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TRAGEDY" 0 DEED "HA S FLUNG US Into TURMOIL FOR THIRD TIME IN
F[VE YEARS" 9 EDITORIAL MENT I ONS POSS I BJLITY 0F CONSPIRACY
BUt ALSO NOTE THA T "PAMPERED GR IEVANCES OF WARPED MIND
ARE STIMULATED IN A TMOSPHERE 0F TURMOIL AND TENSJON THA T
DEVELDPS AROUND PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATE> EVEN To EXTENT IT
EVENTUALLY F INDS RELIEF ThRough ACTION"_ THERE DOUbt
ThIs DEED HAS SERVED To STRENGTHEN IMAGE 0F AMERICA AS
VIOLENT COMMUNITY , WHERE LITERAL POLITICAL GANGSTER ISM HAS
CEASED To CAUSE A STON [ SHMENT" AND "PRI VA TE POsSESS I ON OF
ARMS Too PLENTIFUL"' CONCLUDES "WE CAN ONL Y HOPE PASS [ ONS
AROUSED BY CRUEL DEED WILL FIND A NCHORAGE WIThIN STRONG AND
FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE
0 country IS GO I NG THROUGh PERIOD OF ANX IETY AND TURBULENT
EMOTIONS, In WAIch Such OCCURRENCE COULD HAVE INCALCULABLE
CONSEQUNECES"
B 0 CAPE ARGUS SA YS IT DIFFICULT OVERESTIMATE EFFEct OF
DEATH On US , CRIME WAS MORE THAN ONE ADDED To ASSASS INA TIONS
OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING 8 IT "MULTIPLIES
THOSE INCIDENTS To SUGGEST REAL DANGER THEY ARE BECOMING
PA TTERN" IN US POL ITICAL LIFE? AND G I VES IMMED IACY To DEA THS
OF LINCOLN, GARF [ ELD AND MCK INLEY CONTRASTS US 90 VIOLENCE
90 IN DEEDS" WIth HIGh IDEAL ISM IN SPEECH" DEPLORES EASE
WITh= Which FIREARMS PURCHASED IN US NOTES NEED FOR AND
RISK IN CANDIATES MINGL ING WIth PUBL IC , IN COUNTRY WHERE
"RICK ONL Y ARE In POS [TION To STAND FOR PUBL IC OFF ICE AND HAVE
To CONVINCE ELECTORATE THAT RICH In SEARCH OF POWER EGALITAR IAN
AFTER ALL" 0 NEED IS To KEEP VIOLENCE Out OF DOMESTIC POLITICS 0
"YET ASSAULT , 0 APPEARS To HA VE BEEN TOUCHED OFF BY INTERNATI ONAL
POL [TICS . CIVILIZED PEOPLE ThRoughout WORLD WILL DEPLORE It
AND REGARD IT AS TRA G IC REMINDER ThA T RESORT To POL ITICAL
ASSASS INA TION HAS NO PLACE IN DEMOCRATIC SOC IETY"
C 0 CAPE TIMES SUGGESTS ThAT IF THERE IS QUN IF Y [NG
PATTERNP IN ASSASS INA TIONS OF PRES KENNEDY p KING AND SEN <
KENNEDY , I T Not EASILY PERCEIVED 0 "IF WE COULD BEL IEVE THERE
WAS INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY It COULD To SOME EXTENT MAKE
OUR FEARS BEARABLE BY POSTULATING A HUMAN ENEMY" 6 BUT NO
PATTERN SEENp ALThOUGH EDITORIAL NOTES ALL THREE CRIMES
CARRIED out AGA INST Pp PERVASIVE" BACKGROUNG OF VIOLENCE 2
WAICH rs "MORAL FOG" PERMEATING WHOLE WORLD WE FORMERL Y
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Thought CIVILIZED, IN FACE OF ASSASSINATI ONS "POLITICAL MAN
CALLS' FOR MORE AND MORE RUTHLESS POLICE OR GREATER AND
GREATER CONCESSIONS To THOSE who HA VE USED COMMUNAL
VIOLENCE , WHAT WORLD NEEDS' IS PRIEST RATHER THAN
POLICEMAN' FOR It IS MORE LIKELY ThAt MORAL SI CKNESS
PERVADING WORLDo' IS SUBSTRATU FOR FANTASIES WHICH, IN
THESE POOR CREATURES, HAVE LED Td CRAZY PRESSURE UPON
TRIGGER 0F GUN " TIMES ALSO CARRIES CARToON SHOwING
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SUBJECT , KENNEDY DE 4 TH
1 , REACTION OF EDUCATED ETAIOP IANS To FIRST NEWS 0F SHOOTING
