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1o WITh EXCEPTION F ONMIN DHALA * " S EXPRESSION OF SYMPAThY
CONCERNING SENATOR KENNEDY v S DEATH WE HA VE RECE [ VED NO OFF ICIAL
COMMENT OTHER THAN FROM OUR DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES 0
2 < ADEN RAD I0 HA S CARRIED COMMENTS PRINTED IN AL"AHRAM AND
AL - ANWAR AND OTHER ARA8 NEWSPAPERS CONDEMINING POL ITICAL
ASSASS INA TIONS In GENERAL AND ASSASS INAT ION OF SENATOR KENNEDY ,
AND HAS NOTED EXPRESS ION OF SYMPATHY B Y UNGA
3 6 ADEN RADIO ALSO HAS CARRIED COMMENT B Y AANO I RADI0
CR[TICIZING ASSASS I NAT ION , BUt PLACING BLAME ON TAOSE ELEMENTS
IN AMERICAN SocXETY WHICh BELIEVE In KILLING FOR POLITICAL
OBJECTIVES . ONi Y LOCAL NEWSPAPER ? " | 4 OCTOBER , 78 HAS NOT
APPEARED S INCE ASSASS INAT ION Owing LOCAL HOL IDA YS 0
4 - ACCORD;NG To EMBASSY EMPLOYEES AvD OTHER ARAB SOURCES ADEN
PUBL IC AA S HELD KENNEDY FAMILY IN HIGh ESTEEM AND In GENERAL
WAS BOTH SHOCKED AND REVCLTED B Y ASSASS INATION o WE UNDERSTAND
OTHERS HOWEVER TEND To Lcok UPON SI RHAN ' S ACTION A S PROVOKED
B y GENERAL AMERICAN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL DAVIS
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C 0 N F [ 0 E N : [ A L BAMAKO 1865
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1 ' L'ESSOR EDITOR [AL OF JUNE 7 On KENNEDY ASSASS INATION BAMAKO 'S
US INF0 01860 ) , BRUTAL' BUt REGRETTARLY THE ANGER, IF NOt THE
ICEOLOGICAL PItch, FA IRLY ACCURATEL Y REFLECTS GENERAL MAL IAN
SENTImENT .
2' AFTER PURL ICATION Of EDITORIAL I IMMEDIA TELY WENT To FORE IGN
OFFICE WHERE I SAW ASSISTANT SECGEN AMADOU THIAM, HIGHEST
OFF ICIAL AVA ILABLE I EXPRESSED My shock AND DISAPPOINTMENT OVER
EDITOR IAL WHICH I STA TED COULd ONLY INFLAME MALIAN EMOTIONS AND
RISK CREA T [N A TTITUDE OF HOSTILITy 0f MAL IAN PEOPLE TOWARDS
0 U.S' wHIch I WAS SURE WA S NOT IN SP I R IT OF CONC IL IATION FOR
E WHICh SENATOR KENNEDY STOod . I COULD NOT PERSONALL Y BELIEVE
65 THA T PARTY A,D GOVERNMENT WISHED To ST I ? UP HOSTILITY BETWEEN
0 OUR Two PEOPLES A ND [ A SKED THIAM To INFORM THE LEADERSHIP
OF MY DFMARCAE AND MY HOPE THAT GOM WOULD SEE FIT NOT To REPEAT
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EDI TOR IAL on RAD I 0 MALI ' VEVERTHELESS, ED[ TORIAL WAS CARRIED ON
RADI0 YFSTERDA Y ,
3 , DUR INi FAREWELL CALLS On SE VERAL MNISTERS I REITERA TED
My IND IGNA TION AND CONCERN . [ WAS CORDIALL Y RECEIVED RUT
My cOMMENTS ON EDITOR IAL OBV I OUSLY MADE LITTLE IMPACT . IT CLEAR
THAT ASSASS INA T ION QF THOSE AMERICAN LEADERS THEY IDENTIFY WIth
A NEw SP[RIT CF EQUALITY AND SOC IAL JUSTICE IN U.s . HAS MADE VERY
DEEP IMPRESSIoN A ND HAS SHATTERED IMAGE WHICH, BEGRUDG INGL Y,
THEY ACKIOWLEDGED f U,S, AS A MORAL AND POS I TIVE FORCE WORLD, A S
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ONE MINISTER EXPLA [NED, T.ESE S I TUA TIONS EXIST ELSEWHERE RUT
BUT WE EXPECT MUch MORE FROm U,S, MORE EDUCA TED LEADERSHIP
READ IL Y MAKES 0IsTINCTION BE TWEEN U,S, GOVERNMENT , AND ITs
EFFORTS To CORREcT INJUSTICES, AND RAC IST AND REACTIONAL Y
ELEMENTS AmOnG AMERICA; POPLE, WAICH THE Y TEND IDENTIFY WIth
KENNEDY A SSASS INA T [ ON ,
4 ' In ADDITION G [ V ING VENT Tj GENUINEL Y FELT IND I GNA T I ON ,
ED [ToR I AL UNDQUBTEDL Y SERVES SOME FUNCTION QF IDEOLOGICAL
INDOCTR I VATION IN SI TUA TION MHERE To MANY MAL IANS, [DIOLOG Y
SEEKS REMOTE ABSTRACT ThinG. A S SUCH, CAP[TAL IZING ON EMOTION 0F
MOMENT, IT SEEKS TJ DRIVE HOME SOME BASIC TENTS OF REVOLUTIONAR Y
IDEOLOGy In EXTREME FORMULA TION NOT NECESSARITy SUBCR I RED
To 2Y ALL JF MAL [ AN LEADERSHIP . HOWEVER' WE RELIEvE ThIS EDITORIAL
EfFORT CAN BE DIST INGUISHED FR0M NEWS TREA TMENT, WhICH IN
TodA Y S L'ESSoR CONT INUE S RELATIVEL Y FACTUAL A ND BALANCFD ,
WE DOUB T THAT THERE WILL BE REPETITION ThIS IDEOLOG ICAL
A TTACK ON SAMF LEVER Of INTE,S[ty UNTIL ANOTHER DRAMATIC MOMENT
GIVES OPPOR TUN I Ty To IOEOLOGJFS To STR IKE WAILE IRON IS HOT ,
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SUBJECT: Kennedy Assassination
1 We have urgently passed on contents reftels to Ambassador
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Banda and added our own strong concern that XKK lack accurate
information in Zambia concerning Kennedy assassination could
conceivably lead to demonstration against
our embassy in Lusaka
or other unfortunate developments which could seriously harm
relations between our two countries Suggested that Ambassador
might wish send urgent message to his govt _ placing assassination
in proper context in effort head off highly inaccurate interpretations
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being placed upon it in Zambia_
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who had not yet seen text Kaunda S statement
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obviously shaken by its import _ Stated that he had already sent
message yesterday re assassination in order counteract misguided
reactions on part SOme GRZ officials which had come to his attention
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he specifically mentioned in this respect Mainza Chona S statement
cited KMXKX Lusaka 2022) Expressed appreciation our bringing
matter to his attention and promised give urgent attention to steps
he might take to help correct situation_ Will come to Dept. Monday
morning to discuss matter further _
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AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASS Y KAMPALA
UNCLAS LUSAKA 2026
SUBJECT ? KAUNDA ON SENATOR KENNEDY ' S DEATh
1 > SUMMARY , PRES IDENT KAUND A PUT RESPONS I B ILITY FoR ASSASS I NATION
SQUAREL Y ON USG FOR PROV IDING INADEQUA TE PROTECTION SAW
"STRANGE PA TTERN" IN THAT "LEADERS WITh A Lot To CONTRIBUTE To
WORLD COULD ONL Y BE PROTECTED WHEN THEY WERE DEA D " 0 CHARACTERIZED
KENNEDY AS "ONE Thrs GENERATION 'S MOst OUTSTANDING AND
DYNAMZC YOUNG LEADERS " AND I ONE 0F TKE FEW AMERICAN LEADERS Who
IDENTIFIED ATMSELF WITh THE POOR . KAUNDA REPEATEDL Y DECLARED
PWE HAVE A RIGHT PROTEST" To USG BECAUSE WE ARE MEMBERS 0F
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITy THAT HAS BEEN DEPRIVED OF A LEADER 0 SET
SATURDAY JUNE 8 AS DA Y OF NAT [ONAL MOURNING AND SUNDA Y AS
DA Y OF PRA YER 0
2 , FOL_OwING IS EXTRACT FROM GRZ PRESS RELEA SE OF A IRPORT
SPEECH KAUNDA GAVE ON ARR IVAL HOME FROM VISITS To KENYA AND
UGANDA QUOTES FROM OR I G INAL ) .
A ON THE CEATA OF LATE SENA TOR ROBERT KENNEDY p PRESIDENT
KAUNDA SA i D THE SA D WORLD HAD Lost ONE OF ThIs GENERATION ' $
QUTSTAND ING , D YNAMIC AND YOUNG LEADERS
B : "WE MUST MAKE OUR VIEW KNOWN To THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT 0 p
HE SAI D & "WE F A IL To UNDERSTAND THA T LEADERS OF THAT TYPE
FIRST IT WAS JOHN KENNEDY , SECOND MART IN LUTHER KING ) AND NOw
BCB B Y KENNEDY CAN BE ASSASS INATED A T ALL"0
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C . DR c KAUJNDA WENT ON To SA Y THAT KE SAW A VERY STRANGE
PATTERN WHERE OUTSTAND ING LEADERS WITh 4 Lot To CONTR]BUTE To
THE WORLD COULD ONL Y BE PROTECTED WKEN THEY WERE DEAD 0
0 3 7 3 HEAR ThAT THERE WERE 50 @ POL ICE OFFICERS A ) THE AIRPORT" ,
HE SA } D #ONL Y To RECEIVE A DEAD BODY . WE AA VE A RGhT To COMPLA IN
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IN THE PERSONS 0f JOAN KENNED Y p MARTIN
LuthER KING AND ROBERT KENNEDY WE Lost MEN WhO WILL NEVER BE
REPLACED A T ALL"
E PRESIDENT KAUNDA SA [ D HE D I D NOT UNDERST AND HOw TKE
KENNEDY F AMILY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE AMERICAN POL [Tics
BECAUSE THERE WAS ONL Y ONE OF THEM REMA INING NOw 2
F 0 " WE RE GARD THOSE PEOPLE WhO STRIKE A T THE INTERNATIONAL
PROBLEMS AS OUR FRIENDS" HE SA I D 2 I BOBB Y KENNEDY WAS ONE OF
THE FEw AMERICAN LEADERS WHO IDENTIF IED HIMSELF With THE POOR ,
FOR A RiCh MAN To COME DOWN AND SPEAK THE VOICE OF THE POOR
[S NOT AN EASY ThinG To ACHIEVE"
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3 - ACCORD ING OUR NOTES, KAUNDA SEVERAL TIMES USED PHRASES
LIKE t8 WE HA VE 4 RIGHT To COMPLA IN" , WE HA VE R [ GHT To CONSIDER
MEN LIKE THE KENNEDYS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING A S OUR FRIENDS 9
AND #WE HA VE RIGHT To PROTEST" SPEAK ING OF LACK OF PROTECTION
(FOR BOTH PRES IDENT KENNEDY AND KIS BROTHER ) KAUNDA SA [D
"SQMETHING HAS To 8E DONE" ABOUT TAIS PSHAMEF UL ? SHAMEFUL "
DEED ACCORDING RA DI0 SUMMARY HE NOTED THA T SPECIAL SECRET
SERVICE PROTECTIoN G ] VEN REMA INING CANDIDA TES B Y PRESIDENT
JOHNSON wAS ANNOUNCE D "Two MONTHS AFTER THE DEATh OF MARTIN
LUTHER KING"
4 v KAUNDA CONCLUDED B Y DECLARI.G SA TURDA Y A DA Y OF NATIONAL
MOURNING with ALL FLAGS To BE A T HALF MAST AND CALL ING ON
PEQPLE To REMEMBER KENNEDY F AMILY IN PRA YERS SUNDA Y FOLLOWING
HIS CONCLUD ING REFERENCE To SUNDA Y A S QU [ET DA Y OF PRA YER HE
ALSO SA I D SOMETHING A BOUT "PROTEST" , RUt IT NOT CLEAR THIS
W AS RELATED
5 , AmONG Cowd OF SENJOR CIVIL SERVANTS , PARTY OFF ICIALS,
MNiSTERS AND PARL I AMENTARY SECRETAR IES In VIP AREA BEHXND
DIPLOMA TS WERE SOME UN I DENTIF IED ) WhO SHOUTED EPITHATS LIKE 2
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"JCHNSON , NUMBER ONE MURDERER 0 " "AMERICANS ARE MURDERERS" 2 AND
"MR AMBA SSADOR 2 A RE YOu A C [V [LIZED NATION OR A NATION OF SAVAGES?"
