 5386 INFo AMEMEASSY KAMPALA AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM UNCLAS SECTION 2 0F 2 NA IROB [ 5067 SUSJECT REACTION To KENNEDY ASSASS I NAT ION REFERENCE * NA IROB [ 5044 WORLD HAS MORE CAUSE To Bc FRIGHTENED OF A RICH AND POwERFUL BUT S] CK AND VIOLENT AMERICA TAAN JF THE DISADVANTAGES WHICh DwINDL ING Of AMERICAN FOREIGN A ID WOULD HAVE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT In AFRICA, ASIA OR LATIN-AMERICA AMERICANS WILL NEVER MAKE THE WORLD SAFE F0R DEMOCRACY UNTIL THEY HAVE F IRST MADE THEIR own COUNTRY SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY , UiTIL THEY AAVE ENDED THEIR: NATIONAL CONSP IRACY 0F VIULENCE o " NAIROB I SUNDAY Post EDI ToR [AL' JU E 9, PAYS HIGh TRIBUTE To SENATOR KENNEDY ANo 7 TALENTED BUT TRAGEDY-RIODEN KENNEDY FAMILY"THEN EMPHASIZES ThAT 06 KILLER OF ROBERT KENNEDY WAS A P'ALESTINIAN AR A8 . 0 FED ALMOST S INCe 6[RTh ON THE RABID' HATE-ARDUSING ANTI-LIONISTS VENOM SPEwED FO~th INCESSANTLY In THE MIODLE EAST . POST CONCLUDE THAT 10 ROBERT KENNEDY"s DEATA IS Just A 8 MUcH AN INDICTMENT 0F THUSE whO SPout RACIALI AND SECUAR_ HATRED AS IT AN INDICTMENT OF THE LAW REGULAT I ONS Ifv THE UNITED STATES CONCERNJic THE SALE: AND POSSESS ION OF F IREARMS 0 0 ThE LOS ANGELES CRIME CONIT A INS A MORAL FOR MANY WhO ARE NOT AMER ICANS & Vf FERGUSON JNCLASSIFIED ~#PARTMENT 1 1J 1 STA IS ================================================== Page 38 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0F @ PoLbLs[KEANEDY_RoBER LE 6 UNCLASS IFIED 537 PAGE 0 | PARIS 15983 1021362 1 39 ACTION EUR 20 INF0 (RSR @ $'CIAE 00DODE 00,GPM 04'A 02, INR 07,L' 03'NSAE @0,NSC 10, 1 P 04,RSC 2 |,SP 02,SS 20,US IA 12,/086 W R[019002 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY PARIS To SECSTATE WASHDC 2854 UNCLAS PARIS 15983 REF, PARIS TEL' 15825 SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY MEMORIAL SERVICES 1 , MOURNERS CONTINUE ARRIVE A T EMBASSY IN STEADY But DWINDL ING STREAM This CRISP AND SUNNY MONDAY MORNING To SIGN REMEMBRANCE Books FOR SENATOR KENNEDY, SCURES 0F BOUQUETS AND FLPRAL BASKETS HAVE BEEN DEL I VERED, HUNDREDS 0F PHONE CALLS To OFF ICES: AND HOMES OF OFF ICERS AND STAFF , AND THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF S I GNATURES CALLING CARDS, LETTERS, TELEGRAMS, IN A v ALMOST UNFRECEDENTED UNINTERRUPTED OUTPOUR ING OF SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE FOR THE KENNEDY FAMILY, 2' ST JOSEPHJ' S, PARIS CHURcH 0f ENGL I Sh SPEAKING CATHOLICS, HECD SPECIAL HIGh REQUIEM MASS SATURDAY EVENING WHICH DREW RECORD NUMBER WORSHIPPERS AND WAS ATTENDED BY ALPHAND FOR FRENCH GOVERNMENT, IRISh AMBASSADOR AND REPRESENTATIVES PAPAL NUNC I0 AND ARCBISHOP 0F PARIS, THIS MOvInG CEREMONY ALSO ATTENDED BY SHRIVER CHILDREN CHARGE YESTERDAYJ'S COMMEMORATIVE CHURCH SERVICES WERE LITERALLY' PACKED 1389 PERSONS WERE COUNTED ENTERING AMERICANI PRO-CATHEDRAL WTTh SCOREs MORE UNDBOUBTEDLY MISSED AS PEOPLE HURRIED In To: CEREMONY : ST , JOsEPHJ' S HAD CAPACITy CRowdS 0F WORSHIPPERS: ON SUNDA Y AS DId AMERICAN CHURCH On QUA [ DJ ORSAY , 3, IMPOSSIBLE CITE NAMES 0F ALL DIGNI TARIES AND FRENCH OFF [ - CIALS who PRESENT THESE CRERMONIES OR W40 AAVE SENT MESSAGES OR S [ GNE D REMEMBRANCE Buoks, BUt LIST INCLUDES MOSt AMBASSADORS Td FRANCE? NUMEROUS HIGH GOVERNMENT UFF ICIALS, SuCA AS GENERAL DE GAULLE (PAR IS HicroFXuKED BY RS/9 _ UNCLASS [F IED Q#PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA ' AnD AND ================================================== Page 39 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP UNCLASS IFIED PAGE 02 PARIS 15983 1021362 TEL 15865:) , PRIME MINISTER POMPIDOU, MINISTERS SECRETARIES of TE MESSMER, FAURE' DEBRE) COUVE DE MURVILLE, ALPHAND AND BETTANcOURT, POLITICAL FiGURES AND GROUPS SUch AS GUN MDLLET COMMUNIST PARTY , IN ADDITION To THOSE REPORTED PARTS 5729, PUBLIC: EXPRESSIONS SYMPATHY HAVE BEEN MADE BY FRANCOIS MITTERAND, GIS? CARD DJ'ESTA ING' MICHEL DEBRE, PIERRE MENDES-FRANCE' ARCHBISHOP 0F PARIS MARTY AND STRIKING ORtf EMPLOYEES' 4' LATEST GUESSTIMATE oF TOTAL NUMBER VISItoRS To EMBASSY IS BETWEEN 18 AND 10.000 A ND NUMBER CoNTINUES To GROW MANY OLD? TIME AMERICAN RESIDENTS AMAZED A T SPONTANEITy AND SIZE 0F MANIFESTAA T'ONS' 5, ACCORDING PRESS, LATE SENA TORJiS BoOk" To SEEK ANDTHER WORLD" which RECENTLY APPEARED IN FRENCH, WAS SELL out PARIS BOOKStoRES, WHICH HAD EXHAUSTED SUPPLIES 6 Y SA TURDAY EVENING' WALLNER UNCLASS IF IED Q#PARTMEN? 