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1 0 CZECHOSLOVAK IA ' S LEADERSHIP LED NA TION IN EXPRESS ING SORROW
OVER KENNEDY DEATh AND SYMPATHY FOR FAMILY , SVOBODA , DUBCEK
AND HAJEk SENT SYMPATHY TELEGRAMS To ETHEL KENNEDY AND SMRKOVSK Y
WIRE US SENA TE , PRESIDENT CONVEYING NATIONAL ASSEMBL Y ! S DEEP
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ALL DEPUTIES PROF OUND CONDOLENCES CERNIK ISSUED FOLLOWING
PUBLIC STA TEMENT : "ROBERT KENNEDY 'S DEATH CAME AS A DEEP Shock
ME AND CERTA INLY TOALL OUR PEOPLE. I SHOULD LIKE To EXPRESS
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"ThE OBJECT[VE EFFECT OF SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY ' S MURDER Is
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IMPORTANCE OF PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE FOR THE MA INTENANCE OF PEACE
AS WELL AS FOR ThE AMERICAN SOCIETY ITSELF ,"
3 , ASSASSINATION AGA IN LEAD Story In TODA Y '5 PRESS , NEWS
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FOREIGN SOURCES , MANY EDITOR IALS CONTINUE To BELABOR RIGHTIST
CONSPIRACY THEME A S WELL A5 CONDEMNING "SICK" US SOCIETY .
RUDE PRAVO ' S JAROSL < V BOUCEK FULMINA TES THAT "FANATIC Who
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THE NATIONAL ITy OR RELIGION 0F MURDERERS LIKE S I RHAN, OSWALD,
RUB Y OR THE ST ILL UNKNOwN MURDERER 0F KING IS ABSOLUTEL Y SECONDARY ,
THE MA IN ThNG IS WHAT LINKS THEM' THE MILLIONS
PROTESTING AGA INST WAR, HATRED, AND SOCIAL' INJUSTICES HAVE
RECEIVED THE SAME ANSWER FOR THE THIRD TIME ' THE PRESIOENTIAL
THRONE OF THE USA IS STAA INED WITh BLOOD--MORE TERRIBL Y THAN
MACBETH' S THRONE , AND THE WA Y To IT STINKS OF GUNPOWDER
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DEAD BODIES OF THE IRISh BROTHERS AND THE BLACK PASTOR WILL
END WITh A BULLET In THEIR HEADS?" PRACE ASSERTS
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TENDENCY To SEEK SOLUTION To VEXED QUESTIONS BY VIOLENCE
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1 , LEA D STORY In JUNE 7 PRESS IS DEATh OF SENA TOR KENNEDY ,
MESSAGE UF CONDOLENCE FROM ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER WINIEWIcz
To #RS. KENNEDY IS REPORTED' Roth IN COMMENTAR IES AND IN
NEWS STORIES THERE ARE TRACES OF SOME EMBARRASSMENT AND EVEN
DEFENSI VENESS IN TREA TMENT Qf SIRHAA AND AIS MOTIVES. DEA Th
JF F IGURE WELL-KNOWN AND LIkz) [ PCLAND APPARENTL Y A T HANDS
OF ARAB NATIONAL IST SIMFLY 3JE; Nt FIT Into POL Ish PROPAGANDA
PICTURE EITAER OF US Qf JF LLEWE? WORLD ZIONIST CONSPIRACY ,
THUS , STORIES AND COMMENT : Klis {AKE EVERY EFFORt To F IND
D[RECT LINKS RETwEEN DEATh Jr 3ENA TOR KENNEDY AND DEA THS OF
PRESIDENT KENNEDY AN? Maktin LUThER KING , AND TRYBUNA LUdu
HEADLINF SPEAKS ALREADY jf "CAMPA IGN 0F LIES BY AMERICAN
RADI0 AND Tv CONCERWI NG NcTIVES OF MURDER. 00
2 0 OTHER ItEMS IN Jur: 7 PRESS INCLUDE REPORT Of POLISH
CUL TURAL DELECA T I ON To HANO [ HEADED B Y FONMIN DEPT D R
ZULAwSK [ 4 ND INTERV[Eiy Ry FRENcH CP POLITRuRo MEMBER GEORGES
MARCHA [ : W [Th ZYCIE #4RSZAWY (ZW ) ON FRENCH INTERNAL S TUATION ,
IN RESP3:s; To SuR": [SINGL Y FRANK QUESTIONS B Y Zw CORRESPONDENT
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INFO AMCONSUL IBADAN
AMCONSUL KADUNA
UNCLAS LAGOS 9789
C 0 R R E C T E 0 C 0 P Y
SUBJECT, OJUkwu ' S MESSAGE 0F CONDOLENCE To MRS , KENNEDY
1 , RADI0 BIAFRA BROADCAST MESSAGE 0f CONDOLENCE SENT B Y OJUkwu
To MRS , KENNEDY ON DEATH 0F SENAToR KENNEDY,
2' OJukwu DESCRIBED SENATOR '5 DEATH AS "MOST TRAGIC To THE UNITED
STATES A ND ENTIRE WORLD, " HE SA I D KENNEDY CHAMP[ON Of PooR AND
DOwNTRODDEN, FRIEND 0F AFRICA AND MAN 0F strong BELIEF IN; IN-
CREASINGLY APATHETIC AND SELF SEEKING WORLD .