6 , KAUNDA CONCLUDED SPEECH BY CALLING ALL To S TAND FOR MOMENT
Qf S LENCE DUR ING Which SEVERAL PHRA SES OF CHINYANJA HYMN WERE
BEGUN AND PICKED UP B Y CROWD 0 ACCORD ING ONE D[PLOMAT , CHIcOM REP
APPARENTL Y Djdn T UNDERSTAND ENGL ISH A S HE REMA INED SEATED 0
7 > COMMENT 8 ThOUGh WE UNDERST AND AND SHARE PRES KAUNDAS DEEP
EMOTIONS ARQUSED B Y THIS APPALL ING EVENT p WE ARE CONCERNED TAT
PRESIDENT F S REMARKS UNW ITTINGL Y WILL RE VIEWED 9 Y COMMON MAN
HERE AS SIMPL Y AN INVITATION To "HATE AMERICA " (WITNESS
SPONTANEOUS OUTBURSTS REPORTED ABOVE } AND To DEMONSTRATE
AGA [NST US EMBASSY , THE EXCLUS]VE EMPHAS I S HERE Is THAT AMERICA
HAS DEPR [ VED THE WORLD OF A LEADER, THERE SEEMS BE NO
UNDERSTANDING THA T AN INSANE ALIEN NOw CHARGED WITh KILLING
HAS DEPR IVED AMER IC 4 OF LEADER 0 S0 WHERE WE SKOULD EXPECT
CONDOLENCES WE GET ONL Y ABUSE &
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SUBJECT < KENNEDY ASSASS INA TION
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FULL TEXT KAUNDA 'S AIRPORT ARR IVAL SPEECH AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
NOw IN PREPARATION _ AIS REMARKS COULD INCITE DEMONSTRA TIONS BUT
NO TROUBLE ON HOR IZON ThUs FAR = KAUNDA DECLARED THA T TODA Y SHALL
BE DA Y Of NA TIONAL MOURNING . BY ALL MEANS FEED RUP IAH BANDA ALL
AVA [LABLE FACTUAL MATER IAL, STRESS ING WE ARE ALARMED HERE THAT
PREVA ILING MOtF IS THAT KENNEDY KILLING SOMEHOW WAS SCHEMED B Y
"THOSE IN POWERa" THIS COULD DO SERIOUS HARM To RELA TIONS BETWEEN
OUR COUNTRIES.
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A T ELEVENTH HOUR MINISTER 0f STATE BHAGA T 0f EXTERNAL
AFFA IRS CANCELLED AIS TRIP To WASHINGTON, AMBASSADOR
REPRESENTING IND IA A T KENNEDY BURIAL '
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SUBJ 8 REQUIEM MASS FOR SENA TOR ROBERT F , KENNEDY
18 , BECAUSE 0F THE PROFOUND EFFECT WICH ThE DEA Th OF SENA ToR
ROBERT KENNEDY Ha S HAD IN PERU , THE EMBASSY Took INITIATIVE To
ORGANIZE A REQUIEM MASS WhIch WAS CELEBRATED A T 1 0 OCLock ThIs
MORNING , THE HOUR F IXED FOR FUNERAL SERVICES IN NEW YORK , ThE
CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA RE INA , THE SAME ONE IN WhIcH A MASS WAS
CELEBRATED FOUR 4 ND ONE HALF YEARS AG0 IN MEMORY OF PRES[ QENT
JOHN F KENNEDY , WAS CHOSEN, AN AMERICAN PRIEST THE REVEREND
FATHER ROBERT AIELE OFF IC IATED , ASSI STED BY A PERUV IAN PRIEST
AND SPANISH PRIEST , To SYMBOL IZE, As HE SA ID , THE INTERNATIONAL
CITIZENSHIP OF ROBERT KENNEDY . THE PAPAL NUNC ION , MONS I GNOR
ROMULO CARBON I , WAS ALSO A PARTICIPANT ON THE AL TAR , ThE SER -
VICE WAS CoNDUCTED In SPANISH, ALthoUGh FATHER AELE'S SERMON
WAS; IN ENGLISH 0 HIS THEME WAS PEACE , WHICH HE FELT WAS SENATOR
KENNEDY 0 S QUEST , AND HE CHOSE GREEN VESTMENTS FOR THE
OFFICIATING PR ITESTS To SERVE AS A S YMBOL OF HOPE .
5 2 . THE EMBASSY SENT SPEC IAL NOTIF ICA TION OF THE MASS To THE
PRES [ DENT , THE CA B INET , THE LEGISLATURE AND JUDICIARY , AND To
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS 0 IT ALSO INV ITED THE AMERICAN COMMUNI TY
AND PERUVIANS A T LARGE BY PUBL IC MEANS
3 . THE CAURCH THIS ORNING WAS ENTIRELY FILLED WIth AN
ESTIMATED 500 IN A TTENDANCE , PRESIDENT BELAUNDE , Who WAS
RECE JVING CREDENTIALS OF Two NEW CHIEFS OF MISSION , COULD NOT
4TTEND RUT WAS REPRESENTED B Y AN A IDE , HOWE VER 2 AMONG THE
D X GN I TAR IES PRESENT WERE VICE PRESIDENT SEQANE , THE PRESIDENT
OF SUPREME COURT , ThE PRES IDENTS OF THE SENA TE AND THE CHAMBER
OF DEPUTIES , THE MINISTERS OF FINANCE , LABOR ^ ND DEVELOPMENT ,
THE PRESIDENT OF ThF CHR ISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY 0 A FORMER
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PRESIDENT 0F THE SENATE AND NUMBER OF OTHER SENATORS p DEPUTES
AND FORMER MINISTERS, MANY MINISTERS NOT IN ATTENDANCE SENT
REPRESENTATIVES A S DID THE CHIEFS Of THE ARMED FORCES . THE
DIPLOMATIC CORPS OF LIMA WAS ALMOST ENTIREL Y REPRESENTED BY
AMBASSADORS OR CHARGE D 'AFFA IRS. OFF ICERS OF THE VARIOUS
AMERICAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WERE PRESENT AS WERE A GREAT
NUMBER OF COMMUN ITy MEMBERS AND PERUV IANS, HIgh AND Low,
WIThout OFF ICIAL STA TUs , ONE PERUV IAN PUBLIC SChOOL SENT A
COLAR GUARD AND AN HONOR GUARD OF SOME 15 OR 20 BOYS , ALL IN
UNIFORM_ 0 THE OCCA SION WAS IN EVERY WAY SOLEMN AND F[ TtiNG ,
AND THE AMER ICAN DIPLOMATIC MISSION WAS HEAVILY REPRESENTED ,
LED By THE CHARGE D 'AFFA IRS AD INTERIM, ERNEST V 0 SIRACUSA &
4 0 ThE EMBASSY HA S REPORTED FULLY THE INTENSITY AND SINCERITy
OF THE REACTION IN PERU To ThE TRAGIC DEATH OF SENATOR
ROBERT F , KENNEDY , ThIS SERVICE TAIS MORNING , AND THE
REPRESENTATION IT EVOKED , WAS TESTIMONY NOt ONL Y To PERUVIAN
FEELING FOR SENATOR KENNEDY AND FoR HIS FAMILY IN GENERAL '
BUT ALSO To THE FUNDAMENTAL WARMTH A ND COMMUNITy OF INTEREST WHIcH
UNDERL IES US A ND PERUV IAN RELATIONS, WHICH AAVE In RECENT WEEKS
UNDERGONE SOME STRA IN 0 SIRACUSA
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InT LAB TAR SUBJECT Selected British Press Comment on
Kennedy Assassination
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[34 8 A sampling of the more
significant and thoughtful
British editorial comment on Senator Kennedy' s
assassination is enclosed _ We also include some
of the typical pieces on the need for gun-sales
legislation , a theme which has pervaded all
sections of the press here .
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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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TIMES PAST
THE TIMES
PRINTING Ic)us SVLAKi L)A L(JN E.C.4 ELEPHON/ 01-236 2000
A MINORITY OF ONE
[t is natural to sec the attack on an extraordinary prosperity is by its
SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY as parl f a haturc also a_ process of exclusion
general pattern of violence in the United American induslry is based on mass
States and in thc world_ Yet before one skills, but not on universal skills, and
generalizes one should particularizc. violence is the Icvengc on society of
This is a hateful tragcdy for a man those who arc lclt oul.
whose courage had made him thc only The paradox is that it has been the
white politician who still commandcd chicf aim of the Kennedy family in
thc confidcncc of the Negroes andl the poli:ics to i0 a0 end tbc social
poor of Amcrica. It is also a family alicnation in thc Unitcd Siatcs_ PRESI-
tragedy for a family who have already DFNT KENVEDY was the first Roman
had too many tragedies to suffer The Caholic t0 become President of the
shooting of SENATOR KENNEDY is onc of United States_ His victory was t0 some
those stark events which will always bc degrce a viciory Ior all the oiher minorily
rcmcmbered with pain_ groups The purpose of tbe campaign
Yet the personal tragedy is a rellection 0[ 1960, in which SENATOR KENNEDY
of a wider tragedy. For whatever played s0 large 2 rolc, was not only to
rcasons violcnce is a growing power in gc: America moving bur t0 involve all
the United Stales. For at lcast half 4 Amcricans in thc movement. PRESIDENT
century American civilization has bccn Jusov's work on civil rights Wen:
subject to increasing violence. to the further than the Kennedy administration
violenec of gangsters; thc casual violence had been able i0 do_ but the socia]
of the southern stales; tbe viulence impetus of :he Democralic Parly Owes
belween raccs and now t0 the murder of 4 great dcal to both of the Kennedy
public men_ The rcst of the world has brothcrs_
often scen the Unitcd States as thc van- In the case of SENATOR KENNEDY this
guard of industrial socicty. In almost sucial conccrn became even more
every other country the same pattern of marked. His is a crusading personality
growing violence can already be detected and the crusading quality has cost him
even though in Britain it has not rcachcd many political allic-_ There is no doubt
anything like the same levcl. that the shock of his brother > death
It is Datural that violence in politics causcd in SENATOR K#NAEDY'$ mind a
should often be conccnlraled upOnI the ncw desirc t0 Scc Amcrican society
best nen. The motives of the men who changed It is thc churucteristie of this
meaninglcss violence thatt it js turned shoot afe usually abnormal and often
obscure_ The Arak in this case scems
aainst those men like tbe Kennedys
or MARTIN [UTHER KING who devolc almost astonishingly irrelerant to their lives to the task of reconciliation.
