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1" PREDICTAALY i TALIAN COMMUNISTS A RE US ING ROBERT KENNEDY , S
ASSASSINA TIJN To MQUN T ANTI -AMERICAN PRESS CAMPA IGN WITh THEME
THAT UNSOLVABLE CONTRADITIONS OF AMERICAN SOC IETy LEAD To CHA In
OF VIO:ENCE AND A SSERTIONS A BoUt SINGLE PLOT LEADNG To KILLINGS
OF Two KiNNF DYS A ND MART IN LUTKER KING IN STA TEMENT B Y PC]
SECRETARY LONGO ND DOCUMENT Of PC[ DIRECTORATE ITAL iANS ARE
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ARE REQUESTE D To F IND NEW FORE IGN POLICY AND INITIATIVES To
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LoG { C HOLDS AGA INST EXTENDING PLOT THEORY To REV , KING AND
SENATOR KENNEDY , MANY ITAL IANS WILL FOLLOw EMOTION RATHER
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KENNEDY SAYS ALLEGED MURDER HAD FOUR !@@-DOLLAR BANKNOTES
IN HIS POCKETs A T TIME OF MURDER 0 "ANYOVE WhO HAS EVER BEEN
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1 , TRYBUNA LUdu (TL) And ZYCIE WARSZAwY (Zw) COMMENTARIES USE
ShootING 0F SENATOR KENNEDY AS SPRINGBOARD For; ATTACk on Us
"LAWLESSNEss" AND IMPLIED GOVT 0 COMPLICITY In POLITICALI
ASSASSINATIONS _ Both PAPERS LINK ShOotING WIth; ASSASS I NATION
0F PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND MARTIN LUTHER KInG AND CONCLUDE THAT
"LAW OF JUNGLE IS In FORCE AND BULLET RJJLES" In US COMMENTARIES
ADMONISH WASHINGTON,. IN Zw'5 TERMS, To "F IRST 0f ALLi PUT ItS
OwN HQUSE In ORDER BEFORE G [ V [ NG LESSONs- To OTHERS: " NEITHER
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ASSASS INA TION 0F PRESIDENT KENNEDY, Zw SUGGESTS THAT SEN-
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OF CONCERN FROM HIGh AND LOwLY' CONGEN HAD MANY
PERSONAL CALLs FROM COMMUNITY LEADERS InCLUdiNG STAunchi
AFRIKANERS AMONG ThEM WERE Two FORMER SA AMBASSADORS
HOLLOWAY AND HARRY T+ ANDREws AND TOP INDUStRIALISTS
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LAURENCE GANDAR, LonG TIME RFK: ADMIRER, PIECE
REASONS THAT ACT HAPPENED BACAUSE U+S, STILLI FRONTIER
SOCIETY AND Is "IN UNCEASING TRANS ITION" 80Th
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RM AFRIKAANS LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS CARRIED FRONTPAGE
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0 BACKGROUNDER ITEMS PiAYED UPi KENNEDY
OPPOS[ TION To APARTHEID, DIE VADERLAND HARKS BACKi
To JFK UN POS ITION AGA INST S 0 A 0 AND YOUNGER BRDTHER'S
VISIT WITh POPE WHICH REVEALED LATTER MORE OUTSPOKENI
CR THAN LATE PRESIDENT, DIE TRANSVALER In LEAD
ARTICLE FiNDS PROOF IN SHOOTINGS 0f "SOMETHING
RADICALL Y WRONG RELIGIOUSLY AND MORALLY" WITh REST
OF WORLD' EDIToR FEELS AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED PRoFound
SOUL SEARCHING,
5 0 CURRENT AFF A [RS, SEMI-OFF [CIAL NATIONWIDE RADIO
COMMENTARY , ANNOUNCED THAT "WAILE MANY southi AFRICANS
Did Not RPt NOt PREFER ROBERT KENNEDY To BECOME UsS; PREST DENT",
NE VERTHELEsS ENTIRE NATION GR [EVES FOR: HiM AND; FAMILN'
ALThOUGH KENNEDY "HAD HIS FAULTS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS"