3, OJukwu COMPARED KENNEDY FAMILY To 8IAFRANS SAYING Both
VICTIMS 0F "B I TTER ENvy , " NARRow MINDEDNESS ANd BL IND HATE ,
EXPRESSED CONF [ DENCE "TRIUMPH 0F TRuth OVER FALSEHOOD,
JUSTICE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND ALL OThER CHAUVINISM"
4 , FINALLY HE EXPRESSED HOPE ThAt CONSCIENCE 0f MAN WOULD BE
AROUSED AGA INSt Those WHo "AttEmPt To ELIMINATE The ObJeCT
0F THEIR ENvy BY VIOLENCE IN ORDER To ACHIEVE THEIR AMB [ TION"
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FM AMEMBA SSLY LAGOS
To SECSTA TE WASHDC 966
InF0 AMCONSUL IBA DAN
AMCONSUL KADUNA
UNCLAS LAGOS 9789
SUBJECT : OJUkwu 'S MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE To MRS . KENNEDY
1 2 RAD I0 BIAFRA BROADCA ST MESSA GE OF CONDOLENCE SENT RY
OJUkwu To MRS : KENNEDY ON DE A TH OF SENA TOR KENNEDY }
2 0 OJUKwU DESCR IBED SEN , TOR ! S DEATh A S MOST TRAG IC To
THE UN [ TED STA TES AND ENTIRE WORLD . HE SA [ D KENNEDY
CHAMPION OF POOR A ND DOWNTRODDEN, FRIEND OF AFRICA AND
MAN 0f STRONG BELIEF In INCREAS INGL Y APATHETIC AND SELF
SEEKING WORLD ,
3 Q 0Jukwu COMPARED KENNEDY F AmILY To BI AFRANS SA Y ING BOTH
VICITIMs OF : 8ITTER ENVY NARROw MINDEDNESS AND IND HA TE ,
HE EXPRESSED CONF I DENCE TR [UMPHOF TRUTH QVER FALSEHOOD , JUSTICE
OVER BRUTE FORCE ANGLLOE OERCHAUV INSM 0 &
4 , F INLLY HE EXPRESSED HOPE ThAT CONSCIENCE OF MAN WOULD BE
AROUSED A GA I NST THOSE WHO ' Q A TTEMPT To ELIMINATE ThE OBJECT OF
THEIR ENVY Ry VIOLENCE IN ORDER To ACHIEVE THEIR
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0
UNCLAS LIBREVILLE 1375
AS RESULT WIDESPREAD SPONTANEOUS EXPRESSI ONS CONCERN AND
SYMPAThY
HERE OVER ASSASS I NAT I ON SEN KENNEDY , WE HAVE PLACED BOOk In
EMBASSY LOBB Y FOR THOSE WISHING EXPRESS CONDOLENCES, THROUGhoUt
DAY THERE HAS BEEN STREAM OF VISITORS To SIGN bo0k AND REGISTER
THEIR SENT IMENTS AMoNG THEM HAVE BEEN CAB INET SEcY GEN CONIQUET
REPRESENTING PRES IDENCY AND GOvt, PRESIDENTS OF SUPREME
COURT AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY , FORE IGN MINISTER MALEKOU , FRENCH
AMB AND OUR OTHER DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES, PLUs MANY OTHER
OFF ICIALS MEMBERS PRIVATE GABONESE AND FRENCH COMMUNITIES,
PLAN To KEEP Book OPEN FoR WEEK AFTER WHICH WILL FORWARD To
DEPT FR APPROPR IATE DISPOS ITION , BA NE
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7
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INF0 AMEMBASSY BRA S IL IA
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LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE SA0 PAULO 18 46
SUBJECT, REACT ION SENATOR KENNEDY 'S DE A TA
1, SA0 PAULO REAcTION To DEA TH SENA TOR KENNEDY ONE OF DEEP GRIEF ,
ShOCK, AND BEWILDERMENT QVER QUOTE WHA T HAS HAPPENED To THE UNI TED
STATE UNQUOTE' CONGEN HAS RECE IVED COUNTLESS EXPRESSIONS S YMPAThY
FROM GOVERNOR , VICE GOVERNOR PUBL IC OFF IC [ALS, FORE IGN CONSULA TES
AND GENERAL PUBLIC, GOVERNOR, MA YOR AND PRACTICALLY ALL MEMBERS
STA TE ASSEMBL Y ISSUED STA TEMENTS AND/0R EULOGES 0F SENATOR
9
DESP I TE GENERAL SYMPAThY FOR KENNEDY FAMILY AND AMERICAN PEOPLE'
THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE PUBL IC ADVERSE REACTION AGA InSt
UNITED STA TES IN SA 0 PAULO ,
2 Q NEWSPAPERS ARE UNANIMOUs IN LAMENTING LosS To UN I TED STATES
AND WORLD - HOWEVER, SOME NEWSPAPERS SUch A S FOLHA DA TARDE AND
UL TIMA HORA G VING SENSA TIONAL COVERAGE LINK ING DEATHS 0F PRESI "
DENT KENNEDY , MAR T IN LUTHER KING AND RORERT KENNEDY To 8 IG BUS [ -
NESS , MILITARY AND CIA, ALLEGEDLY BECAUSE THESE MEN REPRESENTED
THREA T To STA TUs QUQ , 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO SETS EVENT In PER -
SPECTIVE AND CAST I GA TES SOV IET ATTEMPTS BLAME ALL AMERICAN
SOCIETY FOR KENNEDY 'S DEA TH,
3 0 NEGROES SUCH A S PELE BLAMED ASSASS INA TION ON U,S , RACE PROBLEM
AND COLORED ST A TE DEPUTY TARQUINHO CAST I GA TED QUOTE BI G BUs I =
NESS UNQUOTE OTHER BRAZ IL IANS REFUSED ACCEPT EVIDENCE REGARD -
InG ASSASS IN 'S OR [ G IN CLA IMING EXISTENCE OF PLOT MOTIVATED B Y
RIGHTIST FORCES, IN MAUDL IN, SENSA T IONAL A ND EMOTIONALL Y -
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JECTIVEL Y AS ISOLA TED Act , PERHAPS MORE SERIOUS IS THA T KENNED Y
MURDER, S0 CLOSE To MARTIN LUTHER KING 'S, HAS RAISED REAL QUES-
TIONS IN MINDS OF BRAZIL IANS REGARDING FABRIC OF OUR SOCIETy
AND REGARDING VAA IDITy 0F _ U.S, WORLD LEADERSHIP ,
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UNCLAS BA THURST 95
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QUOTE DEAR JOhN [ WOULD LIKE YOU To ACCEPT FROM ME
6
AND' MY COLLEAGUES IN CAB INET AND To EXTEND SAME To THE GOVERNMENT
OF THE UNITED STA TES OF AMERICA AND THE FAMILY 0F THE DECE
My DEEP S YMPATHY FOR THE UNT IMELY DEATh OF SENATOR ROBERT
ASED
KENNEDY THIS CRUEL AND SENSELEsS AcT OF VIOLENCE HAS SHOCKED
AND DISMA YED THE WHOLE WORLD YOURS SINCERLEY DAWDA JAWARA PR IME MINISTER UNQUOTE
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To SECSTATE WASHDC 2850
Limited OEFICIAL' USE KAMPALA 2294
SU:y < DEATH 0F. SENATOR KENNEDY
REF 8 KAMPALA 2289
FONOFF CALLED MORNING JUNE 7 2 WISHING Know CORRECT WAY TRAMSMIT
To KENNEDY FAMILY RESOLUTION PASSED BY UPC CONNENTIon YESTERDAY +
(REFTEL } 0 WE OFFERED THREE ALTERNATIVES : A | EMBASSY COMMuNIcA =
TIONS CKANNELS, ( B ) UGANDA EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON ThencE EitheRi
To chief QF prqtocol OR OFFICE. MR PALMER, (C) COMMERCIAL
TELEGRAM To OFF ICE SENATOR: KENNEDY, Uo So SENATE
WE URGED USE OF ETTHER (A ) OR (8 ) As BETNG MdST EFFECTIVE, IT
NOT CLEAR To US YET WhAT MEANS TRANSMISSION WILLI BE UTILIZED,
HQwEVER) QUOTED BELOW IS UNCL ASSIFIED TeXt RESOLUTIoN FOR:
DEPT ' S INFO 8
"WE HAVE RECEIVED THE SKOCkING NEwS THAT SENATOR KENNEDY HAs DIED ,
IT IS FOR ThIs PURPOSE THAt 1 Ask YOu TQ SuppoRt THEI FolLowiNG
RESOLUTIONG
"ThIs DELEGATES CONFERENCE oF THE Ue Po Ce HAS' RECEIVED WiTh GREAT
Shock TKE NEWS QF THE DEATh 0F SENATOR; ROBERT KENNEDN 0 ThrS
CONFERENCE AND PARTICULARLY THE FRATERNAL: DELEGATES FRoM To A v No Uo &
Ko A &NeU v 9 Ue Na ] #P 0 , AND THE CONGOLESE GOVERNING PARTY SEND THERE
DEEP AnD HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES MRS ? ETHELI KENNEDY' AND To THE
KENNEDY FAMILY . % DECLASSIFY UPoN RECETPT 0 STEBB]NS
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UNCLAS BA THURST 9 4 X
GOVERNOR GENERAL AND LADY S INGHATEH REQUESTED FOLLOW ING MESSAGE
BE CONVEYED MRS ROBERT KENNEDY AND FAMILY QUOTE PLEASE ACCEPT
FROM MY WIFE AND MYSELF DEEPEST S YMPAThY CONDOLENCES A T TRAGIC
DEATH SENA TOR KENNEDY THIS IS DREADFUL TRAGEDY WHICH HAS
SHOCKED WHOLE WORLD UNQUOTE .