Senator Kennedy $ career. Ye one can They are thc most likely of all to be
see what thc reaction is There is in
attacked or to bc killed
part the hatred which is the natural
Thc charactcristics of Amcrican
rcaction of cvil to excellence_ There is
socicty which led to the death of onc in parl, also, an envy which the best Kenncdy and the wounding of another
stalcsmen are more likely Io prorakc, arc in part pcculiur t0 tlle United Stales
Thc excilcmen1 Of 4 fine political
We have no powcrlul lobby in Britain
campaign is also in itself a dangcr. The for the promiscuous sale of frcarms and
man with the gun responds to this the powver of thc National Rife Associa -
cxcitcmcnt with the excitenent of his tion is an extraordinary defect of Ameri-
own hatred He shows what can] be can politics, Yct in the main the gron th
done by 3 minority of onc_ of violencc, like the growth 0f revolu-
Yel Lhose nen who wish to raise tion, is somcthing #hich rcflccls real
themselves by destroying what others failures of all the advanced industrial
admire are alienated from socicty and sdcieties. irrcspective 0f whether 1hose
are to bc found in large numbers ouly seictics are Aneric:tn) 0i European. Or
in a sacicty #here alienation is coin- cven #hether they are capitalist or com-
mon_ In the United States prosperity munist. Our atlitudc in Britain can
becomc an insult to those who thercfore only be one of sympathy with
do not share it and the nrocess of the people of the United Stales in the
specialization which bas created such tragedy which has occurrcd.
bring
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A SEGQND_KENNEDY
Das Gra Zo wordstqu Lric
J6 THERE #o words to the horror of
this tragedy: Our thoughts and prayers are with
Senator KENNEDY , his family and other victims_
All America prays for his recovery. In this
mo message President JoHNSON spoke for
decent people everywhere, not only for Americans
but for people of all nations, not Only for those
who loved RoBERT KENNEDY and shared his
expressed ideals but 2ls0 for all those for various
reasons opposed to him. Friend and foe alike
stand silent and appalled; con troversy is stilled;
the election campaign, in which ROBERT KENNEDY
had just won 1 victory, grinds to an awestruck
balt
Mrs, JACQUELINE KENNEDY is Said to have had
some premonition that ROBERT KENNEDY
would be shot down: If she sees the hand of
fate in what has now occurred, who shall blame
her? It is not five years since her own husband,
President JoHN F. KENNEDY, died murdered in her
arms. His older brother JosEPH was killed in
1943 in a Liberator crash and the youngest brother,
EDWARD , was nearly killed in an air crash four
years a80. It is as though a curse hung over the
whole family, in some respects the favourites of
fortune; ir others its pitiable victims_
It i8 a family wbich has always aroused
passionate controversy. None was left indifferent
by its rise to power &nd glory. To some it seemed
to embody all that was yo0ung and hopeful, ardent
and chivalrous in American public life. President
KENNEDY 5 circle at Washington was likened
without to the court of Arthur; it
seemed to have attracted to itself all that was
generous; enlightered and intelligent in the nation,
In other hearts, hcwever, the KENNEDYS awoke 3
sour and suspicious envy, generated not so much
by their wealth (not usually a disadvantage in
American politics) as by their collective ambition
and their apparent determination to form some
sort of dynasty. Alike to those who feared and
those who worshipped them; they appeared an
irresistible force, predestined to goyern America,
one or another, now or
RoBERT KENNEDY must often have becn warned
of the dangers hc ran. But what else could he
do but face them, without being untrue to his
destiny 35 he saw it? Prcsident THEODORE
RooSEVELT once said: do not believe there is
ay danger of any assault on my life, and if there
were it would be simple nonsense to try to prevent
it; for, as LINCOLN said, though it would be safer
a President to live in a cage, it would interfere
with hiz business;" ROBERT KENNEDY did not share
ROOSEVELT5 confidence in his own immunity; but
be must have realised that & candidate can no mOre
live in 4 cage than 2 President, To win trust one
must show trust; no afection OI respect, mo votes
are to be gained by those afraid to mix freely with
the people: Thus he sallied boldly forth, taking
no precautions, virtually unguarded, surrouded
everywhere by crowds 50 vast that a thousand
assassins might have lurked undetected among
them; and has alas paid 2 terrible price:
It is easy to uoderstand the shame and
by which Americans are assailed when they con-
template the blood which has recently stained
theif public life-the blood of a President, the
blood of a great and pacific Negro leader and now
the blood of ROBERT KENNEDY must wondcr
if there is some dark vioicnce in the American
soul of which other nations arc innocent_ Can
this reilly be true? In few countries of the world
are the style and temper of politics usually more
civilised the caurtesies of debate more gcnerally
obser cpponents more tolerant of each othcr.
That all this should be smirched and obscured by
the crimes cf a few is unfair in every respect Save
one. This is that America bas &0 far conspicuously
failed to disarm those who are unft to have control
of weapons: The right of every citizen to carry 4
gun was born in timeg when food had to be shot
and Indians lurked behind every tree, Once the
ally of order, this right has survived to become its
mortal enemy. Surely it must be extinguished.
DISRAELI once remarked that assassination has
never changed the history of the world. He may
have been wrong &bout the very assassination which
provoked his words-~that of LINCOLN, Certainly
it is probable that violence breeds violence, that
one death may lead to others and that the act
of a maniac may infame the passions of sane men.
General breast-beating will do n0 good only the
Jaw can take the gun cut of American life.
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The world kncw ROBERT' KENNEDY by disciples-_among tbe young; panticu-
sight and jiked what it saw_ People Iarly the young students_ But ke had
everywhere thought knew what he found newv disciples. The Negroes
stood for__juslice for dhe underdog,
other second-class racial groupings like tolerance belween faces and nations,
understanding for Youth, compassion [or Mexicans and Puerto Ricaus, tihe very
the old and deprived, Tbey believed he poor of all races bad made ROBERT
wa5 a worthy successor to his brother, KENNEDY thcir candidate more than
and that was consciously meant as the their candidate, he was their apostle:
highest tribute. If American presidents They #[e not going to tUIn easily to
were elected by the sufErage of all coun- SENATOR McCARTHY or MR; HUMPHREY
tries ROBERT KENNEDY would have gone
~certainly not t0 a Republican. Is the
t0 the Wihite House next January_
election going to See a largc proletariat
Of course the universal view Was Iot
disfranchiscd by its Own choice " This
is a real prospect, and a most alarming
a complete one: Men: find Lhemselves
-sonetimcs almnost by chancc--cast one Americans are desperafcly trying
joles of hcrocs and vi[lains, and those
[o rediscover iaith in their Own destiny
Are the roles have to play His
and inslilutions, Wilb both Kennedys
murdered sOme Amerirans will bc fellaw Americans IeTe divided over
which of the two RoBLRT KENNEDY
tempted 10 say that their country' s insti-
tutions are 7 sham and its desliny a really Was. Some of them hated ROBERT
mirage.
KENNEDY a5 much a5 dhey hated JOHN.
Now both brothcrs havc becn murdered, The Icst of the world wiIl be tempted
It is "a terrible fafe -terrible for the to turn away from America too. Each
family ; lcrrible for America and
fresh act of violence spreads fresh doubt
terrible for (he worll. about American capacily for leadership
ROBERT KENNEDY had many ities,
This is not hypocrisy. Amcrica has more
and bad. but were all touched money, more power, more skills, more
with an clement of greatness. His death weapons, than any other country in the
Jeaves an enormons gap, and thc world. For over twenty years she has
lem is how that can bc filled. In 1 way,
exerciscd this rcsponsibility with
thc least important part 0l this is who restraint and generosily. The American
will gcl tbe Democratic nomination inl people accepted the obligations of
the autumn. Probably RoBLRT leaclership; But now 2 The habit of
KENNEDY would not have it anyway. aSsassination destroys the authority of
and even if he had it might well not any counlry.
have won the election. And i{ he had Americans have bugc tcscrves of
won the election he might not have intelligenc and resouce. One of the
proved a good prcsident: he tem- best ROBERT KENNEDY did Wjs
peramcnlally suited t0 the job ? Is not to remind them of this, bccalse be pro-
America'$ need now to find & rcconcilcr, foundly beiieved it t0 bc true_ Who
whicb is something ROBERT KEVNEDY will be able to convince them that it
could nevcr bave been 2 These have is frue DOw 7 Certainly, America wil
ceased to be questions for the prophels survive ROBERT KENNEDY S dcath 35 it
and becore fooinotes [Or the historian: survivcd his brother's, But the main
What is important is the effect of question tor 1968 is now n0 longer
RoBERT KENNEDY 5 death on his fol- who is to be next president, but how
lowers; Hc bad Jost some of his carlicr that survival is t0 bc achievcd.
THE
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Kennedy victim
of his nation s
eroded ideals
Something like mass hysteria may be Ghreatening America
aS 4
great dialogue of" conscience breaks out after the
killing of Senator Kennedy. The laxity of the law on gun
control is only one result of the American system of
compromise politics
~a
system to which the murdered candi-
date himself bad deferred in the course of his campaign.
From LQCIS HEREN anazcs Me that #e continue
WASMINCTTCAV JLNE 6 ic tolerale systen) of laws
which makc i[ So outrageously
A man who challcnges thc King
ea:y for any criminal, insanc
musi die. Senulor Eugenc person. drug addict or child 10 AcCarthy thus cxplained his obtain lethal fircams which can challenge 1o President Johnson be used t0 rain violence and death
and his determinaiitn to g0 On1 0n innoccnt people
cven until defeat and oblition, but Alas_ there 15 m0 cause for
was Amncrica most splendid and
amazement Thc continuing
ambitious noliti l prince who stupidity Ofer gun laws is only dicd hyan %Ssassin $ hand_
part of the ssten uncer
With him_ the Kenncdy restora- #hich :he United Statcs has
tiun mgy have died_ It is possible governed su Iong: It is no more of
tha: presidents will not De cause for amuzenent than the
challenged b} Ihis powerful family bruial fact that the Wculhiest
again WVhal somc haVe Seen as its country in the wurid permits
awul <UrSe did not dctcr Robert : lions 0f Amcricans io _larvc.