1 J 1 STAT STA AND A T ================================================== Page 40 ================================================== Do NOT TYPE IN TIS SFAc TELD UcLASSLEIED PoL [ESSAGE CLASSIFICATION RSAR COPY U. $. INFORMATION SERVICE This copy must be returne ta the: FWRedofument filc . FROM: USIS Pretoria A F MEs332 NO_ Jux 2 | I2 12 PH '68 TO: USIA WASHINGTON 1-N R NECEIVED, !OA/SC REF: F.M. 131 of June 10, 1968 June 10,_1968 SUBJECT: CU DATE 0 STUDENT AFFAIRS: TR BUTE PAID To SENATOR KENNEDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITMATERSRAND . GENCY USE JOLNI_ USLS-EMBASSY MESSAGE CTION @n June 6 over 1200 people heard Dr _ Al an Paton President of the Liberal 0 4e Party of South Africa, whi ch has been forced to disband because of the new Bi 1 1 banning multi-racial itical parties, deliver the 6th annual of Affirmation of Academic and Human Freedom" address at the Un iversity of the NFO Witwatersrand. (r Exactly two years before Senator Robert Franc es Kennedy had delivered the (cc fourth of Affirmation" address at the University of Cape Town In his address Dr _ Paton tribute to Senator Kennedy and extended sympathy to l41, Mrs _ Kennedy and her chi ldren _ Mr Jchn Kane-Berman President of the Students Representative Council at the University of the Witwatersrand 5 who wie | coned Dr _ Paton asked the audience to stand in si lence for 3 few (o #lp momnents in tribute to the ate Senator. In the closing address, Mr _ John Daniel President of the National Un ion of South: African Students , and host to the Senator on his visit to the I8 Republ ic in 1966 , said that in Senator Kennedy young people "saw a hope S for a nei brand of politics in the future_ Now that he has gone it i s difficult not to despair of al hope for the future_ But we wil not 2 ir; the message of Kennedy lives on and We wiu carry it forward." Encl Pix from Rand Daiy Mai)_ Royal D. Bisbee ikev Country Public Affairs Officer GENCY: Please pass copies to US | 5 Cape Town end USIS Johannesburg. Pp 719} Clearznce DSpigler: RD3isbee/db UWCLASSIFIED RAFTED BY CLASSIFiCA TION ACTION' COPY Rlaudti Ruezty pol "Day "'Day pai d Iojlc 5 desp 228/8. Shcfe 0 s;> Qests E ================================================== Page 41 ================================================== Op PoL t -2 US/ KE"NEDy , Robert F Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0f #8 Xr Pf F_Jordy-US SiRHAN; SirhaN kiShAra UNCLASSIFIED 732 PAGE 0 | KHARTO 0 |627 1011202 ACTION 1 INF0 AF 09'CIAE 0 0,DODE 00,INR 07,NSAE 001P @4,RSC 01,NSIE @0,H 021 RSR 01,/024 W P 10|0512 JUN 68 4 FM AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM To SECSTATE WASHDC PRIOR[TY 2876 UNCLAS KHARTOUM 1627 Jojnt STATE/USI S MESSAGE SUDAN Tv EVENING NEWSCAST JUNE 7 ENTIRELY DEVOTED Toi KENNEDY ASSASSI NATION, REPORTAGE INCLUDED , REPEAT 0Fi STATEMENT BY GOS SPOKESMAN HASSABU CARRTED PREV [OUS DAY BY PRESS' RADI0 TV, ti CLIPS 0F KENNEDY CAREER' CALIFORNJA CAMPA IGNb 0 VIctory STATEMENT, SHOOTING IN AMBASSADOR HOTEL' AND CAPTURE: 2 6 0F ACCUSED AND STILL Photos OF S [RHAN BUSHARA SIRHAN' ALL NEWSCASTS RADI0 OMDURMAN JUNE 7 CARRIED REUTER. REPDRTS: ON ASSASS INA TION INCLUDING FULL BACKGROUND SIRhAN BUSHARA SIRHAN' EXCERPTS EROM "FOREIGN DIRARY" COLUMN 0f RA I EL AMM JUNE 8 FOLLOW , "HE WhO BENEFI TTED FROm DEATH OF John KENNEDN WAS: JOhNSON/ AND HE Who BENEFITTED FROM DEATH OF ROBERT KENNEDY WAs HUBERT HUMPHREY , DEPUTy To JOHNSON ''It MAY BE ThAt' BUSHARA ShOT KENNEDY But whO Put WEAPON IN AIS HAND AND PROVOKED, THREATENED AND PRESSURED HIm? SIRHAN IS, AN ARAB AND AMERICANS READY To BELIEVE ANYTHING BAD About AN ARAB, THE SELECTION OF AN ARAB YOuNG MAN To PLAY THE ROLE 0f THE NEW OewaLDi DOEs: NDT CHANGE ANYTHING Known BY wORLD ToDAY, WHICH IS. That AMERICA IS GOVERNED BY CCMIME' 0i NOEL UNCLASSIFIED ~SPARTMEN? 