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UNCLAS NA [ROB I 50 1 4
FOR WILLIAM BUNDY
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REF : STA TE 177482
MCGEORGE BUNDY ARR [ V ING JFK A [ RPORT NEW YORK 129 40 P 0 Ma
FRIDAY
9 JUNE 7 V [ A BOAC FLIGhT 503 FROM LONDON v FORD
FOUNDATION PERSONNEL WILL MEET UPON ARR ] VAL YOUR
BROTHER WILL CONTACT YOU R NO SPEC IAL ASS [ STANCE
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INFO AMEMBASSY BONN
3
LIMITED OFF IC [AL USE BREMEN 229
REACT ION To KENNEDY ASS IS INA TION
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SENATOR- ROBERT KENNEDY 'S DEATh WAS IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWED B Y SINGLE PA GE NEWS SUPPLEMENTS DISTRI BUTED FREE BY
THE Two MAJOR LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, NUMEROUS TELEPHONE CALLS
TELEGRAMS AND LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE . AMONG THESE WERE LETTERS
FROM BURGERME I STER HANS KOSCHNICK, THE PRESIDENT 0F THE BREMEN
BURGERSCHAFT AND A JO INT TELEGRAM FROM THE SPD BURGERSCHAFT
FRAKTION AND THE LAND PARTY ORGAN IZA TION In ADDITION THERE
HAS BEEN A MODERATE To HEAVY TRAFF IC OF PERSONS COMING To THE
CONGEN To S GN CONDOLENCE BOOk .
AMONG THE FIRST To S [ GN THE CONDOLENCE BOOk WAS BURGERMEI STER
KOSCHNICK WhO FOLLOWED THE S [ GN [ NG. WITh A CALL' ON THE CONSUL
IN CHARGE THERE FOLLOWED A AALF HOUR CONVERSATION ON WHAT MJGHT
BE CALLED "THE STATE OF THE NATION . KOSCHNICK WAS O8 V IOUSL Y
PERSONALL Y DISTURBED B Y THE SENATOR ' S DEATA AND BY WHAT HE
Thought IT PORTENDED FOR THE U'S0 , GERMANY AND THE WORLD, HE
FREEL Y CREDITED THE US FoR IMPARTING DEMOCRACY To THE FRG
AND STATED THA T ALThOUGH It WAS, AND STILL IS, FAR FROM PERFECT
HE AND MANY GERMANS FELT THAT THE AMER ICAN MODEL HELD BEFORE
THEM SERVED AS A GOAL TOWARD WHICh THEY COULD WoRk DUR ING
THE INTERVENING YEARS HOwEVER HE HA D BECOME INCREAS INGL
DISAPPOINTED WITh AMERICA 'S SEEMING INAB ILITY To SOL VE ITS
PROBLEMS AND BRING FULL DEMOCRACY To ITS OwN PEOPLE . HIS DISPA I R
GA VE WAY To HOPE DUR I NG THE PRESIDENCY 0F JOHN KENNEDY BUT AFTER
HIS DEATH ThOuGht THA T AMERICA WAS AGA IN LOSNG Its SENSE OF
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DIRECTION AND MOMENTUMa HE Thought THAT ROBERT KENNEDY WAS THE
ONE MAN WAO COULD SA VE: AMERICA AND NOW HE Too WAS DEAD
THE CONGEN OFFICER PO [NTED out THAT ALThOUGH THE DECEASED SENATOR
WAS INDEED AN IRREPARABLE Loss FOR AMERICA , THE OTHER LEADING
CAND IDATES OF BOTh PARTIES, IN ESSENCE , SHARED HIs: GOALS FOR
AMERICA Though TEY MA Y NOT BE ABLE To EMULATE HIS PARTICULAR
STYLE OF LEADERSHIP , THEY NEVERTHELESS, In THEIR Own WA Y,
CAN ST ILL A TTA IN THESE GOALS 0 WIThout A TTEMPTING To DISPUTE THE
ABOVE , KOSCHNICK APPARENTLY REMA INS CONV INCED TAAT ROBERT
KENNEDY HA D BEEN DESTINED To PLA Y A UNIQUE ROLE ON This EARTH
AND With HIS DEATH It WILL REMA IN UNPLA YED , KOSCHNICK CONCLUDED
HS VISIT, HOWEVER , WIth THE HOPE THA T AMERICA WILL: SOLVE ITS
DOMESTIC PROBLEMS AND THEREBY REGA IN ItS FORMER STATURE .