but Fdward. the (ne surviving
trother_ sccms content wilh his
lcsser Jieidt_ Stupidity flourishes
After his almost miraculous
escape (ron an iircralt disastcr (a in the system
hro:her and sister als died in air
cashcs } i, scnior Senaior television nclwork recently
Trom Ihe onlmenwcalth o[ broadcast report on starwation
AasSachuselts al the age of 36. [is among Red Indians, Negrocs and
aitcntiun Lc) duty no)m" commands white tenant farmcrs within 30
respeet_ Hc i clcarly candidale hour drive of Washington. The
Ivr #n In;Dortant comuittcc
immediate response of Mr. Orville
chairmanship and the inner club_ Frccman. thc Secretary nf Agri-
1he small group o nicn #ho con- culture_ was to demand equal time
icol thc Scnale and thus much of for a relulation_
the Jegislativc busincss of thc All this and much miore js not
Uniled States ( ungress duc t0 brutal intlifferencc but 15
This has nol di-couraged sugges- the price paid for nalional unity_
Vons that he wou:d malke a good Jtis a heawy price, but almost un_
presidential cundidatc. Such is avoidabl bccause of congressional
:he power & the lamixy namc that conscnsus politics
Humphrey-Kenncdy tickel iS There js no three-Jinc whip
scn as surc Winner for Novem- Members are thus more exposed t0
pressures and urgent rcform can
The prineely splendour of thc bc compromised out of existence in
Kennedys was cvidcnt #gain in the the search for consensus For
rcspcci Daid hy the President and instance. liberuls such as Senator
thc princes ol his church: A White Wayne Morse and Senator Frank
Hous "rcral brought Robcrt ( hurch are 35 mich to blane 45
Kennedy remains from Los th:" National Rifle Associalion Ior
Ingeles and salemn Masses werc thc fact that lunatics and fanalics
ulered !n thc Roman Catholic can slill buy arms_
ethedraals 0[ Washington and These represcn:atincs comc
Xcw' York- (rtm ~pJ}ting xales und believe
Much 4f the business of thal thcir political survival
@overnment camc to 4 standstill depends upon the rejection 0f gun
and cverywhere flags flcw at hall-
conirol, For sake 0f this or
mas;_ Senaior Kennedy is i0 be some [uture consensUS 4 majority
buriecd on Saturday in his of their colleagucs have been pre-
brothcr $ eTaC_ #hich dominates pared to do jusi that Or #ccept #
un Nulional cmetery uselcss compromisc_ Ii N by' thc mansion Iron Ihich
'The Bill passed hy the [nlse of
Gicneral Roberi E: [ee rodle awny Representatives provides
11T 86( io (ight for 'irgini: for Soe Mlleasure Of control but
another (f tfc rcpublic greal nol Icarly enough
[ragic ligurcs Jl Ivuks across the
Potemac [0 Ahe Scul of American Onsensus politics hjs another
mcaning when thc President seeks
supcr-pwer wherc Robcrt
Kcnnedy 7ssumcd_ With the { popular conscnslls #ide enough
arrogance of political prince, tu persuadc 1 reluctant Congress
1o enact TeloTms_ This IS wbat that hc #uuld sil next January. Robert Kenncdv Ws Scnator
seeking to cstablish during thc
Horrible symmetry to primary campaigns
Hc compromiscd his 0mn idcals
age of violence
along the wy because many o[
A of that has been exploded by thc he sought Lo lcad Werc
young Iordan immigrant #ith : cpposed '0 change_ He was Ihus
pisiol first hought_ it becn il> mUch 4 part (f thc old a5 the
siated_ by sone frightcned man nlew politics_ but his ideals werc
altcr the Watts riots 1n I_os
never quite abandoncd: Had hc
Angeles Thc casual coincidence lived_ gone (ti' to win the
Frovides horriblc synmetry 0
ele-tion 131 Novcmber, his
an #gC cf Fiolence that now Administration almost ccrtainly
threatcns nass hystcria _ #ould have bcen a$ ciulious 4s his
Perhaps i[ 1S possible lo see
brother but 3 littlc progress
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan as an instru- would have bcen madc_
n;Cni of Tclengc against the Instead, the prejudice and
Palestina policy 0[ Presidcnt indiffercncc which the American
Trunan_ or a< i1 erazcd anti- s} stcm of governmcnt 1S SQ) ill-
Semitc. but hc left Jcrusalem when equipped to diminish has ~claimed
and saic also to havc him as another victim, and thc
cnvied thc rich and successlul. country 1s preparing for what
Thc Washington Pust said : IC could be deseribcd #S a slale of
thc shooting of Scnator Kenncdy Slege _
should sensible gun laws__ So Thc Armj"$ Directorate Jor
MUch the bcller the nced for Civil Disturbances Planning and
them_ howcicr dnes not Sland (n Operativns has brcn in a state of
onc NT :hree 0r Ihrec hundred alcrt since yestcrday morning:
homicide> by firearm it slands on the California National Guard has
the rccurd in cvcry Amcrican 26.800 men ready for deployment
eic:y night I7 the strects_ and 10,000 regular
Only month ago Senator troops arc slanding by outside
Edward Keerdy said: It Washington
Iarger
bccn
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INDEPENDENT OF ALL GROUPS
AMERICA ON TRIAL
SENATOR RoBERT KENNEDY is dead_ The
eulogies have been spoken. AlL civilised countries
have been revolted by the cruel murder of a
man who was thc leading bope not only of 2
family which has already suffered greatly but also
of many millions of Americans who Saw in him
rightly or wrongly--a golden champion. He was
to have been the man who would do battle for
the unrepresented in the great struggle for civil
rights. who might have bound up the rift between
black and white in the United States, who might
have led his fellow citizens in a determined attack
on poverty, who might hare been successful in
negotialinz 2 peaceful settlement in Victnam
These claims, made on behalf, were large
indeed perhaps too
Be that as it may, the obsequies cannot last
for ever. The government of great nations cannot,
must not, be affected by the death of 1
single man, however eminent and however aspiring;
and thc immediate task before the people of the
United Stales is the election of their next Presi-
dent. And, after the second KENNEDY assassina-
tion, it seems certain that the imposition of the
rule of law in the United States will become an
attractive theme for Mr; NIxON to begin embroider-
before many weeks are out; The central
issue could bccome strong government."
What the Democrats will reply to that is by
no means clear. There is at least a chance that,
of the supporters of the late Senalor KENNEDY,
thc mild, Leftist, scholarly and humanitarian will
prefer to back Senator EUGENE McCARTHY at the
Chicago convention rather than Mr. HUBERT
HcMPHREY_ Although regarded by his own party
a5 3 dangerous radical 10 years 2g0 on the civil
rights issue; Mr_ HUMPHREY has for the protesters
become tarnished by his close association with
thc JOHNSON administration. As a5 the restive
millions who saw RoBERT KENNEDY as their idol
are concerned, the risk of further rioting and
bloodshed is great: It must seem to them, after
three assassinations in five years, that anyone
#ho becomes their advocate will be gunned down:
The main responsibility assuaging the nation'5
fears must now fall on Mr. HuMPHREY and Senator
McCARTHY,
Whicherer of the two men is chosen-~and the
odds must now be heavily on Mr_ HCMPHREY
the senior in experience of both politics and
government--it should be made plain to the
American electorate that the ideals and ambitions
which motivated the KENNEDY brothers did not
die with them,. Otherwise, worse times might
befall. And it will; of course, be a prime duty
of any new administration to break the deadlock
in Congress on arms legislation. That will not
be easy, because [ear engenders fear; but, after
this weck s dark events, the majority of Americans
must realise that the freedom to bear arms
endangers greater freedoms.
DAILY THE
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THE GUUARDIAN
London Friday June 7, 1968
Will the world learn anything ?
Many deserved tributes have been paid and 4 settlement can be seen_ but the willingness to
will be paid to Robert Kennedy. President Johnson Teach it is Iever sufficiently strong; Over each 1
has spoken of the tragedy and senseless viol- change of heart is needed for the alternative i5
ence that brought his death: The Archbishop 0f a relapse into more killing, devastation and
Canterbury has said that, in the horror at this misety.
event; we shall Tenew O1T efforts in the cause On the anniversary of the June wer_ is it
of just and non-violent solutions of our human impossible for the Arabs &nd Jews to meet ? Mr
problems_ The Swedish Foreign Minister has Jafting' $ mission seems Lear its final frustration_
spoken of 1 defeat not only for American Yet more is needed than readiness on the Arab
derocracy but for democratic values a5 such_ side to meet the Israelis face to face which 50
The Prime Minister of New Zealand has said that far the Arab Governments have refused Or Teadi-
for the United States to lose its gifted men in ness on the Israeli side to apply in practice the
this way is a sad distortion of the freedoms principles 0f the UN resolution Both sides must
which thcy in turn have fought to preserve In accept in their hearts; not simply in words; that
Cairo, the Government $ ofiicial spokesman has the others have just claims TThe Arabs must
condemned the killing of Senator Kennedy what- honestly accept that the State of Isracl has a right
ever the nationality of the assassin may be. In to exist in peace and security, howevcr ujustly
Britain , the President of the Zionist Federation in their eyes, it was carved out of Arah territory
has said that all who love peace pray that And the Israelis no less must accepl in their
Robert Kennedy will not have died in vain, that hearts that the Arabs, even on the West Bank_
the message Of cooperation; of brotherly love, and have the Tight to Nle themselves in their own
of righteousness that he so courageously preached way and to be treated &s Tellow-men. The alterna-
will echo down the ages tive here is another war of vengeance the possible
Will that message_ in truth, find any echo in destruction of Jerusalem (a city Tevcred by people
the Middle East ? WilI 2 genuine effort be made of many faiths) and poverty for Arabs and Jews_
on both sides to stop the war in Vietnam ? Will Vietnam calls for changes of heart no less
a just and non-violent solution be sought in deep_ Vietnamese must lear to live with Viet-
Biafra OT south of tbe Zamhezi Will American namese. The Northerners and the Vietcong will
democracy and democracy everywhere 1 try bave to accept that theirs is not the only admis-
harder than before to rid itself of lawlessness_ sible form of society and that people in the South
hatred, and violence Shall we as President John- have 4 right to choose something differcnt In
son asks, purge the hostility from our hearts the South; equally, those in authority will have to
and practisc moderation with our tongues accept that the National Liberation Front and its
The killing of Robert Kennedy had seeds members carnot be kept out f eivil and political
bth in the sickness of American saciety and in life jf peace is to be attained When families
international violence Although much of Sirhan have been torn apart_ with brothers and sisters
Sirhan' 5 mind and motives rcmains to be dis- fighting on opposite sides, reconciliation is hars.
covered_ the Arab-Israeli war and its anniversary But just because of such tragic divisions the
were factors_ So too was the Victnam war which value of non-violent reconciliation ought to be the
itsclf has added to the severc strains within the more obvious_ And American hearts, too, must
United States_ But the question remains will change to an understanding that, however worthy
Robert Kennedy's tragic death changc anything in the motives which took the US forces to Vietnam_
the worid ? Will the shock Jead to any softening the outcome has been terrible human suffering:
cf rigid attitudes ? In every zonc of war or That, at least_ is somelhing which Senator Ken-
imminent war; the way could be opened for non- ncdy himself was directly conveying to his country-
violent solutions Over the Middle East, Vietnam, men. It is something thal they have begun to
and Biafra negotiations are being sought over undersland_ Here, at least, we can be sure that
each 4 deadlock persists Over each the lines of his message will not soon be forgotten
And will the US this time?
President Johnson $ decision to set up a So, too, with the Teports o( Commissions The tools
Commission on Violence is the least that could that are really nccessary are hard politieal cam
be done, now that Senator Kcnnedy is dead As a paigning and the uSe Of economic and political
political tactic it is a skilful move , since its power; And even this has become hardcr in the
members are respected pillars of the American past five years a5 the contradictions of American
Establishment and weighted to the right. (One 50 ciety have becn more blatantly exposed Five
of them; Senator Roman Hruska , is ehief lobbyist years ag0 a summer of demonstrations and mass
for the nctorious National Rifle Association ) But action in Birmingham, Alabama_ brought about
it is hard to see what can Say about Fiolence the Civi] Rights Act cf 1963. This summer the
in America which is not instinctively known: by Poor People 5 campaign in Washington is likely
most Americans already The need nOw is not to produce at best 4 legislative mousc--and at
for facts, however authoritatively they are worst 4 stronger white backlash_
pronounced, but for action. And here the It is easy enough to blame a reluctant Con-
Commission has no power gress as the President has done But there is
The recent report of the President's Com- already enough legislation on the books for him
mission on Civil Disorders is a discouraging prece- to bring about major changes, if he is willing
dent. That, was produced by 4 group of The Federal Government has enormous power
eminent Americans_ It pointed out the harsh over the economy through thc contracts it awards
truth that the nation is moving towards two The Defence Department alone has an annual
societies, one black and one white; separate and budget larger than that of the People's Republic o
unequal. And the outcome has been inaction China After the Soviet Union, the Pentagon is the
Some like Mr preferred to look away &nd largest centrally planned economy in the world.
say that the cause of the riots was not white The President already has Congressional authority
Tacialism_ as the Commission reported, but to use this power to cut Ofl contracts to firmns that
black Jawlessness_ 9 Others, like the President, discriminate, as had other Presidents before hirn_
greeted it with 1 frosty silence; Yet it has been used_reluctantly and grudgingly
The last two major assassinations, those of so far: The Federal Hlighway Administration and
President Kennedy and Dr Martin Luther King, housing agencies have similar powers are
ought to be a reminder that single incidents_ how- they not used more often In the last resort, too;
eveI shocking ,, Tarely move nations to make the Federal Government will have to create jobs
and painful changes in their own way Of life_ of its Own for the millions of unemployed. Private
Those two murders brought little or no Teform enterprise cannot and will not do s0 by itself_
they
too;
Nixon,
Why
deep
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Violent
America
I have watched it become
a
socially sick nation
by DAVID ENGLISH
NATIONS, like people, can have nervous breakdowng. And America i8
very near the edge of this situation: Paralysed with fear, tormented by
indecision, it is allowing violence--the fatal flaw in the national character
~to become the most dominating influence in its life:
In neurotic times, one word is sufficient to trigger off 2
pointless act of
{6 destruction. Yet all through spring and early summer the word Kennedyism
has been given that built-in potential.
8o perhaps 1t was Inevltable that Robert Kennedy would be the vctim of one of those
sudden and senseless acts of violence that Amerlcans seem to accept &8 much 2 pert of their
daily life a5 popcorn and apple pie.
For there 1s 1 macabre unqueness about Kennedys No other polltlcal famlly in
Amerlca 1s capable of &ttracting such loyalty and edmiration or of fostering such enmlty
and hatred_
Their very name 13 8 lightning Tod for those two exbremes of chlvalry and vlclousness
whlch vle constantly for the control of the American personality.