WAS EXTREMELY BI TTER, WIth ALL REGISTERING SEVERE PESSIMISM
REGARDING VIOLENT COURSE U,S , SOCIETy AND SOME BRING I NG UP PLOT
THEORIES LINK ING SENATOR KENNEDY'S SHOOTING To SHOOTING 0F
DR 0 KING AND PRESIDENT KENNEDY FIVE YEARS AGo In ThIS
NEW, SHOOT ING CALULATED ORGANIZED ATTACK ON LIBERALISM IN U+S ,
2 Q TODA Y, WITh NEWS OF SENA TOR 'S DEA Th AND IDENTIF ICATION
OF ASSASS IN AS AN ALIEN, GENERAL REACTION HAS SHIFTED MUch MORE To
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PLEASE PASS To SENATOR KENNEDY 'S OFF ICE FOLLOWING TELEGRAM
ADDRESSED To MRS . R'F KENNEDY , QUOTE My WIFE AND 1
EXTEND To YOU AND To YOUR FAMILY OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHY IN
THE TRAG IC DEA Th OF SENATOR KENNEDY , OUR PRA YERS ARE WITh
YOU , EXACTL Y Two YEARS AGO BOTh OF YOU WERE IN South AFRICA
ON A V IS IT WHICH INSP IRED SO MANY . HIS EXTRAORD INARY
ABILITY , HIS GREA T CHARM AND HIS ABSOLUTE DEDICA TION To
AUMAN WELFARE WILL ALWA YS BE REMEMBERED HERE AND
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WHICH MOURNS HIS PASSING _ WILLIAM M'
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PLEA SE DEL IVER THE FOLLOwING MESSAGE , WAICH 1 HA VE ISSUED
HERE, To THE OFF ICE 0F SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY FOR THE
WIFE) PARENTS AND FAMILY OF SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY,
"THE DEATH Of SENA TOR ROBERT F , KENNEDY IS A TRAGIC
BLOw To ALL OF Us To AMERICANS , To THE WORLD =
HE AND PRES DENT KENNEDY WERE RARE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE
LIVES WERE IDENTIF IED WITh THE ASPIRATIONSOF ALL MEN
FOR A BETTER WA Y QF LIVING. WE CAN ILL AFFORD THE
Loss of MEN OF THEIR COMPASSION, INTELLIGENCE,
PRODUCTIVE ENERGY , THEY GA VE OF THEIR TIME AS FEW
MEN DO . ONE HOPES THAT out 0f THIS TREMENDOUS
TRAGEDY , SOMEHOW SOME GOOd MAY COME, THA T WE WILL
SEE A NEW AWAKENING To THE DANGERS To CIVILIZATION
OF THE GROW ING VIOLENCE S0 WIDESPREAD TODAY , " HART
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1 , FOLLOWING LETTER FROM GOJ FOREIGN MINISTER RIF A ' [
To AMBASSADOR RECE IVED JUNE 6 :
QUOTE' YOUR EXCELLENCY, 4 T THE SHOCKING DEA TH OF LA TE
SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY ALLOW ME' MR AMBASSADOR, To EXPRESS
To YOu AND To THE GOVERNMENT' OF THE UNITED STA TES MY Most
SINCERE CONDOLENCES AND THOSE OF MY GOVERNMENT ' LA TE
SENATOR KENNEDY SHALL 8E EVER REMEMBERED FOR HIS VALUABLE
AND SPLENDID CONTR [PUTIONS To THE LoFTy PRINCIPLES OF
DEMOCRAcY AND PEACE =
"PLEASE EXCELLENCY, BE KIND Enough AS To CONVEY To
THE BEREAVED FAMILY OUR HEARTFELT FEELINGS FOR THEIR TRaGic
Loss WHIch WE S INCERELY SHARE , ABDUL MONEM RIFA [ , MINISTER
OF FORE I GN AFFA IRS END QUOTE ,
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QUOtE DANS LA CRUELLE EPREUVE QU 1 FRAPPE EN LA PERSONNE
DU SENATEUR ROBERT F 0 KENNEDY TOUtE VOTRE FAMILLE ET LA
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ROBERT KENNEDY ET POUR Vous MEME_ L"EXPRESSION DE MA TRISTE
SYMPATHIE UNQUOTE
2 , FRENCH TEXT OF SECOND TELEGRAM SENT B Y PRESIDENT SENGKOR
To MRS KENNEDY ThIS MORNING IS ?