HE WAS BASICALL Y GOoD MAN, COMMENTARY BASED; ON
VIOLENCE AND ANARCHY IN US, CALLInG FOR RULEI 0F LAW
IN ALL CIVILIZED: SOCIETIES, INFERRED In FOREGOI NG
In AFRIKAANS PRESS WAS SATISFACTION AT ABSENCEF
Of VIOLENCE AND RIots: In PEACEFUL South AFRICA,
6 , AFTER KENNEDY DEATH ENGLISH LANGUAGE PREsS
CARR IED APPROPRIATE EDITORIAL MESSAGES Of GRIEF AND
CONDOLENCES' AFRIKAANS LANGUAGE PRESS HOwEVER
FINDING ITS FEET COMMENTED AS FOLLOWS,
DJE VADERLAND JUNE 6 In ADDITIONA To Much FACTUAL
REPORTING ISSUE CARRIED LEADING ARTICLE "LAw 0F
THe JUNGLE" 9 EDIToR BEG I NS BY STATING THAT SENATOR'S
AtTITudE To SA RACE PROBLEMS HAD MADE SA APPREHENSIVE
ABout CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS COUNTRy IF KENNEDY HAD
BECOME PRESIDENT. "but ThE HORRoR IN LoS_ ANGELES
IS NOt RPT NOT THE WAY In WHICH CIVILIZED PEDPLE' IN A CIVILIZED
COUNTRY SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES" , ARTICLE THEN:
DISCUSSED EVIL OF WHICH MAN IS CAPABLE "WHEN HIS
SPIR IT IS TROUBLED BY DARK PASSIONS RESULT [NG FROM:
STRUGGLE AND ENVY Of OuR TIMEs" 0 0 "NOWAERE In; The WORLD
BRUTAL LICENSE AND LAWLESS_ VIOLENCE MORE EVIDENT
THAN In THE UeS, WHIcH In THE THROES of AN INTERNAL
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FEELING 0F GUILT' THE DEF IANCE OF LAW AND ORDER IS
TOLERATED 0 EVEN To THE EXTENT OF APPROVALI OF
VIOLENCE As A POL ITICAL TOOL In THE HANDS 0Fi VANDALs:
Throughout THE WORLD" EDIToR THEN SAYS. IT- IS= TIME FOR;
LEADERS 0F GREAT WESTERN CHRISTIAN CIVILAZATION Toi
TURN STRONGL Y AGA I NST' This INEFFECTUAL ACCEPTANCE ofi
VIOLENCE By INDIVIDUALS AND NATIONS+ "WHEN WILL;
AMERICAN LEADERS HORRIF IED BY SEcOND KENNEDN ASSASSINAT ION )
EXPRESS THEIR DISAPPROVAL 0f COUNTRIES AND
GRoups which, TRA I NED AND ARMED FOR THE PURPOSE,
WANT To DEPRIVE THE NATIONS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA_ OF THE
RIGhT To DECIDE THEIR Own FATE?"
DE TRANSVALER JUNE 7 !
In EDITORIAL ENTITLED "THE HEART OF THE MATTER" ISSUE
DsCUSSES COMMISSION PRES IDENT Johnsoni IS
APPOINTING To INVESTIGATE CAUSES 0F VIOLENCE AGA INSt'
PUBLIC F [GURES IN ThE U+S < ARTICLE STATES ThAt
COMMISSI ON' S WORK WILL ONL Y BE oF VALUE If IT TAKES
Into Accojnt STEADY UNDERMINING 0Fi MORAL; PRINCIPLES
ON which WESTERN CIVILIZATION IS FDUNDED' IN Ue S'
It TRACES THIS UNDERMINING FROM JEFFERSON AND
FRANKL IN Through Two WORLD WARS To PERNICIOUS EFFECT'
0F "HOLLYQood CUL TURE" NOT RPT NOt ONLY ON Ub So but ON REST
0f WORLD' "THERE IS SUREL Y REASON For CHARLES: DE
GAULLE 'S DOING EVERYTHING In HIS POWER To KEEP:
AMERICAN INFLUENCES out OF FRANCE" |
7 0 ON SATURDAY JUNE 8 A T ELEVEN A,M, AT ROMAN CATHOLIC:
CATHEDRAL CONGEN AND STAFF WILL ASSIST AT REQUTEM MASS
BY AMERICAN PAULIST FATHERS , ATTENDING WILLi BE
MAYOR 0F JOHANNESBURGb MEMBERS 0F DIPLOMATICi CoRPs,
RELIGIous AND LAY LEADERS 0F THE WHITE AND AFRICANS
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KENNEDY HA D ENEMIES, E 0 G 0 B IRCH SOcIETY , KOFFA ,
MAF {A v ARTICLE MAKES MUCh OF POL I TICAL ENMTY BETwEEN
KENNEDY 4 ND JOHNSON BUT ACCUSES NOB OR Y OF COMPLIC]TY IN
ASSASS ] NA T ION .