The extremist opponents of Kennedy--and they are the opponents of all the other
legitimate political candidates and everything that is decent and important in America--had
focalised such an aura of hatred around that name thaf It wes only & question of time before
the Ightning struck
I6 doesn't really matter
who carried the gun in
Angeles' Ambassador Hotel
He was merely the hypno_
tlsed vlctlm Of 2 polsoned
system_
What does matter Is that
Amerlcans heve leerned
the lesson f Dalies that
Jack Kennedy'& memory is &3
dead &8 his body- and In the
name of defending demo-
cracy A m eric R n $ are effectfvely killlng 1t
Reflex
For how can 1 people talk
about democracy Or expect
to survive when they conduc
their affairs in such a climatd
f unbridled v[clousness
I[ there Is total lcence tc
commit character essassina.
ton is It surprlsing that the
thing becomes a con- ditioned reflex of the times
The freedom to poison the
mind with hatred and fear,
to publish filth and les
about the men wlshing [O
take on the onerous task Of
leading the country has be-
come bllndly accepted In the
Tnlted States
God knows their Itcs
have always been rough but
In thls decade the rule book
was thrown 2way
Last month in America, I
read erticles about Robert
Kennedy'$ Ife and family
motivated by mallce and
hatred 50 pa thological that
Do civllised printer should
have handled them_
But there they were. On
the: bookstalls.
And when I asked how Jt
couid happen 5a5 told We have the freest
Press in the world
That 15 always the argu-
ment, Freedom must not be
Interdicted_ Not only must
there be freedom to oppose
a polltician there must be
freedonl to break him too,
Obsession
No country can really
afford the pollitics of hate_
But America, with Its obses-
sion wich guns and Jall,nie
can afford it least of a]L.
1s inco mprehensible to the
rest of the world that Ameri-
cans are allowed to g0 on buying and selling and part-
exchanging gun8 In the
mame ~once again-_of Iree -
dom
Why do they do It ? The
nonsenslcal argument about
the constltutional rght pf
the
Los
not
Ieal
poll-
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every cltlzen to carTY arms
has been refuted and dls-
missed a hundred ~times:
Yet after Jack Kengedki
after Martin Luther King,
attempts to bring the gun-
happy psychosls of America
under observation, let alone
control, died In the lonely
backwaters of congressional
commlttee rooms:
Bitter
Onlv a few days ago, Kennedy faced the guns in
Oregon, He had arrived In
one of those small but gulte
beauclful Httle towns that
dot the plalns and mountains
of the North-West and there
In 1 picnic fleld were engry
and bitter crowds who
loathed him and showed It.
They knew that he was
supporting 8 Senate move to
Introduce registration 0f'
guns, So they surrounded
him wlth slgns that sald
Protect your right to keep
and bear arms and he thought that there I have the remorseless
They pushed and hustled might be 2 little less If there Eatsonains chenges whlch
the man whose brother__the wa8 more control Of frearmg. transformed 2 confl-
35th Presldent of the Unlted It Is fasclnatlng what they dent and thrusting EaBoople
States _was murdered wlth & shouted back Into & soclelly Sick
85 mall order rlfle and they You want to be another Thoge changes began; I
defed hlm to challenge Htler; ecreamed one man; belleve when Lee Harvey
them; Thet's how It &ll started In Osweld kllled Jack Kennedy
Of course he did, And he Nazl Germany_when they elmost fve years @g0.
told them how he felt about made the people reglster Five years later _@s 4t
guns end he had reason thelr guns: ordalned-~hls brother lleg
to feei strongly, he seld. And a woman shouted crltically 11, 8 neer parallel
There wes murder and vo- I( We'l keep our guns and vctlm of the Amerlcan
lence and senseless Mlling we'l1 keep our democracy _ syndrome ot vlolence:
ell over the Unlted Btates And she belleved what she All yesterday Amerlcans
sald, watched thelr TV sets,
These are the kind of con - traumatlsed by scenes almost
dltlons whlch stain and rot Freudlanlke In their simd-
the fabrlc of Amerlcan llfe. larlty to Dallas. They must
The richest and most power- have cut deep Into the
ful country In the world wlth natlonal subconscious to
more potentlal for good than recall a nlghtmare Amerlca
any other natlon Ls as den- had chosen too easlly to
gerously JIl 9S yesterday's forget_
Blection vlctor In Callfornla Robert ls a
Iatallst who won't any- Impetus thlng Interfere with hls fate;'
2 frlend once said_ Perhaps
Ballot boxes are useless If hls fate Is to call America'5
guns are used to more ettention to the need to weight; The
qcesEon
18 change before It Is too late,
whether yesterday's ghastly
s h o 0 ting will break
If yesterdays
America's self-doubt_and glve events S ucceed in
t the Impetus to throw ofr
Jts Interna] s [c kne 8 & _ Or
doing that, even while
whether It wlll only make It fighting for his life,
worse_
It Is very hard not to he may finish what
belleve In Amerlce if you his brother set out to
have lved there. And yet
It Is Irlghtening to see, 28 start;
Kennedyet
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This
of
Da.l
irony
in
a
gun-sick society
From DONALD McLAC]
IT IS an ironic coincid- which is endemic [0 the Aneri- mach:ne atacked Mr Kennedy inseription an the facarle of the has stood idle. Il would be bitter
ence_ But while Robert ean 6 of Iife_ re eatedly and #as given #lentire NRA bliidling whic1 rcads The irony if Robert Kennedy has :0 die
few seconds bzfare hc was ear by tens of thousands nf rig t of the people' [() *c p ancl fo; is dream i0 be rcalised_ Kennedy lay with a bullet sho: down he told the clzctian Americans pufled up by misplaced bzar arns shall nol be iifringed: The Ieeling of those Wio want in his brain, Congress was crowd in the Ambassadar Hotel pride in thci: bloody and brutal Tawgh gun coniioi hs been ccntrol was echocd today by Mr "e can work tozether i0 Ore? bexinnin?s. Mr Kennedy 5 obsession sincc his Arthur Goldberg: American Am- taking a timid in thc come dhrisiors Kolence, discn- call it the 'citizen s right brotber_ President John Kennedy_ bassador to the Unted Nations_ direction of controlling chan;mcnt. We are 2 great to bear "rns pointedl mis- Was killedl wixb mail-ordcr He said
country, a selfless country, & Coll- interpretatian 0f the American carbine. the sale of arms. passionate couniri_ Consiitution: Thcy believe in
'Our hearts cry out in
Shaken by the shock of thc being permitted 40 take the law CHEAP and anguish at this
OPPONENTS as they See it, iu their 0wn hands: shooting, il hurriedly agreed
A few hours after tbe shoot-
terrible act of violence.
to President johnson' s today about 200 demonstra- The arms manufacturers and Surely by now the lesson
package Bill dealing with Bu: there are powerlul oppo- tors marche on iine Washington their dealers have fought it of
crime to 8 rote lo-
nenis of Mr Kennedys determina- heidquarters of the 980,000-strong again and with good times, that violence breeds vio-
straight
:n [( Iimit he spread ol guns, Vational Rifle Assoe alion, The girls, and generous donations to lence must be pounded
morrow. and skip the usual Ihich since the tun of the cen- dlemonstraio:s includcd tr 2 d e the funds oE ameaable politicians:
committee stagc, rury have killed 750,000) peoplc in unionists. memhers 0/ student and So America remains perhaps thc into our heads.
the United Sta:es--morc than the religi l $ hadlies and reprcsenta- only civiliscd(?) country in the The much-stie ed-dwn arns dead :n elcts Ha? America has ives 0f the P 0 0 r Pcople's world wnere Jou can get yourself
'Surely by now all agree
'scction of the Bill simply bans the ec; {oegh:. Campaign: a gun as casily a5 and sometimes that there sale of hand-guns by' na:l-order_ must be an
The s' unges: wbbv inl thc Police stood by as the demon- cheaper :han a second-hand
Ic dces not orne:wisc inferiere cilcz is [h3 Na:onal Rille Asso- strators carried banners reading watch_ end to killing, otherwise
with Thc :itilet rien: {0 bea; Ain Walci backed by tle arms The sound of bullets fills thc ai1 Fire pounds and a sixpenny
a"ms: manufacturers, cxists solely Jor 'Thank sou. NRA for bringing stamp for 1 mail-order weapon,
there will be little hope
Thc Bill is backed by Robert organised Tesistance {0 anv [orm o anarchy 3 lirtlc closer' and 'Stop which gives a licence to kill. for our country or for the
Kencedy: #ho wanted Ef &) mucn weapons control. the riolence ~stop the NRA: Today there is Icnewed outcry
[urthcr to cont-oi the iolence Their immense propaganda Many of fhem stood under an fo: fast action by a Congress thac world;'
day
Haaf
step They
pain
bring ing
again
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66 What in the name of' conscience will it take to pass a
truly effective gun control law ? 9}
President Johnson, 9, 1968
Sportsmens lobby
may lose at Iast
BY a tragic coincidencc the each year in America and 27 mil- In 1986 he produced figures to Ammo, for instance, hunting Glackin, says Six million Jews
first s m & [ ] measure lion People own guns--enough to show that where gun laws are licence figures by State are com- wcnt to the Vazi gas chambers on
towards control of gun sales in Potn_ a gun In half of American weak-_they vary Erom State lc pared with crime rates to Sup- a Rill of Attainder signed by
America due to es. A recent survey showed Stale and cily to city_-a large port the conclusion the crimc Adolf Hiller_ From herc Mr
was come that two thirds of Americans number of killings arc coin- goes up when eivilian gun Glackin goes on to invoke before the House of Represen- favour some sort of Federal con- mitted with guns. In Dallas 72 owncrship dlown_ In Ver- Aristotle_
tatives yesterday for con- trol and registratlon of frearm per cent of homicices are by mont, with & hunting licence rale Summer city riots were morc sideration, sales but 55 per cent of white shooting_ in Phoenix, Arizona, o[ 33,000 per 100,000 there is a feared by some American sun
Its approva] now is almost gun owners said thcy would be wherc the laws are also weak, serious crime rate of only authorilies than another political
certain-~but it is 4 tiny advance, prepared to shool people in 4 66 per cent while in toughcr 700 per 100,000residents but in assassinalion attempt as the
compared with the controls pro- riot; Since last summer s race dis- New York only a quarter of all Ncw York with 4 licence ratio bringer of gun controls, Jf the
posed after President Kennedy's turbances, gun ownership, accord- killings are by shooting: of only 3,800 per 100000_ the summer rcmains fairly peaceful
assassination and made more to another poll, has nearly Yet in spite oF the two-an- crime ratc is 2,400 . Thal Ver- says the magazinc there is still
urgent by the shooting of Martin doubled_ This has meant a pros- hour deaths by shooling and mant is rural and empty is not a goodl chancc that controls wIll
Luther King. It would stop mail- perous time for the country' $ 400 anguished pleading by statesmen mentioned; ccntre on mail-orcler hand guns
order sales of hand guns and or more mail-ordcr gunstores including President Johnson and on stiffer penalties for their
over-the-counter sales to those President Kennedy was killed What in the 'name of consclence Right to bear arms misuse. Pitchedl battles in the
under 21_ with 4 rifle bought through the will it take to pass 8 truly cffec: streets, howcvcr, would probably
post_ tive gun control law 2 ~the More extraordinary is a hcavy
result in licensing and registra- &2.5M fight Senator Thomas Dodd of Con- tor all lobby condlucts abstract case' argued In the samc tion of all firearms
That most powerful lobby, the necticut, along with Senator
Bizasre
academic arguments to magazine which' explains that the Viewed from America Britain's
National Rifle Association_ has Fckward Kennedy has been the supporthiss posilion.