QuoTE JE VIENS D 'APPRENDRE QUE LE SENA TEUR ROBERT F 0
KENNEDY N 'EST PLUS . VOTRE DEUIL EST AUSS [ NOTRE DEUIL CAR
ROBERT KENNEDY A TOUJouRs DEFENDU LA LIBERTE ET LA
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REGARD ING DEATh OF SENATOR ROBERT KENNED Y :
2 0 QTE IT IS WITh DEEP SORROw THA T I HAVE JUsT HEARD OF
THE DEATH OF SENA TOR ROBERT KENNEDY 0 QUR NA TION HAS LosT AN
OUfSTANDING PUBL ] C SERVANT, ONE Who HAS PERFORMED WITh
DfSTINCTION AND PATRIOTISM LIKE ALL AMER ICANS 2 HA VE BEEN
SHOCKED A T THE SENSELESS RESORT To VIOLENCE INSTEAD OF REASON
ThAT BROUGHT ABOUT AIS TRAGIC DEATH , J SHARE THE GR IEF OF
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DEEP CONCE RN ON THE PART Of ALL OF US , A 5 A FR[END A ND AS A N
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SUBJ 8 PRES IDENT MARCOS U STA TEMENTS ON DEATh OF SENATOR
KENNEDY
1 0 JN TELEVISION APPEARANCE JUNE 6 PRESI DENT MARcOs MADE
FOLLOWING STATEMENT ,
"THE TRAGIC END 0F SENA TOR ROBERF KENNED Y e S BR ILL IANT
AND DEDICATED CAREER COMES AS A GR [ M REMINDER To A
WORLD FRAUGHT WITh CONFL ICT AND DISSENSION THAT IT
MUST SEEK NEW VALUES 0
"THERE IS NEED FoR A CONCERTED EFFORT OF ALL HUMANITy
To FIGhT TE SPI RITUAL EROS I ON THAT HAS CAUSED ALL
NATIONS SUch A GREA T Loss OF LIFE AND PROPERTY 2 NOT To
SPEAK of ThE PEACE AND SECAR ITy THA T MAN VALUES ABOVE ALL
TAINGS 0
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GR!EVE THE Loss OF SENATor KENNEDY AND SHARE W [Th AIS
FAMILY AND PEOPLE THE[R SORROw AND WE PRAY THAT
TKE ANGUISH THAT ThEY NOw ENDURE BE In SOME MEASURE
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THA T MEN MUST UN I TE To REESTAELISH ORDER D ThAT A SPREADING
PSYCHOSIS MUSt BE STOPPED, AND THAt ALL MANK IND
SHOULD LEARN To MAKE PEACE WIth ITSELF 0 0
2 0 PRESIDENT MARCOS ALSO SENT MESSAGES EXPRESSING SORROW A ND
CONDOLENCE To PRESInENT JOHNSON
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CONDOLENCES AND BEG YOu To CoNVE Y To THE KENNEDY FAMILY THAT WITh
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"THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL AND PEOPLE OF JAMA ICA MOURN THE
TRAGIC DEATH OF SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY A ND BEG To CONVEY
To THE PRESIDENT OF THE UN ITED STATES OF
AMERICA , MRS , KENNEDY , MEMBERS 0F THEIR F AMILY AND ALL
THE UN [ TED STA TES CF AMERICA OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCE IN
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SERIES OF SENIOR OFF ICIALS OF LIBYAN GOVERNMENT CALLED In 0
DIVIDUALL Y A T EMBASSY THIS AFTERNOON To S] GN BOOK OPENED
IN HONOR 0F SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY ,
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MUHS IN JUMA YY IR' AND FORMER MINISTER DEFENSE' SA IF AL eNASR
' ABD AL-JAL IIL' S I GNED BoOk' MINISTER INFORMATION AND CUL TURE
AAMAD SALHIIN WROTE QTE I PRESENT My CONDOLENCES
