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The Embassy has been receiving messages of condolence
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SUGGESTED DistRibution
Following is a list of persons who have expressed their
sympathy to the Embassy to date:
Diplomatic Officials:
Christian Hardy_ Canadian Ambassador to Lebanon
Pierre Millet , French Ambassador to Lebanon who
stated: I was shocked _ I knew him and his family.
Not only I, but a11 of my French friends here are
Post ROUTING profoundly grieved .
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DCM Hiroshi Nakai, First Secretary, Japanese Embassy _
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Iranian Embassy
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Georges Hakim Former Foreign Minister and
Present Vice_President of American University , Beirut_
Sheikh Kha lil el-Khoury, Maronite Deputy from
FICE Aley _
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Foreign Affairs _
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Organizations in Beirut :
Committee of Students at American University f
Beirut This committee will organize a meditation meet-
ing with religious readings Other religious services
will be held in Beirut on Sunday , June 9
Mr Yusif Takali representing the students of
the UNRWA Vocational Training Center in Siblin
Mr Mirza Mohammad Tagi , Director United Na tions
Information Center in Beirut
Individuals :
Mr Marcel Boutros
Diana Taky Deen , Prominent Lebanese Pianist
Mohammad Nu man , Son of the Former Prime Minister
of the Yemen Arab Republic,
Miss Ama 1 Hajjar Lebanese University
Miss Yvette Shouaib, Beirut Ecole des Lettres
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WhIch ANNOUNCED HTs DEA Th, COMMENTED ON ASSASS INA TION
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F [ GURES AND NOTED THA T HIS PROGRA M INCLUDED CESSAT ION OF
WAR IN VIET-NAM AND MORE RIGhTs FOR AMER ICAN NEGRo
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ROBERT KENNEDY , PLUS CRIMES PERPETRATED AGA [NST
CIvIL RIGhTS MILITANTS A NQ OTHER PROGRESS IVES, PRODucE
PICTURE of SYSTEM IN WHIch "CRIME AND POLITICAL ASSASS INA TION
HAVE GROWN DEEP Roots AND GROw LIKE POI SENOUS MUSHROOMS
ON ROTTFN SO IL " EVERYTHING FLOwS FROM PR[CIPLES AND NORMS
WHICh GOVERN SYSTEM IN WHICh MONEY AND NOT MAN AND LIFE G IvE
MEASURE OF ALL ThINGS, IN WHICH ARB I TRAR INESS A ND CYNICISM
HA VE FREE RE IN . 91 LA TER SECTION OF SCINTE IA ARTICLE ASSERTED
THAT ENTIRE FBI A PPARATUS IS USED IN "FEROCIous PERSECUTION
OF DEMOCRA TIC AND PROGRESS I VE FORCES, IN REPRESSION 0F
MOVEMENTS AGA [ NST SEGREGA TION AND FOR CVIL RIGHTS , IN
INTIMIDA TING INTELLECTUALS WITh FORWARD-LOOK ING VIEWS
AND THOSE WhO ARE AGA INST WAR : 0 0 AT SAME TIME , RACIST ,
MILITARIST, AND NEW-FASC IST ORGAN I ZA TIONS HA VE FULL PROTECTION
AND DO ANYTHING THEY PLEASE," ARTICLE ALSO ARGUES
THAT THERE IS "CLOSE CONNECTION" BETWEEN PREVALENCE
OF VIOLENCE IN U,S , INTERNAL POLITICAL LIFE AND "AGGRESSI VE"
ORIENTATION OF UaS , FOREIGN POL ICY, PARTICULARL Y
In VIET-NAM.