1 J 1 STA 4 | AND I ARE 0 0 ================================================== Page 42 ================================================== oRiGin/ACTION DEP ARTMFNT OF STATE Bl 6-2 usJ_z, RF R Euk_6 REP AF ATRG RAM pku F; FOR RM USE ONLY ARA EUR FE A -W4 UNCLASSIFTED NEA CU INR No. HANDLING INDICAtoR To Department of State Receiven 68 I0 T Fbo AID 14 Nm i3 36 PHA 6 F tsa AGR com FRB FROM American Consulate , TRTESTE DATE: June 1968 fNT LAB TAR SUBJECT Reaction to Assasination of Senator Robert Kennedy TR XMB AIR REF $ ARMY CIA NA VY 3 L0 The assasination of Senator Robert Kennedy has had a profound impact OSD UsI A NSA throughout this Consular District_ The Consulate has received more 34 10 3 than 50 letters and telegrams from officials organizations and individ - NSC uals throughout the District, including the Prefect and the Mayor of Trieste, the President of the Regional Junta the President of the Regional Council, the Archbishop of Trieste and the Consular Corps of Trieste and Venice . More than 3000 persons visited the Italo- American Association to sign the Book of Condolences made available under a photograph of Senator Kennedy draped with an American flag. A1l the officers of the Consulate have been approached by innumerable friends, and strangers, who wished to express their sorrow Both in Trieste and Venice all activity throughout the cities in factories, offices, courts, railways, etc was halted for five minutes on Friday , June 7 in tribute to Senator Kennedy . The Mayor of Trieste offered a special eulogy at a formal meeting of the City Council. 3 This extraordinary outpouring of emotion has only been exceeded in re - cent years by that following the assasination of President Kennedy. It reflects not only the underlying pro-Americanism exi in this 1 Consular District as a whole and in Trieste in particular but also 2 the very great impact which President Kennedy and later Senator Kennedy exercised on untold millions around the world _ UNCIASSIFTED FOR DEPT USE ONLY FORM 62 DS - 323 QIn Drafted Contents and Classincatioo TJCFuess;gb 47) 738ke8s Clcaraaces: 4 eoi/ku 10, sting Our ================================================== Page 43 ================================================== El OF EWRQP FFA'3S COMMUNIC ;ENTER 3323,IUN 14 AM V| 30 DEPARTMEXT OF STATE ================================================== Page 44 ================================================== UNCIASSIFIED 2 Trieste, A-43 Apart from widespread grief _ the principal reaction in this Consular District appears be one of relief (a) that the asassination of Senator Kennedy apparently did not involve a conspiracy and (b) that it was not associated with civil violence Finally, most of the comments made to the reporting officer have expressed hope that somehow better protection can be afforded public officials generally in the future , particularly through rigorous controls over weapons = FUESS Qxy UNCTASSIFTED to ================================================== Page 45 ================================================== ORIGIN/ACTION Fl: DEP ARTMENT OF STATE PLl-2 uslezh, R REP A F ATRG RAM Kshtt F, FOR Rm USE ONLY ARA EUR FE A-139 UNCLASSIFIED NEA Cu INR NO AANDLING INDICA ToR To Department of state 10 Xc:", Fbo AID U : 6olwb AGR com FRB FROM Amconsul NASSAU DATE: June 10 , 1968 INT LA B TAR SUBJECT Message of Condolence over the death of Senator