EDI ToR = AL IN D ! AR 0 DE NOTICIAS } FP I DEAL [STS
DIE BUT NOT IDEALS , 0 0 ONL Y IN A DEMOCRAC Y DOES PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE NEED POPULA R VOTE AND HAVE To G0 AMOUG THE PEOPLE & 0 FRACILITy OF LEADERS AND PEOPLE , IS ALSQ 1TS GREATNESS
AND HEREIN LIES ITS TRANSCENDENT VIRTUE" V
HERON DOMINGUES OF D ! AR [ C DE
NOTIcIAS SA YS MODERN MASS COMMUNICAT IONS IN UvS &
PU; PUBL IC F]GURES Too MUck IN LIMELIGHT , GREATiNG
UNDUE PASS I ON ABOUT IND [ V IDUALS AND ISSUES 0
JORNAL DO COMERCI0 REPORTS THAT A T
CEREMONY OF BRAZTL IAN ACADEMY OF LETTERS HONOR ING
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PAULO FRANC IS{LEFTIst COLUNN I ST |
WR ! TES IN SAME PA PER THAT FB [ IMPLICATED SINCE HOOVER
HAFES KENNEDY e S IDEAS AND WANTS To' PROTECT AIS OWN
JOB 0 VISCIQUSLY A TTACKS CONGRESS AS INDIFFERENT To
SOc I AL PROBLEMS LAUDS DvH & LAWRENCE ANAL YSIS OF US
SOc}ETY A S BRUTUALITy MASKED By PURITA N CONCEPTS &
SEES MCCARTAY LAST HOPE AGA INST RADiCAL R IGHT ,
CARLOS DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE IN SAME
PAPER SEES ASSASS INT ICN 4 5 S YMPTON OF WOLRD- W IDE
CLIMATE OF VIOLENCE , A SKS WhO IS NEXT
CORREIo ED]fORIAL 8 90 A GRE A T CouNTRY CAN HA VE
B A D MOMEv7 Jv Its HISTORY , A vD US HA S STRENGTh To FEAT
ThIS DARK CONSPIRACY AGA INST Its VALUES, PRESTIGE , AND
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as he urces the students to drear for better dajs _ The
student body ard speakers stood for a moment S silence in
brioute to Robert Kennedy bezore Paton S speech , and ther,
as well as with most liberals in South Africa. Kennedy S
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RAND DAILY MAIL Students
JUNE ( 1968
stand for
Kennedy
Polltical Reporter
AT A CEREMONY wbicd Robert
Kennedy two years ag0 des-
cribed aS the "celebration 0f
liberty"_ 1,200 people 1a 5 t
night stood in silence for a_ minute to mark Kennedy's
death.
It WzB the annua] Nuuas-spon-
bored Day of Affirmation of
academic and human freedom,
held last night at the Univer:
of the Witwatererand Dr,
Alan Paton, leader of the
Liberal Party, gave the an: nual address.
Eractly two years a80 Senator
Kennedy who wab visiting
South Africa a8 8 guest, de-
lvered the address at tbe
University of Cape Town:
SYMPATHY
"I would like to express our
deep grief and our deep sym:
patby, not only to America,
but to Mrs Kennedy and her
children, and the child stili to
come; said Dr: Paton, before
his address:
"To millions of people of all
races Robert Kennedy was 8 eymbol of faith in man, said
Mr: John Kane-Berman, presi:
dent of the unlversity'& Stu-
dents' Representative Coun-
cil.
Mr; John Daniel, the Nusas pre-
sident; who_also paid tribute
to Senator Kennedy, said; "In
him young people gaw
a hope
for a new brand of politics In
the future now that he
has gone it is difficult not to
despalr of hope for the future.