3 . ROMAN I A LIBERA QF JUNE 7 DEVOTED MORE SPACE
THAN SC INTE I A To PA INTING FLATTERING PICTURE OF ROBERT KENNEDY
(DESCRIBED A s "REMARKABLE POL ITICIAN, M
"PROMOTER OF CIV IL R [ GHTS_ 90 ADVOCATE OF "REAL IST [C
AttiTUDE TOWARD MANY PROBLEMS OF AMERICAN SOC I AL AND POLITICAL
LIFE" ETC , ) 0 IT ALSO DWELLED ON STRA IN OF VIOLENCE
IN AMERICAN POLITIcs AND , IN THIS CONNECTION ,
QUOTED FROM ARTHUR SCHLESINGER . UNL IKE SCINTE IA , HOwEVER, [T DID
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L 4 8 TAR TR XmB SUBJECT Messages of Condolence Concerning the
Dea th of Senator Robert F Kennedy
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The Embassy has been receiving messages of condolence
concerning the death of Senator Robert F Kennedy _
SUGGESTED DistRiBuTIoN
Following is a list of persons who have expressed their
sympa thy to the Embassy to date:
Diplomatic Officials:
Christian Hardy Canadian Ambassador to Lebanon
Pierre Millet_ French Ambassador to Lebanon who
stated: Tf I was shocked _ I knew hin and his family _
Not only I, but a11 0f my French friends here are
post ROUTING profoundly grieved .
TO: Action Info. Initials D J_ Kingsmill , Australian Charge d'Affaires a 1
4MB to Lebanon
DCM Hiroshi Nakai, First Secretary, Japanese Embassy _
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Henrique Molano, Colombian Ambassador to Lebanon
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Monsignor Gaetano Alibrandi Papa 1 Nuncio
CONS
German Embassy
Iranian Embassy
4 DJM Russian Deputy Trade Representative in Beirut
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Lebanese Officials :
Georges Hakim , Former Foreign Minister and
Present Vice_President of American Uni versity, Beirut
Sheikh Kha lil el-Khoury , Maronite Deputy from
FilE
Acfion Taken: Jean Riachi, Protocol Office , Ministry of
Foreign Affairs_
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Organizations in Beirut :
Committee of Students at American University of
Beirut This committee will organize a meditation meet-
ing with religious readings Other religious services
will be held in Beirut on Sunday , June 9
Mr Yusif Takali representing the students of
the UNRWA Voca tional Training Center in Siblin
Mr Mirza Mohamma d Tagi
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Director United Na tions
Information Center in Beirut
Individuals :
Mr Marcel Boutros
Diana Taky Deen , Prominent Lebanese Pianist
Mohammad Nu man , Son of the Former Prime Minister
of the Yemen Arab Republic.
Miss Ama 1 Hajjar Lebanese University
Miss Yvette Shouaib, Beirut Ecole des Lettres
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3 PRESS NARROWED FOcus OF THEIR COMMENT TODAY 0 ALL PAPERS
VIEW*NG ASSASS INA T [ ON AS EVIDENCE OF A PARTICULAR MALA ISE
AFFECT}NG US & SEVERAL COLUMNISTS StILL DOUB T ING F I NDINGS OF
JFk ASSA SS I NAT [ ON INQUIRY , SEE PROBABIL I TY OF ANOTHER PLOT 2
HATCHEd B Y DARK FoRcEs 0 WhIch Will REMA IN UNSOL VED 0 EDITOR[ ALS
AND COLUMNISTS JN DSCUSS ING MALArSE RANGE FROm OPENL Y HOSTILE
To US TC SyMPATHETIC To ItS TROUBLES ,
2 1 COLJMNiST IN IMPACTO Took OCCA S I ON To A TTACK US , TERMING