OTHERW ISE ? HE FELT THERE WOULD BE LITTLE HOPE FOR: GERMANY ,
OR EVENTUALL Y , FOR PEACE In THE WORLD , ELLISON
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"
FOLLOw*NG IS TEXT OF PRYMIN TRUDEAU ?S STA TEMENT RELEA SED ThIs
NOON 3 QTE THE PR IME MINISTER ANNOUNCES THA T THE R IGkT
HONORABLE L ' B . PEARSON WILL REPRESENT HIm PERSONALL Y AND
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA A T THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE SENATOR
ROBERT F 0 KENNEDY IN NEW YORK CIty , THE PR IME MINISTER 0
STA TED THAT NO McN COULD MORE APPROPRIATEL Y REPRESENT AND
EXPRESS ThE ThouGhTS AND PRA YERS OF ALL CANADI ANS IN This
TIME OF GRIEF FOR ThE KENNEDY F AMILY AND ThE AMERICAN PEOPLE &
THE CANADIAN AMBASSADOR To THE UNI TED STATES , MR 0 A q E & RITCHIE 0
WILL' REPRESENT CANADA THE CEREMONY A T ARL INGTON NAT I ONAL
CEMETERY IN WASHINGTON e END QTE
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UNCLAS QTTAWA 1 8 1 ?
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6
1~ FouR EditoRIALS REV;EWED BY EMB AFTER SENATOR KENNEDY ' S
CEATh SHA RED OBSERV4 TION ThA T US MUS T NOT BE JUDGED ONL Y
0
SQURCE A ND Vtctym Of VIOLENCE IN TODA Y v 5 WORLD 0 LA PRESSE
MOST E_OQUENTL Y SUMMED UP THEIR A TTITUDES QTE WE ARE NOT
PFEPARED To THROW ROCkS A T THE AMERICAN PEOPLE J ^ < 0 IN TAIS
GREA T REPUBL IC A 5 ELSEWHERE It 3 $ A MINORITY OF EXTREMISTS
WHC DESP - SE THE R IGhTS OF OTHERS LIKE TKEM TKA 7 SOWS KATE
AND TERROR V
2J [7 I$ ;00 EARLY To DANCE ON TKE -OmB OF
AMERiCAN CEMOCRACY 4S COUNTRIES 0f EASTERN EUROPE HA VE DONE
WE BELfEVE INSTE A D ThA T Thfs ThiRD TRIAL WILL REQUIRE FROM
THE WHOLE Of A MERIC^ N SOCIETY A NEW COMMITMENT To JUSTICE
AND 70 CIvIL RIGhTs UNQTE
2 < G'ORE ANO MA [L' I N SkARP CONTRAST 70 YESTERDA Y !S AcR I -
MON IOUS EDIToR IAL' A DM I TTED SEEDS OF VIOLENCE MA Y BE PRESENT
I N HATE-SMEAR LITERA TURE AEING PRODUCED IN PRESENT CANADIAN
ELECTION CAMPA I GN PAPER ADDE D QTE F [XING THE BLAME :S
RISKY IT TENDS To HELP QUTS IDERS OVERLOOK THE EVILS WHICh
THEY SHARE < < 0 WITh THOSE THEY EXCOR f 4 TE UNQTE
3 , YESTERDAY ' S 0 T TA w A JOURNAL ALSO SPECULA TED ON Poss : 8JL ITy
such VIOLENCE COULD HAPPEN I N CANADA AND WARNED AGA INSt
CONDEMNA T ION OF QTE A NA T ION AS A WhoL: CANNOT BE
IND[CTED FOR I TS MADMEN 0 ~ #POLITICAL ASSA SSI NA TION Is NOT
IND i GENOUS To THE US UNQTE . TodA Y $ S JOURNAL CALLED FOR
CLOSER EXAMINA TION OF SOC I AL ENVIRONMENT IN
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APPEARED THIS MONR ING WITH PICTURE 0F SEN KENNEDY QNi COVER AND
CARRIED FoL MESSAGE WHICH SENT BY PRESIDENT BONGo Toi
PRES JOHNSON, THE NEWS 0F SEN KENNEDY 'S DEATHE HAS'
BEEN GRIEVOUSLy FELT BY THE GABONESE PEOPLE' THE GABoNESE
GOvT AND BY ME , FOR THE SECOND TIME THE KENNEDY FAMILY
PAYS WITh ItS BLOOD FOR ITS AcTIVE' AND CONSTRUCTIVE PART ICIPATION
In THE DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE POLITICALi LiFE of THE
GREAT AMERICAN NA TION, I WOULD APPRECIATE It' If 'Yoy WOULD
TRANSMIT To THEM' WITh our Most HEARTFELT CONDOLENCEB_ OUR
PROFOUND SYMPATHY, WE SADLY Assoc] ATE OURSELNES WIthi ThNS:
CRUEL BEREAVEMENT WHICH I5 ALSO THE BEREAVEMENT Of THE PEOPLE
Of THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES, PLEASE AccePt, EXCELLENCY_ THE
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1, OFF IC IAL REACT IOn _ NEWS OF SHOOTING OF SENA TOR
ROBERT KENNEDY REACHED PRES IDENT KENYA TTA IN LA TE
MORN JNG OF JUNE 5 A T NA IROB I A IRPORT DEPARTURE CEREMONIES
FOR ZAMRIAN PRES IDENT KAUNDA WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED WEEK -
LONG S7 A TE VIS [T To KENYA , BOTh KENYA TTA AND KAUND A
EXPRESSFO) PROF OUND SHOCK (NA IROB ] 4994 ; VICE PRESIDENT
MO [ STEPPED ASIDE Tc EXPRESS HIs SHOCk A ND S YMPAThY To
AMB . FERGUSON AND . AFTER KAUNDA S DEPARTURE FORNMIN
ARGW JNGS KODHEK AND MINDEF MUNE#
NED A T A [RPORT To
EXPRESS THE[R FEEL INGS To AMB LATTER RECE ]VED TELEPHONE
CALLS QF SAME NA TURE DUR ING AFTERNOON FROM MINEC ON PLANNING
AND DEVELOPMENT MRO Y A AND MINAGRICUL TURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
MCKENZYE
2 - ' OfF ICIAL REACT ION CONT , ) NEWS OF DE A Th OF SENATOR
KENNEDY JUNF 6 EvOkF D THESE OFFIC [ AL STA TEMENTS
FROM PRE IDENT KENY A TTA IN CA BLE To MRS KENNEDY -
" HAVE LEARNEC WIth PROF QUND REGRET Of YOUR HUSB AND v $
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IDEALS FJR WHICH HE STRIVED WILL LIVE ON AND INSPI RE
PEOPLE THE WORLD OVER To LIVE IN UNDERSTAND ING , RESPECT
AND LOVE . A T THIS MOMENT OF GRAVE PERSONAL TRAGEDY ,
I WISH To CONVEY To YOu A ND YOUR ENTIRE F AMILY MY
HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES . 0
VICE PRESIDENT MO I , WHO WAS In KAMPALA WHEN NEWS OF
DEATh MADE PUBLIC' JOINED UGANDAN_
1 ZAMB IAN TANZANIAN ,
AND CONGo - KINSHA SA LEADERS IN JOINT ST4 TEMENT AND
MESSAGES IN HONOR OF DECEASED (KAMPALA 2280 ) =
MINISTER 0F INFORMATION AND BROADCA ST ING OsoGo MADE
FOLLOWING PUBL IC STA TEMENT 06 I REGARD THE A SSASS INATION
OF SENATOR KENNEDY A S A BARBAR IC ACt WHICH SEEMS To BE
COMMON IN THE UN [ TED STA TES. It REFLECTS BADL Y ON ThE
GOVERNMENT AND TAE PEOPLE OF THE US A THA T SUch BARBARIC ACts
SHOULD BE DIRECTED To THOSE LEADERS whO ADVOCA TE HUMANI TY
AND EQUALITy OF AUMAN BEINGS A ND WhO HA VE BEEN ADMIRED
THE WORLO OVER FOR THEIR CONV ICTION FOR HUMAN JUST ICE .