But we will not despair
the_message of Kennedy lives
on_
Mr. Daniel said he believed that
the Nationalist Government `
when its 'improper interfer
ence legislation was passcd;
when the Liberal Party had
disappeared and the Progres:
sive Party had been segrega- ted__would focus all its atten-
tion on_Nusas.
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Among 1,200 people at the annual of Affirmation" ceremony at the Uni-
versity of the Witwatersrand last night who stood in silence to mark the death
of Senator Robert Kennedy were (trom the left) : Dr . Alan Paton, Mr_ John Kane-
Berman; President of the Students Representative Council of Wits University, Hon_
03 D. Schreiner , Chancellor of the University, Mr _ John Daniel, Nusas Rresident
and Professor L D. MacCrone, principal of the Universitv.
RAND DAILY MAIL JUNE 7 19' 5
Dr;, Alan Paton addresses
the meeting which was
sponsored by Nusas.
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IRAK) DAILY MAIL JUE 122_ Paze (1 )
MBER 10 1988, wi
1e 20th annlversary of
doptlon by the General
em bly o the United
'{ono ofhdUndveTRagDs;
we must go
this year 1968 is_desig-
International Fuman
Year.
is Universal Declaration
"n affiration by 4 major:
the nations of the world
belief that man has cer-
iualienable
man
ifigktsa "dobat ze
on
dreaming
tbem, tbat he cannot
with dignity or purpobe
st them:
is an affirmation of the
that he bas rights even and discharge their responsibill- Inettectlve, but because It js question Is whether we should the affirmation of an ideal that
"inst the State, tbat he ties to their communities a dream go 0n dreaming it, dppears to be unrealisable?
not be enslaved or tor This Declaration ot Human And one of te questlons I It was_part of the Intention There aTe two alternatives that he may not be arbl was the second time in want to discuds bere tonight of the Preamble that armed one is to give in, the other Is arrested 0r detained or the . hibtory ot)Man tbet the 8 whether there is any point force bbould not be uoed save to _ despair,
And tbat, Jf he Is mtions of tho world sat down n dreaming_at all in tbe common In It any man was entitled to
d with the breaking 0f and dreamed a dream: General Smuto started nio whose common interest Js the deepalr, it was Bertrand Russell
V he shall be entitled to Llsten to tho words Of Preamble with tho words 'We war in Vietnam? To many of the First Wc:' Rar 0f and public hearing in a eral Smuts; 'We the peoples of he peoples ot the Unlted us the wAr In Vietnam i5 9 1914 to 1918 when tho bright
af law_ and that it i6 only the Unltod Natione determined Natlons and ended it witn terrible that there cannot bo Youth of Britain, France and
( of law that shall have to save succeedlng generations tbe words 1ccordingly, our any Justdlflcatlon tor continu- Germany were exterminatinz to punish him to lay from the scourge 0f war; which respective Governments it one another, When 100,000 lives
on his property or his twice in our lifetime has and we ought to know, and we Here . In OW own country it of promise were sacrificed to and to restrict his brought utold sorrow to man- must know, and especially a5 requireo no action by any a few yards of mud, and 'm_ kind, and to reaffirm faith In university people To muot court 0t law for man or another 100,000 sacrified to win Universal Declaration fundamental human rights, in krpw, that what peoples dream woman to be deprived of free- a few_yards back again. ffirms that anyone who the dignity and the worth of and what governments do are dom to agsociate; to move And the of this anyone who Js ready to the human person In the equal not necessarily the gme thing: about, to speat, to write, to
sacridcthchi9rSciMenfisotrhis
has a right to bo given rlghts o men and women and Thbe first 30 Jears of this publish even to eat and drink gle to the death, this to choose the kind of of nations large and small, ana dream have not seen taith re with frlends. unepeak-
for which he is fitted, to to establsh condltions under #ffirmed in fundamental Year after yedr our Govern- able heroism, was to give to
id fair wages, to form whlch Justice and respect for Kuman rights, or in the dig- ment takes to itself greater Europe 20 yearg later the un-
tive unions, to be given the obllgetiono arlolng from nity and thc worth of the and greater poweT, and each speakable borrors of Dachau,
{ shelter, and the neces- treaties and other curces of human Perzon, except on timo it des $, the rights of
Betsen, Auschwitz and Hiro
social servlces, to b0 internal lw can be maintained occasions such as these its citizons are diminished shlma.