4SSASSINATION EXA MPLE 0F how FAR DECOMPOS ITION OF DECADENT
9 US DEMCCRACY HAD GONE SAw DEATH RESULT OF FORCES IN SUPER -
5 DEvELOpED COUNTRIES 6US WHO WANTED To KEEP US {GUATEMALA , }
NDER Bo0T , AND WHO KILLED ROBERT KENNEDY BECAUSE HE WOULD
HAVE EXTENDED JuSTICE To OTHER COUNTRIES 0
3. ANOTHER COL:JMN IST in EL GRAF IC0 COMPARED S] TUATION IN
US To TIME PRECED J NG FALL OF ROME' WHERE THERE WAS LITTLE
RESPECT FoR HUMAN LIFE OR NAT IONAL' ThINKERS
0 CALLED FOR PRO -
FOUND TRANSFORMATION In STRUCTURE AND ThNKING US ? RODRIGO
RAMIREZ In Ei GRAF ICQ TERMED DEATH OF KENNEDY 2 DEATh OF THE
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FURTHER VIOLENCE WOULD FOLLow 6
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FEEL S0 POWERFUL A ND SUPER IOR Now . HE DOUBTED REPORts ThAt
SiRHAM HAD AcTED ALONE' A ND SA W THE ShOOT [NG 0 Just AS JFK 9 S
AND KING 9 S, AS PLoT 4
5 , THE LEAD EDITOR IAL IN EL GRAF ICO BELIEVED THE GREATEST
DEMOCRACY IN DANGER, BUT FELT THA T US HAD NOT Lost REASON
AND WOULD Find MEANS To SToP VIOLENCE . PRENSA LBRE VJEWED
ThE ASSASS INATION AS OUTCOME OF POWER 0F MINORITIES To DOM NA TE
ThouGhT , REFLEXES JF MAJORITIES € THESE MINORITIES MAGNIFY
DEFECTS IN SYSTEM To JUSTIfY THEIR ScORN OF It 0 THIS HATE
SEEKS EXP]ATORY VICTIMS-"KING 2 KENNEDY p WHOMEVER IT MIGhT BE o
AdDS THAT US SHOULD SToP SENDING PEACE CORPS Youth Out To TELL
0TkERS Kow To D0 ThiNGS , Jut ShOULD TEND To THEiR OwN PROBLEMS,
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QTE & MR . PRESIDENT ,
I WAS GREATLY SHOCkE D To LEARN THAT SENA TOR
ROBERT F , KENNEDY HAD FALLEN VICTIM OF A WANTON AND
SENSELESS ASSASS INA T[ON
Va SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY DEvotEd ALL A!s ACT[VE
LIFE To THE SERVICE Of HIS counTRY AND Of THE WORLD
comMinTy A T LARGE , HE NZUR I SHED GREA T A ND GENEROUS
DREAmS Aoout A BETTER WORLD, 4 ND EVEN ThCsE KHQ 0O NOT
SHARE HTS CONCEPTS QN How To ACHIEvE THESE LoFty A IMS,
RESPECT AND ADMIRE HS 1DEALISM, DEDICAT [ ON , AND COURAGE .
ON Th}S SAD occas[ ON , WOULD LikF To EXTEND To
YOU & AND ThRougf YOU To The AMERICAN CONGRESS A ND To TKE
AMERJC^V NATION , MY HEARTFELT CONBOLENCE S CN THE
PaSSING 4WAY OF A GREAT AMERIcAN, AND ShQui:u BE
GRA TEFVL IF YQu wQUL D CONVE Y MY DEEEEST S YMPAThY To
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A!S EXCELLENCY , THE GOVERNOR OF THE BAHAMAS, SIR RALPH GREY,
745 ASKED ME To TRANSMIT ThE FOLLOWING VERBA TIM TExts
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[ HAVE THE HONOUR To INFORM YOU TRAT ] HAVE BEEN ADV ISED
4Y THE MINISTER CHARGED WITh THE PERFORMANCE 0F THE FUNCTIONS
Jf THE PREMIER' DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE AJNOURABLE L'0,
~InDLING, Ae Ha A , (THE HUNOURABLE A ' Db HANNA, MaA'A,, DEPUTY
PREMIcR AND MINISTER 0F TRADE AND INDUSTRY ) To ASK THAT YOu
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Thf GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE BAHAMAS SEND THEIR
DEEPEST S YMPATHY To THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE 0f: THE' UNITED
STA TES AND IN PART ICULAR To THE FAMILY JF SENATOR ROBERT
FRANCIS KENNEDY A T THIS TIME Of ShOck AND GRIEF ,