Robert F Kennedy TR XmB AIR REF ARMY CiA NAvY 20 OSD USI A NSA The Consulate General has been asked by the Very Reverend Dr 3 W. G. McPhee , Pastor of the Mt Calvary Baptist Church in Nassau, to transmit the attached e xpression of condolences to the family of Senator Robert F Kennedy _ SHELTON Encl : Copy of Condolence 8 Yld? afl banentid 1 7 tonits , 1 2 2 2 UNCLASSIFIED FQR DEPI_USE ONLX FORM DS-323 In Out 4 - 62 Drafted by: Contents and CxSsHrcMfPA Srpproved by: TBShelton:1fj:6/6/68 Clearances: Turner Shelton Consul General at & Ms g Racaedslsc 6/36 , ================================================== Page 46 ================================================== "-A562 A^ JLCRETAK FOR CONGRESSIONAL' RELATICNS 1968 JUN 19 PM 4 17 ================================================== Page 47 ================================================== QEEL,_DUSTRIBUTION ORiGiN/AC TION DEP ARTMENT OF STATE h 6 "IRGRAM Px6-14-JKmul) RM/R REP ARA [Rsbstf Original to be Filed in_ Decentralized Files. FILE DESIGNATION EU? FE NEA CU UNCLASSIFIED 7k263' INR P 10 AANDLING iNDICATOR NO. 5 To Department of State K; Fbo AID 7e Pr s INFO: OTTAWA, MONTREAL AgR coM FRB INT FROM Amconsul QUEBEC DATE June 10, 1968 LAB TAR Tr XmB SUBJECT Quebec Condolences for Senator Kennedy' 8 Death AIR ARMY NA Vy OSd REF USIA NSA CIA 20 The assassination of Senator Robert F_ Kennedy has brought messages Mf & of' condolence from &l1 walks of life in this consular district. b SUGGESTED DistribuTIoN Federal_Sympathy cc Flags On the Citadel and on Canadian federal vessels here were at half mast June 8. Many private buildings also flew the Canadian and Quebec flags at half staff Governor General MICHENER was in residence at the Citadel this past week_ Major Patrick TREMBLAY , Commandant of the Citadel and Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General, told me that His Excellency was very much disturbed at the Senator 8 POST RQUTING assassination. To: Action Info. Initials P3b/ Lieutenant Governor Hugues LAPOINTE expressed his condolences to me - DCM POL Other Official Condolences ECON Premier Daniel JOHNSON announced that he had sent the official con- ConS dolences of the provincial government and of all the population of ADM Quebec to Mrs. Ethel Kennedy and her m= handsome family of ten children_ 9 AId ~ usIS knclosures: 1 Letter of June 6 from Mayor Lamontagne of Quebec 8 2 . Translation of Enclosure 1 3_ Le Soleil editorial "Robert Kennedy 8 succombe" 0 "1 4 DAction editorial "L infecte violence FICE 5 _ Le Soleil editorial "Contre la violence 1i 6 Action Taken: Date: UNCLASSIFIED For Deportment_Uge_Onlx ForM Inltials: 10-64 DS -323 In Out Drafted by: Iplhone No.: Contents and CTossification Approved by: FCunningham:st Pr2a?2 FCunningham Clearance EuglcAN AJo = e ( LSs2h /i S564 6/3/l< Ctu(& 24NAF A F 10 / .` 2 _ ================================================== Page 48 ================================================== BV" :V OF EUPOPI KfNdS COMMUNIC. CENTER 13.IUN 13 (TPXRTMERT OF STATE M |0 41 ================================================== Page 49 ================================================== A-203 from Quebec UNCLASSIFIED 2 " Mr Johnson continued: I express the hope that from this sacrifice will come a harvest of peace and fraternity because one which I hope is not far away, people will realize that it serves no purpose kill those who carry the torch of liberty because there will always be some: some other men , to carry on in 01 their stead_ I do not know how Mr Johnson sent his condolences , and suppose he sent them directly through public channels . They were not communicated to or through the Congulate General The Honorable Jean LESAGE , former Premier and now Leader of the Opposition, spoke M m1 of the assassination with consternation_ He continued: are all aware that the whole world is experiencing troubling &nd tragic hours _ The entire world 18 in effervescence. Nevertheless , hate and violence will settle nothing. They #i can br anarchy The French Consul General and British representative expressed condolences . Telegrams and Letters of Condolence Telegrams and letters of condolence came from the club of Americans known as the American Colony of Quebec, from the Mayor of Quebec Enclosures 1 and 2) and his chief counsellor and from private citizens known to uS and from some we do not know _ There have been telephone calls, including one identified II as from a group of' Canadians; to express sympathy. Signing the Book of Condolence Interest in signing a book appeared slowly. Indeed, my first impression was that the idea would not arise here . There have been some signatures, but in no real proportion to other expressions of sympathy . Redio and Television Radio and TV stations here have carried a great deal about the Senator and his tragic death_ They have carried statements by the Premier the Leader of the Opposition, the Cardinal , etc On June 8 Radio Station CHRC asked me for a8 statement , and in response I translated into French and read the President's Proclamation of June 6 declaring Sunday = June 9, a of national mourning. The local radio and TV stations of Radio-Canada the French network of' the CBC) carried the funeral practically all Saturt June 8_ So did the CBC ' s English television transmitter Mail for the Widow and Family There were some inquiries as to how to address Mrs _ Kennedy_ We have also received some letters for her _ which we forwarded immediately. day , to one , "we deep ing only only day day 'day , ================================================== Page 50 ================================================== A-203 from Quebec UNCLASSIFIE 3 Editorials Le Soleil in an editorial of' June 7 Enclosure 3) wrote: Robert Kennedy Has Succumbed The emotion that has stupefied the United States after the attack on and the death 25 hours later of Senator Robert Kennedy 16 quite under standable_ In the space of a little less than five years the two most eminent members of the Kennedy family have fallen to the bullets of assas8ins _ In both cases , the Kennedys were victims of the bullets of' persons who had less against the persons aimed at than against the ideas in- carnated, those of' liberalism and of democracy , which are constant values of American life Moreover the United States is an open and free society_ Protocol and hierarchical barriers are reduced there to a minimum _ Thus it i8 easy to come into contact with great political personalities, which explains how a Sirhan could slip into the hotel where Senator Robert Kennedy was celebrating his victory. Liberty includes risks _ This can easily be used as an ar gument regimes that liberty_ L'Action for June 7 carried an editorial entitled "Horrible Violence (Enclosure 4) This editorial began: What nobody dared imagine in the worst of nightmares has just happened. After President Kennedy after the Reverend Martin Luther King, it is Senator Kennedy' s turn to be the victim of an unspeakably savage assassination . Mi Le Soleil for June 8 had an editorial entitled "Against Violence (Enclosure 5) . It concluded: After all the other8, the assa8sination of Robert Kennedy has struck the imagination of Americans hard enough to mobilize all their energy to prevent violence and its causes In the past , Americans have shown that knew how to recognize their weaknesses ana that could take steps to remedy them. It will not be uninteresting for other countries to observe_ in this respect , the evolution of the United States, because the other industrial countries are experiencing more Or less the same phenomenon , which it seems , tied to the development of strongly urbanized societies. CUNNTNGHAM they by deny they they 18, YU

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