IT IS SA D THA T THE YOUNG KENNEDY WAS NOT G I VEN A CHANCE
To WIN THE UN ITED STATES PRES IDENT IAL ELECTIonS
S0 AS To CONT INUE THE POLIECY HIS BROTHER HAD EMBARKED
UPON SOME OF US WERE ALREADY CONV INCED THA T WITh
THE PROGRESS HE HA D ALREADY MADE HE WA S GOING To MOVE
To THE WAITE HOUSE NEXT YEAR, J
MINISTER OF ECON . PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MBO Y A
MADE ThIs PUBLIC STATEMENT 01 AMERCA 'S IMAGE WILL
NEVER BE THE SAME AGA IN, It IS TARNISHED AND ANY CLA IMS
To BE THE CUSTOd I ANS OF DEMOCRACY WILL RING HOLLow AND
RID ICULQUS THE DEATH OF SENA ToR KENNEDY IS A CRIME
To ALL MANK IND , THE KENNEDY F AMILY HAVE SUFFERED A
GREVIOUS LosS BUT AMERICA A ND THE WORLD A T LARGE HAVE
SUFFERED THE B ITTEREST AND IRREPARARLE BLOW , IT IS
DIFFICUL T To SEE WAA T AIS MURDERERS COULD ACHIEVE EXCEPT'
THE CONTEMPT A ND CONDEMNATON 0F MANK IND, HERE IS A
LESSON FOR THE DE VELOPING NA T IONS THE GUN HAS REPLACED
THE BALLOT BOX AND SOME HEINOus FORCES ARE BENT ON
STOPP INGCHANGE ' THIS IS THE TRAGEDY F ACING THE WORLD
TODA Y 0 But KENNEDYJS DEA Th CANNOT BE EXPLA INED IN
SIMPLE TERMS IT SHQULD AROUSE THE CONSC IENCE OF MAN
AND MODERN GOVERNMENT To RETAINK THE PURPOSE OF SOCIETY.JJ
LA TTER On JUNE 6 MBOYA MADE FOLLOWING ENTRY IN EMBASSY
CONDOLENCE Book : JJ THERE ARE NO WORDS To EXPRESS MY
PERSONAL FEELINGS OF THIS TRAGEDY, MA Y GOD REST HIS SOUL
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AND GI VE US ALL THE SANITY THAT WE S0 MUCh NEED .JJ
IN MOMBASA ON JUNE 6 MP CLEMENT LUBEMBE ' In HIS ROLE
AS GENERAL SECRETARY OF KENYA 'S CENTRAL ORGANIZATION
OF TRADE UNIONS ISSUED FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON BEAALF 0F
WORKERS 0f KENYA : 00 THE KILLING OF SENA TOR KENNEDY APPEARSM
To BE A SHOCK ING AFFA IR ANDSHOOTING In AMEICA TODA Y
BECOMES THE ORDER OF THE DA Y , SINCE AMERICANS ARE Out To
ShOot AND KILL THEIR OwN LEADERS. , I WOULD APPEAL To THE
WORLD To MOVE UN HEADQUARTERS FROM NEW YoRk To GENEGA ,
EEEE GENEVA, WHERE IT STARTED, FOR THERE IS A DEF INITE DANGER To
OUR LEADERS WhO ARE SERV ING US THERE .JJ
3 , OFF ICIAL REAC ITON CONT , ) WHEN NEWS 0F SENATOR
KENNEDY ,S DEATh REACHED KENYA 'S NATIONAL A SSEMBL Y DUR ING
EARLY ARTERNOON SESSION JUNE 6 , SPEAKER HUMPHREY SLADE
MOVED STAND ING Two MINUTES OF SILENCE In HONOR OF
DECEASED AND IN SYMPA ThY FOR HIS FAMILY. SLADE MADE TAIS
STA TEMENT 11 WE ARE ALL SHOCKED BE YOND MEASURE 8 Y THE NEwS
OF THE DEA Th OF OUR F IREND SEN,KENNEDY THE HANDS 0F
AN ASSASS IN . I SA Y m1 ouR FRIEND 01 BECAUSE IT IS NOT VERY
LONG AGO SINCE HE AND MRS . KENNEDY WERE HERE WITh US IN
THIS PARL IAMENT WE APPREC IATED VERY MUCH THEIR FRIENDL Y
V ITALITy AND ENTHUSIASM AND THE LIBERAL [ Ty 0F THEIR IDEAS
ThIs EVEN IN EEE EVEN IS A TRAGEDY FOR HIS NA TION 0
NOT ONL Y
In THE LOsS OF A LEADING FIGURE WITh SUch HOPE' BUT ALSO IN THE
CIRCUMSTANCES In WHICH AIS DEATH OCCURRED , WE THInK ALSO 0F HIS
WIDOw AND THEIR CHILDREN 66 AFTER MOMENTS OF SILENCE' MP J, K' KEBASO
SUGGESTED MOVE To SUSPEND BUSINESS OF A SSEMBL Y FOR REST OF
DA Y 01 AS A S [ GN 0F RESPECT, In VIEw OF THE WORLDWIDE SHOCK . "
SPEAKER SLAD NOTED THA T SUCh MOTION COULD BE MADE A T ANY
TIME BUT HE FELT TAA T SENA TOR KENNEDY WOULD AA VE WANTED
THOSE CHARGED WIh PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY AROUND WORLD To
CONTINUE THEIR TA SKS, MIN MBO Y A ROSE To SA Y THAT
CHAMBER SHARED KEBA SO ' $ FEELINGS BUT SUGGESTED THAT SPEAKER
SHOULD INSTEA D SEND APPROPR IATE MESSAGE To MRS , ROBERT
KENNEDY , SPEAKER SLAD AGREED _ MP KAMWITHI MUNY [ SUGGESTED
THA T MP ' S RECORD THEIR FEELINGS AT EMBASSY IN BOOK OPENED
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SUBJET STA TE 17674 7
ALThOUGH EMB, A T APPROXIMA TELY NOON JUNE 6 HAD ISSUED
ANNOUNCEMENT THROUGH RADI 0, PRESS AND DIPLOMATIC NOTES THAT
CONDOLENCE 300kS WOULD BE OPEN AT EMB A ND US I S LIBRARY
FOLLOw ING DA Y , SUBSTANT [AL NUMBER 0F MP ' S, INCLUDING