46
second Amendment to the Con- rules seem very harsh_
succeedled in pressing out af the main proponent of control laws this month's and stitution-_conferring the right to
Eertificutes_
are Issued to land:
Bill-_now part of a general hcar arms _" is to prevent the owners and farmers to control
packagetlaw-and-order regulation vermin and other wild life, or
~reference to rifes and shat- rise of an armcd alile superior for sport. Otherwise, the maln
guns, and any question of THE ALL NEW
peGent
to the average man; It goes on, route to 4 cerlificate is through
ea3i3 traiion of firearms_ With Preventativc controls designed club membership from which an d00 members, and 8,000 affili-
to proscribe an inert act on the assessment ol competencc can be
ated associations_ the NRA has 3" , 4" or 6" erounds that it only may result obtaincd which helps the police
devoled nearly {2.5 millions to Barrel in crimc are no more than thinly to decide on an applicant's suit-`
defeating attempts to control gun disguised Bills of Attainder. ability But sportsmen here_
0wnershin_ Besides crading the Mide in U.S.4, even somc who endorse the
present Bill to almost nothing_ Explaining that a bill of NRA's efforts in America--do not
it has helped to keep the whole
8 Shot
attainder condemns without trial find our rules too restrictive,
issue in a dormant committee for spccific offences groups
stage for four years: thought in general to be hostilc John O'Callaghan
Two million weapons are sold DOUBLE ACTION to society , the author, James L:
+22 REVOLVER
With SWING-out CYLINDER
Shoots ,22 Short; Long and Long Rille Rimfire Cartridges
Fcalurcs include smooth and dependable double
and single aclion mechanlsm, swing-out Syllnder
with eight recessed chambers, and a simultencous
auto-retrace ejector; Thc banel Is prccision
rifled. The pin is scparale from (hc hammer
and spring loaded_ The one-piece composition
grip is' correctly formed for comforlable holding
83496
and 'on (arget' pointlng We belicve it t0 bc thc
bast reyolycr {hat ncw looling ad modern tech-
niques . can dcvisc.
NEW FULL Color CaTALOG Showing ENTiRE LINE 254
Typical advertisement from 2 cutrent US magazine
May
#ll
goes
ing
Guns
ting
frlng
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'S AN AMERICAN CAN BUY LONDONERS
OUBLE IN TOM QUAD
ITH DOROTHY GISH
TNY
BRere ROBER]
CoLs MALCOLM KENNEY
I968
IgkiNEi
1
Iq6]
LUTHER
John
KING
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KENNEXY
1968
H
MJkz1ihkza
@E
The right of the people to and. bear arms shall not be infringed:"
Second Amendment
Huz
1g33
788
keep
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AMENDMENT T0
0f
3a-
Time for another amendment
the
SECOND
@e,HSA
consTiTuTION
OF
1791 Right
The 66 To
Peqple
The BEAR
AND
KEeP
SHALL
ARMS, ,
3e
~NoT
PANFRINSEP_
Ye rdornboghosootars Munonaonolox
3ts 4
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Attack drives
further wedge
Tucs
between races
From LOUIS HEREN_Washington, June 5
There was an awful inevitabi- spiracy: A Negro detective bag
about the shooting of Scnator alleged that lhe accused belonged
Robert Kennedy: On more than to a terrorist cell which plotled to
one occasion, when he was physi- murder Mr: Wilkins. the
cally possessed by the crowds Negro leader, and then President
whose votes he sought; I had Johnson:
thought of his murdcrcd brother The shooting in Los Angeles is
and his own submission to a larger more than another crime statistic,
fate that was rarely separated but it bas served to dramatize law-
from his lust for power: lessness and Tenew demands for
There was something darkly strong counter-measures, I fear
Irish about this submission_ He that tbe shooting will also further
must have been more aware than divide the races:
most of tbe increasing violence of The demands for Draconian law
American life. and that his name enforcement are made, mainly by aroused a5 much insane hatred &s whites. Some also seek unconsti-
love and respect, Then there was tutional interference in the right
the mean envy of those such 4S of assembly and petition; but have
Lee Harvey Oswald: of the wealth: little enthusiasm for stricter con- success, talent, and good looks trol of guns: Their cra for law
with which the Kennedy family is and order is tainted by fear and
SO abundantly blessed hatred of Negroes The United States has an
There is nothing peculiarly inmense and fundamcntal stabi-
American about bate and envy, On the other hand, many in spite of recent horrors but
but they can fester and luxuriate Negroes and members of other the tensions bave undoubtedly
because of the fierce insistence on oppressed minorities see Senator increased: There is no way oE
equality rather than individual Kennedy as the victim of racism: knowing if a breaking point is
liberty in this land of extreme No matter that the championing approached, Or indeed if
wealth and poverty , opportunity of their rights political divi-
there is a breaking point = but
and oppression, and insecurity of dends, it swung the California
clearly tbe country must have
the excluded minority groups. It primary vote against Senator leadership: For ali his qualities,
was Senator Kennedy's cruel fale Eugene McCarthy Mr: Kennedy $
I do not believe that President
that the nether world of stained anguished concern was unques- Johnson can provide it.
sweatshirts, jeans and tattered tionably sincere.
He provided magnificently when
sneakers was one of his natural This was recognized almost in
President Kennedy was assassi-
allies in his bid for presidential spite of the jazzy campaigning, the
nated: lt was his finest hour. But manipulating of crowds and the power. happenings Coming SO soon
the country was fearful of some Inevitability did not diminish after the death of Dr; Martin conspiracy and desperately
the shock and widespread shame: Luther King, one must assume anxious to be assured of the con-
Speaker John McCormack ex that the shooting will do more
tinuity of presidential rule. Today s
claimed, What is this country than increase Negro alienation; shooting is not nearly as tragic.
the thin, old voice of this The senator'5 very personality Objectively, it must be said that
other Irish Bostonian was reduced somebow inflamed racial emo- thc senator js a lesser victim of
1o whimpers It's terrible it's tions. Unwittingly, he has been a violence than his brother; but
indescribable he declared. devisive force. One coloured char- some terrible have happened
Senator Ralph Yarborough, who lady telephoned_early this moro- since November, 1963. President
wilnessed the assassination of and tearfully sought some Johnson is not the man, t0 use his
President Kennedy in Dallas. comfort; but eYeasbionable blockg own words, to bind the nation $
said The deep stain of crimi- along the more blocks wounds.
nality and assassination in Ameri- of Connecticut Avenue, I over - The United States is, however;
can life appears to be aimed at the beard two over-dressed matrons 4 democracy. It has reached the
most brilliant and progressive saying the moSt obscene half-way mark in a presidential
among us: about him. clection year of more than usual Perhaps about the time that Mr: Iam not suggesting that the re- importance: The shooting; aS [ Kennedy was shot, three Negroes public je !n great danger; Jt did have suggested, will enhance
entered an all-night diner here and after all survive the assassinatIon violence and race as electoral
are alleged to have shot and killed of President Kennedy. The mur- issues; although the motive of the
two Marine oflicers and wounded der of Dr. King brought about an would-be murderer was probably
two others: The Negroes_said explosive emission of racial hatred not racial: It could help to sway
tbat had come from Califor- and violence. but the burnt-our thc vote in November; and the
nia to join the Poor People liquor stores and Joan-shark ofices campaign from now on could
march: on Tth and 9th Street here are the prove to be an adequatc substitute
In New York; & Negro is being only obvious reminders of those fc? leadership: The candidates
tried on cbarges of terrorist con- wild nights: musi rise to the situation:
lity
Roy
ving
lity,
being paid
things
ing
things
tbey_
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One of their number has bcen_ the Kennedy delegates votes is the nomination, and Mr_ Richard
shot a5 if the election was being uncertain these delegations have Nixon has 392 Governor Ronald
fought in somc banana , republic obviously been released from their Reagan _ bas 110_ and Governor
and not in the world s oldest and obligations to vote for him on the Nelson Rockefeller 77.
most stable republic There is the firsl ballot. He will be on no A good many more delegates
impression that continuing ballot this year The assumption are leaning towards Mr. Nixon_
violence is pushing the country is lhat many will go to the con- and the nomination is within his
into an abyss far more terrible vention inChicago unpledged to grasp: This is no cause for great
than anything that has been any candidale Or a5 favourite SOD satisfaction for many Republi-
threatened on the streets of Paris: delegations: cans; wbo stil question his ability
One must first assunie, if noth- In theory at Jeast the number to win independent votes: The
worse, that Mr: Kennedy is of favourite son delegates will be have shown that he could be
no longer a candidate. Jf he sur- grcaliy increased: With mny defeated by Senator McCarthy.
vives his grave wounds, and is not other delegates still uncommitted. Thus the reinforced support for
permanently incapacitated, a long the convention could be thrown the Senator could have uncomfor-
period of recuperation nust wide open. table repercussions for Mr; Nixon.
bin out of lhe race, The conse- What in fact will happen is that He has no rivals within the party
quenccs within the Democratic both Mr. Humphrey and Mr: at present; Mr. Rockefeller bas
Party are not unnaturally already McCarthy will intensify and fought 8 miserable campaign; and
being considered: The obvious extend their efforts to win more Mr: Reagan is not seen t0 be in
questions are where will his pOpU- delegates votes before August. the running, but the next rourd
lar support and committed slute The Vice-President has the advan- of polls could show many more
delegations g0, to Vice-President tage; but Mr. McCarthy's cause is Republicans crossing party lines to
Humphrey or Senator McCarthy? not hopeless line up with Mr. McCarthy.
At first glance, it would secm Mr: Kennedy soundly trounced These rather mechanistic calcu-
that the combination Mr; Kennedy Mr. Humphrey yesterday in South lations can be misleading If tbe
sought earlier with Mr; McCarthy Dakota, where he was born. Jt is senator is the unwilling beneficiary
will now be brought about by his unusual for a native son to be of the Kennedy tragedy, he is 8
owu tragic elimination. Their defeated in his own state, and the Liberal pledged to racial reconci-
two followings share a contempt fact thal the Vicc-President cam- liation and social justice. I am not
for the party's established order: paigned vigorously there raises al all certain that they will arouse
Both seek a change of leadership some doubts as to his popularity: sufficient enthusiasm among tbe
and a new direction, and righlly or Mr. McCarthy did well in Democratic convention delegates,
wrongly Mr; Humphrey is seen as California. being beaten by only who with their opposite numbers
one of the blemished old guard a points He denied Mr. jn the Republican Party tend to be
His record proves lhat he is 2 Kcnncdy 4 decisive viclory in the cautious men.
beller nan than that; but Mr . largest state in the Union, and thus Apart from the preference of
McCarthy s popular following proved thal his following was not most of them for familiar faces
could now represent a majority. confined to lesser unils such as and tried politics, they will, how-
The combined totals of the Ken- Wisconsin and Oregon. ever, be watching the national
nedy and McCarthy votes in the The cry heard in the Kennedy mood closely. A hardening ol
primaries are not a true indica - headquarters in Los Angeles last racial lines; demands for law
tion of the proportion of dis- nigh' during the only [oo brief and order at the expense of socia]
affected Democrats. Many moments of victory: was O0 to
justice, wil] surely swing them
Negroes' and members of ethnic behind Mr. Humphrey, lhe rather
groups will now swing to Mr: New York Mr: McCarthy has
unpersuasive rcpresentative of the
Humphrey. if only because with-
his following there_ and if hc can
stalus quo bul widespread revul-
out a Kennedy tradilionally win some Kennedy delegates the sion from force and counter-force,
to established party leaders: party s sO-called power brokers and from what would appear to be
Neverthetess, the Vice-Presiden: may have to review their opinion
another four years of consensus
must now see his fellow Minne- of him politics in the nastiest sense of
sotan as a very real threat, In As I see it, much will depend the term, could win the nomina-
popular terms at least, Mr. upon the behaviour of the two tion for Mr. McCarthy_ After all,
McCarthy is at last & serious can- men between now tbe conven: are Democrats who want to
didate. tion_ have stopped cam- win elections; not Republicans
The division of convention dele- paigning; as a sign of respect for who would rather be right, even if
gate votes is anolher matler. Mr. Mr; Kennedy but they wili not re- il means defeat;
Humphrey has claimed that he is main long inactive. The man who Little of this was heard today,
close to the 1,312 required for can best demonstrate his capacity and certainly not from Mr.