ON OCCAS ION DEA Th OF PROMINENT PERSONALITY 0F US , a WhO WAS
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AND PEACE MY CONDOLENCES To HIS FAMILY AND To GO VERN -
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AIS MAJESTY HAD INDICATED THAT HE WOULD BE SEND ING A PERSONAL
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FOR NEWS MED IA JUNE 61
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EARLY THIS MORNInG THAT SENATOR KENNEDY AAD DIEDo
I FIND IT HARD To Put Into WoRdS THE HORROR AND
REVULSION WHICH THIS SAVAGE ACT 0F VIOLENCE HAS
INSP IRED IN ME, AS IN ALL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE .
SENATOR KENNEDY WAS A VALIANT CHAMPION IN THE
NEVER-ENDING STRUGGLE To G I VE TRUE MEANING To THE
DJGNITy 0F MAN AND To PROMOTE ThRJUzh PEACEFUL'
MEANS THE ACHEVEMENT OF EQUAL Pol [TICAL; RIShTS
ECONOMIC BENEF [TS For ALL MANKIND WE SHALL
Mlss HIm SORELY'
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To SENATOR KENNEDY'5 FAMIL Y, 1 KNOw THAT I SPEAK
ON BEHALF 0F EVERY AMERICAN In VENEZUELA WHEN I
EXTEND To MRS KENNEDY AND To HER CHILDREN Jur
VERY DEEPEST SYMPA Thy FOR HER TRAGIC LOSS 9
3 9 IT WOULD SEEM PREMATURE To COME To AnY
CONCUSION REGARDING THE NATURE OF THIS
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452 Madison Avenue
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York to coordinate with your office all funeral
arrangements involving the Diplomatic Corps and special
international delegations _ He will be assisted my
Public Affairs Officer David Waters _
Mr Abell will endeavor to call on you this afternoon
and will make his headquarters at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel _
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Chief of Protocol
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Following message received from Embassy Dar es Salaan: Deepest
loving sympathy to you and all your family. Elsie and Cecil
It Lyon _
END
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Nicholas Fela
Country Director for
East African Affairs
Department of State
Washington, D. C.
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AT REPETITION VIOLENCE IN Ue S ? AND ASHAMED A T INVOL VEMENT PERSONS
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2209 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE ,
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ACTION
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The Embagsy of Trinidad and Tobago pre sents
Its complirents to the Department of State and has
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the honour to request that the following message
from the Prine Minister and People of Trinidad and
Tobago be transmitted to the widow Of Senator Robert
Kennedy :
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nGreatly saddened by unt imely death
of Senator Robert Kennedy .