MINISTERS MBOYA , NYAGAH, SAG [ N [ _ MCKENZIE AND A TTORNE Y
GEN NJONJO CAME To EMB SAME AFTERNOON JUNE 6 ) To S [ GN
B00k AND EXPRESS FEELINGS VERBALL Y To AMB , SPEAKER SLADE
V[S [ TED EME 0 JUNE 7 AND ON SAME DA Y COMMISSIONER OF POL ICE
BERN'ARD HING CALLED AMB . To EXPRESS DEEP S YMPAThY AND
SENSE OF PERSONAL LOSS
4 0 J2FIC]AL REACTION CoNT 0 ) MFA INFORMED EMB & TODA Y THA T
MBOY A :ACCOMPAVIED BY MF A OFF IC IALS AND PRESS ) WILL CALL
AT Em8 JUNE 8 To SIGN BO0k A S REPRESENTA TIVE OF PRES I DENT
KENYATTA AND G Ok A T REQUIEM MASS FOR SENATOR KENNEDY
A T NEARBY HOLY F A MILY CA THEDRAL (SCHEDULED To BEG Y N A T
J 0 ; 0 0 A i M, ) , IN A DDITICN To DIPLOMATIC NOTE MFA EARL Y
AFTERNOON JUNE 6, AMB . RELA YED NEWS OF SENA TOR ! S DEA Th
8Y PERSONAL CALL To PRESIDENT ' S OFF ICE (PERMSEC KAR [ [ThI ) 9
NUMBER 0F CAB I NET MINISTERS AND MAJ , GEN , PENFOLD ,
5 0 REACTIQN BY MEMBERS OF PUBL IC AND EMRASSY RESPONSE c
GENERAL FEELING KENYANS PA TENTLY ONE OF shOCK AND S YMPAThY .
AA VE BEEN UNREDS OF CALLS A T RES IDENCE A ND CHANCERY , AND US IS
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CALLERS SOUGhT INF ORMAT ION ON SENATOR ' S COND ITION : SOME
INDICATED PRA YERS BE ING SA [D FOR HIM PERSONALLY OR IN
PLACES OF WORK , STUDY OR WORSHIP _ REPRESENTATIVES OF
SOUTHERN AFRICAN REFUGEE ORGANI ZATIONS SEEMED PARTICULARL Y
DI STRESSED 3Y NEWS NO ANT I -AMERICAN SENTIMENT CONVE YED
8Y CALLERS ALTHOUGH SOME EXPRESSED SUSP IC ION OF CONSPIRACY
AND LINK WITh MURDERS OF PRESIDENT JohN F KENNEDY AND DR ,
MARTIN LUTHER KING WHILE OTHERS CRITICIZED US GUN LAWS ,
MOSt KENYANS APPEAR GENUINELY UPSET BY DEATH AND MOsT
BEL IEVE THEY AAVE LOST A GOOD FRIEND EMBA SSY OPENED CONDOLENCE
Books AT CHANCERY AND US IS MIDeAFTERNOON JUNE 6 0 BEFORE CLOSE
OF BUS INESS JUNE 7 NEARLY 700 PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE
HA D S I GNED . CONDOLENCE book HAS ALSO BEEN OPENED ON BOARD
VIS [ TING AMERICAN SHIP IN MOMBASA , USS CLAUDE JONES _
6 0 PRESS REACTION KENNEDY SHOOTING HAS RECE IVED EXTREMELY
HEAVY PLA Y CLIPP INGS FOLLOwING BY POUCH ) IN ALL LOCAL PAPERS ,
DA ILY NA T ION RAN Two UNPRECE DENTED SPECIAL ED[TIoNS (FIRST
ONE On Shoot [NG AND SECOND On DEATh ) WHILE SWAAIL I-LANGUA GE
TA IFALEQ RAN SPEC IAL ED ITION ON KENNEDY 'S DEA Th' HA VE
OBSERVED THAT THESE SPEC IAL EDITIOnS SOLD out QUICKLY,
MOSTLY To AFRICANS . EAST AFRICAN STANDARD EDITORIAL ASKED How US CAN
TOLERATE ThIS OuTRAGE AGA [ NST SOCIETY AND CALLED FOR STRICTER
CONTRCL OVER WEAPONS IN Two SEPARATE ED I TOR IALS
TA IFALEO LEVELED HARSH CRITIC ISM A T LACK OF CONTROL
OVER GUNS IN AMER I CA JUNE 6 DA IL Y NA TION EDITOR IAL
CONCLUDED "POL IT[CAL Thug IS PART 0F THE AMERICAN
ESTABL ISHMENT" AND CASTIGA TEd US FOR TOLERA T ING COMPLETEL Y
INADEQUA TE SUN CONTROL LAWS . JUNE7 NATION ED ITORIAL
DEPLORED STATE OF SOC IETY In US AND SA [ D SINGLE OVERR IDING
ISSUE "IS AMERICA S DOMESTIC DISINTEGRAT ION AND COLLAPSE
INTO VIOLENCE" VOICE OF KENYA COMENTARY SOMEWHAT MILDER
IN TONE THAN PREsS ED ITORIALS BUT ECHOES SAME CRITICI SMS
OF TREND OF VIOLENCE IN U,S ,
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FRonT PAGE AND FORE [GN NEWS SECTIONS LAST Two DA YS DEVOTED
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WAR ANC F AR GREATER THAN ANY EVENT SINCE
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CONDO:ENCES FROM LOCAL OFF IC JALS NOW BEG INNING COME IN 6
BR ; TISk AND GERMAN CONSULATES AAVE Without REGARD PROTOCOL
LOwEREO ThETR FLAGS QUR OENTATIVE APPRA ISAL REACTION
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SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY 'S DEATH LED FRANCE 'S THURSDA Y AFTERNOON
PRESS AND STILL RECEIVED CONS I DERABLE ATTENTION In THE FRIDA Y
MORNING PAPERS 0 THE STRIKE AND ELECTORAL S I TUATIon A T HOME
HOWEVER REGA INED PQOMINENCE IN MANY OF THE LATTER AS GEN,
DE GAULLE WAS To MAKE ANOTHER APPEARANCE ON Tv ToN [GhT .