nominalion with about 1,000 for leadership, and depth of McCarthy: When he was told of
pledged or promised: In fact, he understanding of the nation $ the shooting, he his head in
is at prese~t only sure of 561 and problems, could win the nomina- his hands and said: Maybe we
a half votes, and with his narrow tion: should do it in a different way victory in California, Mr. There sume who believe that Maybe we should have the English
Kennedy bas 493 and 4 half, Mt, the situation has also changed for system of having the Cabinet
McCarthy has" 255. the Republicans. Their candidates choose the President; There must
Whal will eventually happen to must have 667 delegate votes Tor be some other way:
jng polls
keep
{ew
and
they
rally
and they
They
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FOLLOW ING SFN, KENNEDY S DEATh, PRD PRODUCED SPEC [ AL PROGRAM JUNE
6 FEA TURING SPEEch RY SECGEN PENA GOMEZ IN WHICH HE MADE PREDict-
ABLE RUT NONETHE ESS UNWELCOME STA TEMENTS LINK ING SENATOR'S
DEATh To SAmE "OeSCURE FORCES" WHO KILLED HIs BROTHER AND
REV , KING' PENA GOMEZ VERY PESS IMISTIC RE US AND WORLD FUTURE,
SA [ D ThEsIS JF PE ACEFUL REVOLUTION DIED WITh ROBERT KENNEDY ,
NOw PENTA GON ISTS AD RAC ISTS MUst AWA IT INEV I TARLE VIOLENT
ExPRESSIONS MASS JD [ GNA TION . PRD SENATORS CAS IMIRO CASTRO,
MAXIMO LJVA TON AnD GIL MORALES ALL MADE STA TEMENTS, W I Th
CASIMIRQ 'S A NC G IL ' S O:v DECIDEDL Y CRITICAL S [ DE SANTO
DOMINGO MA YOR 8AEZ ACoStA VOICED TYP ICALLY F ATUous REMARKS
(SD-2767) ; SANTO DOMI NGO A YUNTAMIENTO NA MED STREET IN ENSANCHE
ESPA ILLAT FOR ROBERT KENNEDY , SANT I AG0 PRD STALWARTS JOSE
VEGA AND VIRGILIQ Ma [NARD I MADE SURPR ISINGL Y EXAGGERATED
STA TEMENTS, NIth Roth CLA IMIG SEE "DECOMPOS ITION" US
SOCIETY , Aivo VEGA END OF MEA VINGFUL US ELECTORAL PROCESS, AND
JRD SAW NO RJA D OPEN To DOMS Rut VIOLENT REVOLUTION_
1. In LENGTAY AND EMOTION-CHARGED JUNE 6 SPEECH, PENA GOMEZ
SA I D FOLLOwING :
A , AULLFT KILLING ROBERT KENNEDY ALSC KILLED HOPES MILLIONS
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PAGE 02 SA NTo 2778 01 OF 92 7813497
THROUGHOUT #ORLD WHO SA W IN 4[S CAND IDACY HOPE OF REDEMPT ION
AND BEG InN NG OF END OF INTOLERANCE , INJUSTICE AND D[ SCRIMI -
NATION wIThIi US RORDERS ,
8 , SAME "OBSCURE F ORCES" KILLED RO:ERT KENNEDY , RE V .
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VIET-NA~ KILLED ROBERT KENNEDY , HOP ING DELA Y MARCH OF AISToRY ,
AFTER HE Won CALIFORN IA PROMARY , BECAME DEADL Y TAREAT Tq
GENERALS AND ~ONOPOL IES MANUF ACTURING WARS AND GOLPES THROUGH -
OUt WORLO' A:vj F OR FANA TIC RAC ISTS IN US
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FUL SA TISF /cTIoN THEIR DEMANDS HAD Two GREA T LEADERS} MART IN
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RICH LEAVER OF WhITES OF G00J WILL 0
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CF PEACEFUL RFVO_UTION IN LA , AOPE ZF PE ACE In VIET-NAM AND
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In US DEAOCRACY , LAST GREAT VOICE US PEOPLE STILLED , LAST
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LAND OF SKYSCRAPERS . LIGhT WILL SOON RE - ILLUMINA TE US , But
WILL RE AOMEiTARy LIGhT G I VEN OfF 8 Y SPA RKs 0F VIOLENCE'
BA TTLECRY CF MULT [TUDES WILL SHATTER SILENCE IMPOSED B Y ARMS
ON VOICE OF REASON .
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ACCUSED 4Im PARTIC IPA T ING 1965 DECISION INTERVENE IN DR. Roth
MEN V IGOROUSL Y REPUDIATED INTERVENTION IN DR} BUT ROBERT KENNEDY
XCRE ThA V ANYC VE REJECTED IT BECAUSE IT WAS IN DR WHERE FORCES
PROVOK ING MaRtYRtOm OF DALLA3 FiRST FoUghT JOhN KENNEDY , WHEN
INSTITUTED JVERThRdv JUAN BOSCH AND WIth HIm HOPE OF RE VOLUTION
wITh LirERty, B0sCA AND PRd THEN VIctIms OF EMPRESSARIOS OF
EXPLOITA TION A ND CRiME TAAT SACRIFICED PRES < KENNEDY IN TEXAS
AND 3F LYN;ON JOhNSON, ThE BENEFICIARY 3F THAT CRIME. PRD
KNE w RORERT KENEDY wOULD NOT BFTRA Y HIS BROTHER ' S LEGACY,
WQULD NQT SFLL OUT TO ALL-POwERFUL MASTFRS HIs NAT IQN 2 AND S0
PRD REJOICE' JvEA HIS CAND I DACY .
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LACKS YnjTAFUL VIGOR A ND CHARISMA OF LATTER. ThAT WAy
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PAGF "3 SANTO 2778 0 | OF 22 08 |3497
AND DANGERCUS AS ROpT . KENNEDY .
G , Tw( LE SSONS EMERGE: ( ] ) HE WHOLACKS HEALTH PUN I Sh
CR IME WIThIn OwN SORDERS HAS NO RIGhT 8F WORLD POL ICEMAN ,
(2 ) US MUST TURN INWARD AnD SEEK NEw INSP [ RA TION T0 stop
DESTRUCTIVE FORCES LEAD ING ItS DECOMPOS I TION, Which BEGAN
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PROF [ TING FROM Td4T WAR ; WHE: SANGSTERS OF GREAT MONOPOL IES
SEE RICHES TAREATENED THEY RESORT TQ VIOLENCE
H , Two KENNEJyS NJ REV , KING ILLUSTR IOUS VICTIMS
VIOLENT SOcTEty , QF VIOLENT US POWER WAICH IN LAST 5 YEA S
HAS EXPRESSED SELF IN PERSONAL AND InTERNATIONAL CRIMF .
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IT CLEAR ARMS AN3 vOt VOTES OEIQDE WhO AOLDS POWER , IN LA
WE FLECT PRES [OEWTS B Y FORCE , AS Thf Y TAUGhT US } AND SINCE
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REAP V IciE CE #AEN ALL A.FRICAN PEOPLES FROM CANADA To CAPE
AORN APPLY LESSON JF US TEACAERS AN? ELECT GoVTS _ WI Th RULLETS .
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US, WAS YEVOLUTIONARY , NO MATTER How FA R HE INITIALL Y INTENDED
PROCEED: ThAT wAY PRD CALLED HIm1 ALLY,
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ChURCh 4 SKING GOc SP A RE US F YOM VIOLENCE TAE Y SOwI NG ALL
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NEGRors HA VE ThE ;R YELLOw A Nj 31.ACK GOds ASWELL ' ALSO IN
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AGA I NST IND [ ANS. THOSE wAQ FXPLOIT nFtEn CLA [ M HAVE MONOPOL Y
OF GoD : 33ut ThEiR PRA YERS WILL Not SAVE THEM FROM MASSES, who
SOUGhT PE ACEFUL SOLUTION WTh ROBERT KENNEDY 3ut WILL SOON RISE
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AND WILL NOw SUFFER INEVITABLE DEA Th CONVULSIONS , "REST IN
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2 0 IN InTRoDuc ING (REJECTED ) JUNE 5 RESOLUTION SUSPEND
SENA TE SESSION (SD-2767 ) PRD SEN . GIL MORALES SA I D DEATH
GREA T LIBERAL CAUSED TERRIBLE IMPACT ON WORLD AND LINK ING DESTINIES
US AND DR, WONDERED "WHA T wILL BE F A TE QF THAT ALL-POWER -
FUL NA TION, AND OF US , WHEN THAT COLOSSUS _ ''FALLS? SEN _
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AS "EXECUTION OF PROGRAM A IMED A T ELIMINATING LEADERS Who IN
AMERICA STRUGGLING ON CONT I NENTAL SCALE FOR NEW TYPE OF LIFF
FOR MASSES MADE DESPERA TE B Y HUNGER AND MISERY ," 1i AND
ADDED "OFF IC IAL CI?CLE IN US NOT DISPOSED PERMIT INERNAL
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US MoSt CAF 43LE EFFECT:NG CHANGE IN socIAL STRUCTURES AND
IN POLIcY TJNARD LA , FELLow PRD S T ALWART JOSE VEGA ALSO
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8 Y ELECTc?AL PA Tx; "NOw IT REALIZed KE SA [D ) A TTA [ NMENT OF
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NEITAER FOR JS PEQPLE VCR FOR COLONILED PEOPLES LIKF OURS EXISTS
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5 0 CJMMF VT : 4 ' EMAASSY REPORTING A 8OVz PRD COMMENTS LENGTH
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OR OTHER PRO LEADF?S NOw [N JS ShQULD VIS!T WASH INGTON (SD-2762) ,
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3 0 "DEAR MR PRES [DENT . [ KnOw THAT WIth ALL OF US YOU
MUst BE SHOCKED BE YOND BELIEF BY ThiS MOSt RECENT AMERICAN
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SUBJECT' ZAMBIAN REACTIONS To SENATOR KENNEDY ASSASSINTION
1 , SUMMARY , STRONG EMOTIONAL REACTIONS To ASSASS INATIONI TEND
AT BEST To PUT BLAME ON VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY AND AT
woRst To SUGGEST IT WAS "SCHEMED THOSE IN POwER" IN THE US ,
POLITICIANS SEEM INCLINED To MORE RADICAL I VTERPRETATIONS .
SUMMARY ,
2 0 IN ABSENCE PRES IDENT KAUNDA VICE PRESIDENT KAPWEPWE'S
F IRST REACTION WAS To CHARACTERIZE TRAGIC ACT As "PRIIMITIVE'
BARBARIC' AND UNDEMOCRATIC" IN RATHER UNANIMATED INFORMAL
TELEVISION INTERVIEw LATER JUNE 6, KAPWEPwE REPEATED- ThIS
PHRASE AND, Though Not DIRECTLY AGREEING WIth INTERVIEWER'S
SUGGESTION 0f A CONSP I RATORIAL LINK BETwEEN THIS AND MURDERS
OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND DR, KInG, HE SPOKE of ALL THREE IN
CONTEXT 0F A SOCIETY THAT MADE It DANGEROUS To BE INi FOREFRONT
OF LIBERAL LEADERSAIP, IN VIEm 0F Such EVENTS HE QUESTIONED
How ONE COULD BELIEVE AMERICAN PROTESTATIONS OF DEMOCRACY
AND WORLD LEADERSHIP .