THE LOss 0F TAIs DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN IS PARTICULARLY
TRAGIC BECAUSE OF THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE OF WHICH, LIIKE HIS
SELOVED BROTHER, AE WAS ThE VICTIM,
EnERGETIC CAREER In THE EXECUT[VE AND LEGISLATIVE
BRANCHES oF THE UN I TED STATES GOVERNMENT , AIS DEVOTION To
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My MINISTERS ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT ThIS
TRAGIC AND SENSELESS ACT SHDULD HAVE DISTURBED THE DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS AND CONSIDER THAT PARLIAMENTAR IANS THE WORLDI
OVER WILL F IND IN AIS VIOLENT DEATH A GRAVE MENACE To THE
DEMOCRACY In WHICH LIES THE WoRLD ' S MA IN HOPE FJR PEACEI AND
PROGRESS,
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I SHALL BE GRATEFUL IF You WILL ASSOCIATE My WIFE AND ME
WITh THIS MESSAGE 0F SYMPATHY AND SORROw
I AM CAUSING THE FAcT' THAT I HAVE TRANSMITTED THIS MESSAGE
To YOu To BE MADE KnowN To HER MAJESTY 'S GOVERNMENT In THE
UNI TED KINGDOM AND To HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY' 5 AMBASSADOR To
THE UNITED STATES 0F AMERICA IN WASHINGTON.
1 HAVE THE Honour To ' BE,
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ARENALES INDICA TING SADNESS FOR LOsS STA TESMAN WhO PROJECTED
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Go0d WILL MUSt FEEL OVERWHELMED A T DIMENSIONS SUch TRAGEDY . "
3 ~ SWETES NA TIONAL CONGRESS YESTERDA Y SENT
MESSAGE
Jo: U, S 0 SENA TE CONDEMNING TTACK ON KENNEDY , VARIOus OTHER
Publ IC A ND PRIVATE ORGAN I ZATIONS REPORTEDL Y SENT MESSAGES
CONDOLENCE '
4 , PAST Two DA YS , EDITOR [AL COMMENT GENERALLY FOCUSSED ON
A TTACK AS EVIDENCE GREA TER MALA ISE AFFLICTING USA AND WORLD
IMPARC IAL JUNE 5 COAiSIDERED EVENT FURTHER WOUNDED DEMOCRATIC
TRADITION "FA IR PLAY ," AS HAVE OTHER SIMILAR RECENT TRAGEDIES
In US , ThIs EVIDENCE 0F A DEMORAL IZ ING CURRENT, IN US AS
ELSEWHERE , WhIch HAS PERVERSE INTENT WE^R DOwN DEMOCRATIC
VALUES To MAKE WA Y FOR TOTALITARIANISM EL GRAF ICO JUNE 6
SA I0 MEN OF KENNEDY 'S STA TURE ARE REGARDED AS S YMBOLS, ARE
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INSTITUtionS 07 GRE 47 couNTRy {USA ) & " BUT THE REMEDY FOR ThIS
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RESULTING FRJi VIULENCE IN SOC IAL AND POLITICAL AFEAIRS, PROMPTS
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DIaNITY, WhICH HAVE ALWAYs DEEN THE TRA)I TIoN 0F THE PEOPLE OF
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TUTIONS 0 SENATOR KENNEDY '$ DEATH IS ESPECIALLY DEPLORED In PERU
SINCE, DURING AIS TouR 0F ThIa CONTINENT , HE REVEALED TD US AIS NOBLE
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Just COOPERATION BETWEEN THE LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS
TAE UNITED STATES 0
RE ITERATING Tu YOUR EXCELLENCY THE SORRow OF THE PEOPLE AND
GOVERNMENT OF PERU, I HAVE TE HONOR 0F RENEWING To YOUR EXCELLENcy
ASSURANCES OF MY HIGHEST PERSONAL CONSIDERATION.
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OF SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY AND To THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
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