MICHEL HABIB~DELONCLE WROTE IN LA NA TIOZTHE LOS ANGELES
TRAGEDY HAS FOUND ItS EPILOGUE A T THE AGE 0F 43 , ROBERT KENNEDY
SUCCUMBED To THE CR IMINAL A TTEMPT 0F WHICH HE HAD BEEN THE
VXCTIMd AS HIS BROTHER DI0 LESS THAN FIVE YEARS AGO , THREE
BROTHERS DIED 0f VIOLENT DEATh, THE FIRST ONE In TAE WAR,
AND THE Two OTHERS UNDER THE BULLETS OF ASSASS INS IN ThE FIELD
OF HONOR 0F CIVISM WHA T A TRAGIC DESTINY ! WHO WOULD NOT BE
FXLLED WITh HORROR A ND COMPASS I ON BEFORE THESE MEN MOwED DOWN
In THE PR IME OF THEIR LIVES B Y AN IMPLACABLE FA TE? To MRS 0
ROBERT KENNEDY AND HER CHILDREN To MR , AND MRS JOSEPH KENNEDY
AND To ThIS ENTIRE FAMILY , S0 BR ILL IANT , NOT S0 LONG AGo AND
NOW SO SORELY TRIED, LA NA TION ADDRESSES ITS SADDENED CONDOLENCES
To THE A MER ICAN PEOPLE, S0 RIGATLY MOVED AND STUNNED B Y TAAT
TRAGEDY , WE TELL ThE PROF OUND SYMPA ThY OF THE ENTIRE FRENCH
PEOPLE UNDER THESE TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE S. "
LOUys GABR IEL-ROB INET SIMILARL Y WROTE IN F [ GARO < "MA Y WE
BE ALLOWED To EXPRESS To OUR AMERICAV FR IENDS HOw MUCH WE
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THE VERY PERSON OF THE YOUNG, BR ILL IANT AND COURAGEOUS STATESMAN
S0 COWARDL Y SHOT DOWN p THIS NEW TRAGEDY PROF OUNDL Y AFFECTS
THE FREE MEN , THOSE WhO BEL IEVE IN DEMOCRACY v wHO AA TE HATRED
AND Who A RE HORR IFIED 8 Y VIOLENCE It IS WITH A HEAVY HEART
THA T WE BOw BEFORE A FAMILY S0 CURELL Y TRIED AND BEFORE A
GREAT PEOPLE PLUNGED INTo SADNESS AND STUPER . 00
LE MONDE EDITOR IAL IZED : "WHETHER THE MURDERER OF ROBERT KENNEDY
ACTED ON AIS OWN OR WAS THE INVOLUNTARY INSTRUMENT 0F A SOMBER
CONSP I RACY , THE CR IMINAL GESTURE OF A PALESTINAAN NATIONAL [ ST
ON This JUNE 5, THE ANN I VERSARY DATE OF THE S [ XeDAY WAR '
IS AIGHL Y S YMBOL IC , A YEAR AFTER THE VICTORY OF GEN . DA YAN 0 S
TROOPS , TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE CREATION OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL .
DESPA IR AND HATRED HA VE NEVER BEEN S0 INTENSE AMONG A PEOPLE
whO CONS IDER THEMSELVES ROBBED OF THEIR HOMELAND 0 W 0 THE RESOLUTEL Y
PRO - I SRAEL I STA TEMENTS OF ROBERT KENNEDY DURING HIS ELECTIon
CAMPA IGN, HIS CALLS FOR AN INTENSIFICA TION OF AMER ICAN WEAPON
DELIVERIES To MR ESAKOL 'S GOVERNMENT COULD EXASPERA TE ThIs
24 - YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN WO, LIKE MANY 0F HIS FORMER COMPATRIOTS,
ONL Y DREAMS OF REVENGE AND 0 LIBERA TION 11
COMBA T ED ITORIAL IZED : " [T LITTLE MATTERS THAT ROBERT KENNEDY 'S
ASSASS [ N WAS NOT AMER ICAN-BORN AND IT IS NOT IN THE MIDDLE
EAST THA T THE EXPLANA TION Of THAT TRAGEDY HAS To BE SOUGhT
EVEN SUPPOS I NG THA T THE MURDERER ACTED ALONE ON His OWN,
WhIch IS NO T PROVEN, EVERYONE KNOwS THAT FORCES OF VIOLENCE
AND INTOLERANCE EXIST INTHE USA WHICH DO NOT RECOIL BEFORE
ASSASS ! NA TION To SToP OR DELA Y INCLUCTABLE EVOLUTIONS 0 ThIS
NEW TRAGEDY SHOULD MAKE THE AMERICANS AWAREOF THE URGENT NECESSITY
Of TAK ING MEASURE S FOR INSURING THE FREE FUNCTIONING OF A
DEMOCRACY WHICH THEIR FRIENDS INCREASINGL Y HESITATE CITE
AS AN EXAMPLE, AND WHICH THE IR ENEMIES ARE ONL Y To0 GLAD To SEE
DESTROYING ITSELF . To TAKE THE PROBLEM UNDER ItS MOST ELEMENTARY
ASPECT , IT IS NOt CONCE I VABLE THAT PEOPLE IN THE UNTED STATES
CAN ANY LONGER OB T A IN A F I REARM AS EASILY AS A CAR NOR IS IT
CCONCE I VABLE > AND THIS APPLIES To ALL COUNTRIES THAT
MODERN NEWS A ND ENJOYMENT MED I A CAN CONT INUE WIthout CONTROL
To INDULGE IN A PERMANENT APOLOGY OF VIOLENCE To GET To ThE BOTTOm
OF THE ThING, WHA T HAS To BE RESTORED CIVISM, OR IN OTHER
WORDS THE SE:SE OF RE SPONS IBILITY . ThiS IMPLIES AN IMMENSE
WORK OF INF ORMA T I ON, FORMA TION AND RESEARCH , WHIch S0 F AR KAS
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MERCANTILE NEEDS _ THIS ALSO IMPLIES THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
8E FIRST To 6 I VE THE EXAMPLE OF CIVISM BY STR IV ING To HEAL THE
Two CANCERS THAT ARE PRA YING On AMERICA , THE WAR IN VIETNAM AND
THE NEGRO PROBLEM ROBERT KENNEDY WAS AWARE 0F THAT , HE HAD
COMMITTED HIMSELF To THA T STRUGGLE, HE DIED BECAUSE OF THAT .