World has lost a courageous man
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dedicated to the pursuit of Peace
and social justice .n
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itself of the oppor tunity to renew to the Department
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EMBAsSY OF SOUTH AFRICA
AMBASSADE VAN SUID-AFRIKA
WASHINGTON, D_ C. 20008
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Dear Mr Secretary ,
It was with deep regret that we heard the
very sad news today that Senator Kennedy had passed away ,
Kshx
I hasten to extend on behalf of the Government and the
people of South Africa their sincere sympathy with the
United States Government and people in the tragic loss
of one of their most eminent citizens
I have written to Mrs Kennedy expressing
South Africa' s deepest sympathy with her in her sad
2
bereavement.
Yours sinc-
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The Honourable
Dean Rusk,
The Secretary of State,
Department of State,
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AND THAT WE ARE IN DEEPEST SYMPAThY FOR THIS TRAGIC HAPPENING ,
ALL OF US HOPE THA T THE WORLD WILL PROGRESS AS QUICKL Y AS IT
CAN TOWARD A STA TE WHERE VIOLENCE WILL NO LONGER BE NEEDED
AND WHERE REASON WILL PREVA IL IN ALL POL ITICAL DEC IS I ONS =
[ WANT To REPEAT ONCE AGA {N THA T It IS ONL Y GRIEF WHICH IS
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behalf Of the Govornment 4na tbe paople of Botswana Our
deepest sympathy to You the Covernmant and the people
O2 the Dnltea States and the family of Senator Robert
Kennedy . his 11f0 be #pared:
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CITIZEN SA ID ASSASS INATION ATTEMPT' THREA TENS PROCESS 0F
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NEED ADD To THE STA TEMENT MADE BY THE PRESIDENT EARL IER TODA Y ,
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18 ? PR IMIN TRUDEAU , WKO CAMPA I GNING IN EDMONTON, EXPRESSEn
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CARDINAL CICOGNAN I , VATICAN SECRETAR Y Of STA TE 8
"YOUR EXCELLENCY ,
"ONCE AGA IN VIOLENCE HA S REARED Its UGL Y HEAD , AND THE UNIFED
STATES IS SHOCKED .
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NAT ION WAIcH YOU REPRESENT HERE IN ITAL Y BECAUSE VIOLENCE Has
BEEN UNLEASHED AS A MEANS To RESOL VE DFFERENCES .
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SADDENED BECAUSE UNC IVILIZED METKODS HA VE CONTRIBUTED To BLUR
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ACTION: Mrs. Robert F Kennedy 5 Jun6e2 2
Good Samaritan Hospital
Into: Los Angeles, California
Dear Ethel:
Virginia and I are deeply distressed about Bobby.
He is in our constant thoughts and prayers a8 are you and
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I can possibly do for you_
(Wexsend xaftcr
Dean Rusk
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SORROW , PERSONALLY AND FOR HIS GOVEFNMENT , OVER THE TRAGIC
A TTACK ON SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY , HE TOLd CHARGE ALSO THAT
PRESIDENT BELA UNDE HAD SENT A PERSONAL MESSAGE To MRS 0 KENNEDY .
2 < ALL CHIEFS OF MISSION MADE THEIR OWN EXPRESSIONS OF SORROW
OVER ThIs TRAGIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE EMBASSY HAS BEEN RECE IVING
CALLS ALL DA Y FROM POLITICAL LEADERS, OTHER PERSONALITIES AND
ORD [NARY PERUV IAN CITIZENS
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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Washington, D.C. 20520 this study' together.
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COPIES TO:
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MEMORANDUM FOR MRo WALT W _ ROSTOW
S/CPR
TH WHITE HOUSE
Subject: Replies to Messages of Condolence
on the Shooting of Senator Kennedy
The Department proposes the enclosed language
for reply to messages of condolence to the President
from foreign dignitaries
on the attempted assa88 ination
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DEPARTMENT OF S'TATE
SUGGESTED LANGUACE
On behalf of the American people I want to express
my deepest appreciation for your words of sympathy o1
the tragic attack on Senator Robert F . Kennedy_ I
shall transmit your message to Mrs-. Kennedy and members
of the Senator S
family_
The knowledge that your countrymen share our grief
is a s ource of great comfort and consolation to us
Lyndon B Johnson