3 ' FICM CLIPS SHOWN Just PRIOR To Tv INTERV IEw INCLUDED_ ONE
In WHICH SENATOR KENNEDY ANNOuNCED HIS CANDIDacy BY STATEMENT
HE RUNNING FOR POLICIES, NOT AGA [ NST IND IVIDUALS, But ONE CANNOT
CHANGE POLICIES WIThout CHANG ING ADMINISTRATION ANOThER
SHOwED KENNEDY SA Y ING WORDS To EFFECT TAAT "FORCES REALLY
Dv IDING AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THOSE In PJwER" , THAT REALLY
DIvISIVE FORCE WAS PRESIDENT JOHNSON _ SJch QUOTES MAY WELL
CONTRIBUTE To FALSE VIEw HELD BY SOME THAT KILLING Must'
SOmEHOW BE SCHEME 0F "THOSE Iw POwER"
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4 , LATTER VIEN EXPRESSED By WESTERN PROV INcz MINISTER oF ST ATE
PETER CHANDA who TOLD TMES 0F ZAMBIA ASSASS INATION WAS "ONLY
WHA T COULD BE EXPECTED FROM THE CowBoy GOVERNMENT OF The
UN [ TED STATES" , HE WAS CONVINCED THAT MURDER WAS "MASTER =
MINDED BY THOSE ALREADY IN POwER" SA [ D AMERICA PREACKED
DEMOCRACY FRoM HILL Tops YET #AS SCENE JF SJCh "BRUTAL ,
SAVAG AND UNCI VILIZED MURDER" 0
50 UNIp NATI ONAL SECRETARY AND MlNISTER WIthojt PORTFQLIO
MA INZA CHONA , BELIEVED ASSASS IN WAS A "MERCENARY " THOUGHT
MURDER "ShowS THA T To SURV IVE AS PRESIDENT JF AMERICA ONE HAS
To BE A Thug"
6 0 OTHER TIMES INTERVIEws ShOwEd SENATOR KENNEDY HAD
ENDEARED HIMSELF To ZAMBIANS AND , AS ONE CLERGY MAN PUT It
"Stod FOR HUMAN RIGhTS AND EQUALITy FOR THE NEGROES A ND HAD
PLANS To END THE UNSOLVED VIETNAM WAR"
7 0 ONE TEACHEr SA I D, "TAIS IS AVERY UNCI VILIZED AcT, IF IT
HAPPENED HERE THE OUtcRY wOULD BE THAT WE STILL LIVED IN A
JUNGLE" , ANOTHER SAw It AS A "CULMINATIJN O7 RACIALISM AND
ACTIVITIES 0F SELFISH INDIVIDUALS WhO WERE XUnGRY FOR POWER"
8 0 RADI0 ZAMBIA NEWS TALK ThIs MORNING PLAYED THEME JF ThIS
To HILT, SPOKE OF CHILDREN BE [NG BROUGhT UP JN Tv GUVPLAY RATHER
THAN FA IRY TALES, MENTIONED DEATHS OF BJTn <ENNEDYS' KING,
EVFRS AND MALCOLM X, ANO ALLUDED To AREA S 2fi COJNTRy UNDER
COVTROL OF ORGANIZED CRIME 5YvD ICATES Likz MAF IA ' It PJRTRAYED
AMERICA AS "SCk SOCIETY" WNE~E RIch WERE FightiNG P0j? AND
BL 4Ck FIGHTING WHITE' WITh IMPLICATION IT WAS TJo LATE To F [ND
A CURE . wiLL POUch TEXT.
90 BELIEVE FOREGO I NG ARE FAIRLY TYPICAL OF THE RANGE OF ZAMBIAN
REACTONS e FEw SEEMED To NOTIcE OR BE INFORMED JF FACT THAT MAN
CHARGED WITh HURDER WAS AN AL[EN wHOSE MOTIVE SEEMS UNCONNECTED
wITh US DOMESTIC PROBLEMS THE 5TRoNG VISCE ?AL: REACTIQNS WOULD
SEEM To INDICATE EQUALLY STro G FEELINGS 0f PERSONALI
INVOLVEMENT WIth THE AMERICAN IDEALS KENNEDY SYMBOLIZED_ FOR
THEM' IN SHORT , R:GHTLY OR WRONGL Y'KENNEDY SEEMED TO; REPRESENT
hOpE FOR THE REALIZATION DF Such IDEALS NOT ONL Y FOR! AMERICANS. BUt
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OTHERs Too, AND RESENTMENT A T THE FRUSTRATION OF THESE IDEALS
IS DIRECTED AT THE VERY AMERICAN SOCIETY FROM WAIcH THEY STEM
10 , ACCORDING To PRESS, PRESIDENT KAUNDA IS EXPECTED: DEAL
WIth ASSASS INAT ION IN SPEECH A T AIRPORT On HIs RETURN FROM EAST
AFRICA THIS EVENING'
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1 , NEWS CONCERNING 4SSASS I NA T ION OF SEN TOR ROBERT KENNEDY DOMINA TED
BOTh MORNING NEWSPAPERS . HA RD NEWS STORIES WERE SUPPLIED ZP GHANA
NEWS AGE CY AND LARGELY TAKEN ROM REUTER . B0TH PAPERS USED BLACK
FRAMED HEADL INES ON DEA TH,
2 , ALL FIVE FRONT -PAGE STORIES In DA ILY GRAPHIC CONCERNED TRAGEDY ,
INCLUD ING ONE STORY ON JORDAN IAN ASSASS j N .
3 , LOCALL Y WRITTEN EDITORIALS AND COLUMNS WERE GENERALL Y HIGHL Y
CRITICAL OF AMERICAN SOCIETY , GRAPHIC ED IToR [ AL REFERRED To KENNEDY
78 "THE ONE HOPE WAICH MANY PEOPLE SAw FOR SICK AMERICAN SOCIETY ,
~ME CANNQT HEL? BU T GET SOME VERY UNEASY AND DIRTY FEELING THAT
AMERICA ALWA YS KILLS ANY QF HER CITIZENS WHO ADVOCATE SANITY AND
CIVILIZATION A S AME ICAN MISS I ONAR IES WOULD MAKE US IN 'DARK AFRICA '
UNDERSTAND," EDITOR IAL SA ID .
4 , GHANA I AN TIMEs EDITOR [AL WAS MORE MODERATE , GENERALL Y EXPRESSED
SADNESS 4 T KENNEDY DEATH , BUT A FEA TURE ARTICLE JUXTAPOSED
To EDITQRAL WAS MOST VICIOUs ANTI-AMERICAN A TTACK IN MORN ING
PRESS.
5 , EDITorIAL SPOKE QF THE 00 IMMENSE LOSS NOT ONL Y TO THE UNITED
STA TES QF AMERICA , RUT ALSO To THE WHOLE WORLD A T LARGE ' " It
CONDEMNED THE ASSA SS I NA T ION ALONG WITh "ALL DECENT-MINDED
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LIBERAL PEOPLE TAROUGHOUT THE WORLD, Ii AND EXPRESSED THE HOPF
THA T GUN CONTROL LAWS WOULD BE PASSED,
6 , THE HIGHLY ANT I -AMERICAN COLUMN B Y ACTING FEA TURE EDITOR
B0AKYE DJAN DESCRIBED KENNEDY 'S DEATH AS "THE LATEST ADDITION
To THE LONG STORY OF AMERICA 'S MORAL DECA Y , "
AND LIBERALL Y
USED SUCH PHRASES AS "AMERICAN IMPER IAL DREAMS , 11 "AMERICAN
MONOPOL Y CAP I TALISM, 1 AND "UL TA-REACTIONARY RESPONSE . 11
7 , "AMER ICA ' S IM ERIAL DREAMS RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS 8oost
R IGHT UP To THE EN) OF ThE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN TAE SUCCEsS
STORY OF SOC IALISM In EUROPE ---ESPECIALL Y IN THE EAST - 5 S I GNIF IED THE END OF ItS JREAM OF STEPPING INTo THE IMPERIAL
SHOES OF THE[R BR I TISH ANO FRENCH ANCESTORS," TE DJAN CULUMN
SA I Da
8 . "THE MEN OF AmERICAN MONOPOL Y CAP [ TAL [ SM, SEE ING THFIR
ADVANCE To WORLD DOMINA TION HALTED A ND THREA TENED In ThIS WA Y ,
TURNED To ANTI-COMMUN ISM AS THEIR BASIC STA TE POL ICY , " HE
CONT INUED .
9 , SPEAK ING OF A ERICA 'S "BOUts OF PULITICAL HYSTER IA A T HOmE
AND ABRQAD, 11 THE ARTICLE SA Id THA T 6 THE DIST INGUI SHING
AALL-MARKS OF THESE AA VE BEEN BOTh A TOMIC BLACK-MA IL AND
INGENU ITY , SYSTE ~A TIC PERSECUTION OF ThE COMMUNIST PARTY
AND THE INTELLECTUALS OF THE LEFT SINCE THE MCCARTHY DA YS,
AND THE CALCULA TED DESTRUCTION OF A SMALL COUNTRY AND ITS
POPULATION THROUGH TERROR BOMB ING OF CIVILIAN POPULATION
V IETNAM," DJAN WROTE
10 , HIS ARTICLE ALSO PRESENTED HIS VIEW NEGRO 'S POs IT ION IN
THE UNITED STA TES AS FOLLOWS, "THE MASS OF AFRO -AMER ICANS Who
ARE REPORTED To XE 'SUBS I ST I NG ON GRASS ' ESPEC IALLY In THE
MISSISSIPP [ AREAS A RE ALSO BELIEVED To BE 'HUDDLED IN RAT -
INFESTED GHETTOES FIGHTING DESPERATELY ' To BRE A TAF THE VERy
'FREE A IR ' AMERICA; IS SUPPOSED To RE EXPORTING To AND
DEFENDING In VIETNAm AND EVEN THEN 'ONL Y To BE CLUBBED DOWN
AND SHOT BY POLIcE . im
[ , DJAN ARTICLE CONCLUDED, "THESE F ^ CTS OUGhT To BE A SOBER ING
Thought TO QUR LEADERS Wh? Iv A DESPERATE A TTEMPT To RESCUE
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US FROM RED-RUSS IAN AND CHINESE IMPERIALISM ARE NOw PUSHING US
GRADUALL Y INTO THE FOLD OF ThIS AMERICA ! (IN CAPS ) A CITADEL
OF DEMOCRACY (IN CAPS ) WAICH CANNOT OR [S NOT EVEN WILLING To
OFFER ADEQUA TE PROTECTION FOR HER LEADERS."
12 . AN ARTICLE IN GRAPAIC, ENTITLED m THE SHAME OF AMERICA , 10
SA ID THE ASSASS INA T IONS QF THE Two KENNEDYS, DR , MARTIN LUTHER
KING, AND MALCOLM X "PA INT A GRUESOME PICTURE OF THE UN ITED
STATES. 01
13, "WHERE DOE S Th WORLD G0 FROM HFRE If THEY who PROFESS To
BE THE LEADERS In WEALTH, In TECHNOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
ACHIEVEMENTS A ND IN SO CALLED CIVILIZATION CAN So EASILY
ABAwDON THESE TRUThS AND TAKE To THE GUN LAW OF THE PAST,"
THE WRITER ASKED.
14,"THE DASTARDLY ACtS WERE COMMITTED B Y A SMALL BAND OF
WRETCHES BUT THE SHAME IS THAT QF ALL AMERICA AND AMERICANS,- 01
HE SA I D ,
15 , ASSASS INAT ION NEWS GOT MUch LESS PLA Y IN KUMAS [ ,
KUMAS I PIONEER EC ITOR I AL ACKNOWLEDGED UNI TED STATE S AS
CHAMPION 0F "THE CAUSE OF DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM
HUMAN CIVILIZA TION IN WORLD TODA Y" But EXPRESSED CONCERN ThaT
AMERICA IS THE ONE GREA T NA TION IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE TAAt
"PERSISTS IN ShOck ING THE WORLD WITh ThE RUDEST OF VIOLENCE
To HUMAN D [ GNITY .
16 , "WHILE WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCE To THE PEOPLE
Of AMERICA AND T+E FAMILY OF SENATOR KENNEDY , ThIs QUESTION
WE ALSO WANT ALL AMERICANS To ANSWER } WHAT 'S WRONG IN THE
UNITED STATES?" FOLEY
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QFF ICIAL REACTION FROM ConGo BRAZZA VILLE
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6 JUNE 1968 CARRIED STATEMENT BY INFOMIN ANDRE- HOMBESSA
DAMNING AMERICAN SOCIETY AND CALL ING AMERICANS- ThE MoSt'
FRIGHTFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD, KINSHASA NEWSPAPER QUOTED
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SOCIETY e THEY CALL THEMSELVES CUSTODIANS OF DEMOCRACY
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