BUT WHAT HE WANTED To SA Y F INALLY WILL BE HEARD e "
GENEVIEVE TABOUIS NOTED IN PARIS-JOUR , "TE REAL SECRET WAS
THAT 0 AS THE ATTORNE Y GENERAL' ROBERT KENNEDY WAS THE ONL Y
ONE To KNOw THE TRUTH ABOUt HIS BROTHER S ASSASS INA TI ON ,
HE HA D KEPT S ILENT IN ORDER NOT To CAUSE HORRIBLE CONVULSIONS
IN THE UNITED STA TES, BUT PEOPLE KNOW THA T HE WOUL D CONSIDER
AIMSELF RELEASED FROM HIS OA Th IF HE HAD ONE DA Y THE AUTHORITY
OF A US PRESIDENT THIS IS WhY , BEFORE THE MURDER , ORGANS 0F
THE FAReRIGHT DES I GNA TED HIM AS THE MAN To KILL, USING AIS
POS ITIONS AN VIETNAM AS A PRETEXT . "
LUC [ENNE HURERT-RODIER IN LA NA TION CONS IDERED A HUMPHREY =
MCCARThY TICKET LIKELY To EMERGE FRom THE CHICAGO CONVENTIOn
"UNLESS NA TURALL Y , PRESIDENT JOHNSON, IN A LAST MINUTE DRAMA TIC
DEVELOPMENT , BE SOLICITEd B Y A CHEER ING CONVENTION To PURSUE
HIS TASK A T THE HEAD OF THE STA TE . "
G < A NDERSEN In COMB A T CONSIDERED RORERT KENNEDY ' S DEATh AS
NEW TRUMP FoR MR , JOHNSON 0 To THE PO I NT THAT HE WILL BE
LED To RECONS I DER HIs RENUNC IATION OF ANOTHER TERM , " WHILE
THE USSR PREV IOUSL Y COULD BE INTERESTED IN PROLONG ING THE WAR
IN VIETNAM WITh A VIEW To FA VOR ING ThE ELCTION OF AN
UNCOND [ TIONAL PARTISAN 0F PEACE" , HE REMARKED , "NOw, AFTER
ROBERT KENNEDY 0 S DEATH ANO THE NEW DIVERGENCES OF OP I NION With
PEKING , SOV IET DIPLOMACY AAS NO MORE REASON FOR PUshING To AN
EXTENS ION OF ThE CONFLICT NOR FOR PUTTING A SPOKE IN JOHNSON S
WHEEL? THE LOS ANGELES TRAGEDY , DESPITE ItS RA VAGES, MAY ThUS
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HAS NOw LOST Two SONS By ASSISSINATION , ThE EMBASSY AND USIS TELE -
PHONES HAVE BEEN JA~ED BY CALLERS EXPRESSInG SORRow AND SYMPATHY
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FOR LIFE," " A HORRIBLE DEED, " "DEBA TE AND VIOLENCE, 7 "LAW 0F THE
JUNGLE," "BEHIND THE KENNEDY TRAGEDY , " ARTICLES HAA VE GENERALL Y
BEEN OBJECT IVE In SEEKING To EXPLA IN THE AISTORICAL PATTERN 0f
POLITICAL LIFE IN THE UNI TED STATES, THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM, THE
ASSISS INA TION AS IT OCCURED AND THE DOMESTIC PROBLEMS FACING THE
UNI TED STATES' A T SAME TIME' THERE HAS BEEN UNDERCURRENT OF SATIS -
FACTION WITh A RELATIVE DEGREE 0F ORDER In SA SOCIETY , DESPITE RE -
CORD OF VERY WEIRD ASSISS INA T ION _
3 , THE SoUth AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORA TION HAS G I VEN EXTENSIVE
AND EXCELLENT COVERAGE WIth VOA ACTUALITY SPOTS SP ICING THE
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ITIES HAVE BEEN THE MA YOR 0F PRETOR IA, THE APOStOL IC DELEGATE 0F
SOUTHERN AFRICA, DEPuTy COMMISSIONER 0F THE South AFRICAN POLICE'
REPRESENTATIVES 0f VARIOUS EMBASSIES, DR , SITA, FOLLOWER 0F GHANe
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AND MANY PROMINENT BUSINESSMEN, LEGAL PERSONAL ITIES
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OTHERS, INCLUDING MR , D'F , SOLE' DEPUty SECRETARY FOR FORE [GN AF -
FAIRS AMD MAJOR GENERAL G ,D , MOODIE, CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE FORCE
PLANNING STAFF ,
5 , In AN ADDRESS, JUNE 6, A T THE UN IVERS ITy OF WITWATERSRAND ' S
SIXth ANNUAL DA Y 0F AFFIRMATION 0F ACADEMIC AND HUMAN FREEDOM,
DR , ALAN PATON PA I0 TRIBUTE To SENATOR KENNEDY AND EXTENDED SYM-
DAThy THE FAMILY , JOhN KANE-BERMAN, PRESIDENT STUDENTS ' RE -
PRESENTATIVE COUNCIL 0F THE UNI VERSITY 0F THE WITWATERSRAND, ASKED
THE AUDIENCE To STAND IN SILENCE In TRIRUTE To THE LATE SENATOR,
IN THE CLOS ING ADDRESS John DANIEL' PRESIDENT NUSAS, AND Host To
SENATOR KENNEDY ON AIS VISIT To REPUBL IC IN 1966 SA ID THAT IN SENA -
TOR KENNEDY Young PEOPLE "SAw A HOPE FOR A NEW BRA ND 0F POLITICS
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PA [R OF ALL HOPE FOR ThE FUTURE' BUT WE WILL NOt DESPA IRb THE
SAGE 0F KENNEDY LIVES ON A ND WE WILL CARRY It FORWARD . "
6 , THE ARCHBIsHOP OF PRETOR [A, THE REV , GARNER, HAS ASKED ALL
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OSwALDO LOPEz ARELLANO 2 To WIDOw OF SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY AND
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QuoTE HIs EXCELLENCY THE EMBASSADOR of THE UNITED STATES oF AMER [CA&
TEGUCIGALPA 2 I OFFER To Your EXCELLENCY AND THE PERSDNNEL' OF YOUR
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VERY ILLUSTRIOUS SENATOR ROBERT F , KENNEDY, WHOSE LDSS IS JUSTLY
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