security in unemploy: I: it worth whtle bolding and not gnly tho rights ot its Russell had to live through
sickness, disabllity and And what hes become 0t
these dAys 0 afflrmatlon when but the rights of its Dachau and Belsen and Ausch-
ge_ tho United Nations? It Is fundamental buman Roth
cisutucions elsb0 Uncluding Wis
witz and Hiroshima; he lived
have a right to educatlon
common Pastime to sneer at and t dlgnity and tho great of the Wit: to bee the sigalng 0f the lementary education shali
their organisations ed Its in- 0t tha buman peraon whch watarstand;
UndyersitichG
each year Charter that was to reafilrm
0 and compulsory; Higher effectiveness, and common
4e among 1o deepe t hungers aftirms an Ideal whlch It Js no Iotth b2 fundamental human
tion shall be accedelble to error to forget the reasons tor ot tbo Eoxte 0} t0 vorld, longerlawful to practlse. rghts ad ho Ilved t0 seo te
the basis of merit. AlI it. aTO] On= rotroat In tba face And hereageln we faco the erotkn 0f tnoso rights.
1 ion shall bo directed to For bullt Into the Unlted 0f thw]Jnororablo advanced of queotlon whch tt nkent Js de Ho lived to 060 the 488 of
irengthening of reapect Natlons Organsation Is the our reepectire Goverments? manding O ADVWOT Trom uS: armed forco Ga whch may be
nan righs. alartn mechanism that goes olf Ratreat 16 ero an!_Point Jn atorniny ued only tn tha common
ot these rights bhall be each tlmo it Is kn any]dangor an Ideal which t 1 no longar Srtefes _ nation thixieg not 8
Or exercioed at te 0fachieving the noblo Im for It Is worth whlle aftilrmlos lawfu to practise - Ka there any Aat iore; but 8
0f tho rights 0t othere whlch 4t Wuy created: and nalfi zaing? Tbt 1s polot In Sffirming 0 bellof larea conidenc: hoit Uptester
shell bo the duty 0 Tho Unted Natlono Organi: wbat Wo #e consldertos to which hct no_apparont rokation
of heppinegs, and
#tPursedt
Ac to devise , just order eatlon i0 Ineffoctive not night Tbo important question t Inat @ caled contemporary
Amercan dream.
h It citizens may b0 prlmararily becauso it mem- is Bot tuffieer" the dream @ reallty?
exercleo their righto- ber governmento want It to be to fulled tbe Important Wbat uo t0 alternatlves to
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RanD DAILY MTL JUNE 19268 Page (2)
Politics is lifo _ Poutice Is
Het 1{ he had been here Anothar view 1 should Itkc to address Iving , polltice Is your present
ht, he would %ave alflrm- some word; to the supporters and your future, "dEop;oc Mth
1( 718 W0 have come hcre to Now I chall examine ancther of Nusas: The words I have Jre bound up Yol f
m and how then can vlew__akln to the firste -that
already used werd intended to Ideels and beliefs.
eliere that there bo 0f encOuragement to them, Tnere 10 only on0 sorr'
18 no to plit the {orco 0f an 0; but these ate especially s0_ advlce that I can offer
R, I7() u80, no value, In 4 principlo aglinst Ie ant; I do expect that the and that @ that wbilo you have ninrining an idea] whlch can jometimos ruthless politlcal tuture Js-
nS18
to be easy {or a duty to your country and certainly not at thle tlme b0 PowOr, 1 quito tatuaus; thae your and YOuI fellow rcaliscd, and in dreamins a the onls Vbls 6 in her polli: advised by man,
yocietyso
you have a duty to dream Which can ccrtainly not lilical power is polti: You have beer
and tbat duty is st thls time be fulfilled? cal power; that you must quit mary Pooplo drop Poln {845oi2ys
join in the,acqu-iton and
your ivory tower and oot dorn and ttlck to }our studie. advancement 0 knowledge, and Doctrinaire
there Into the arcna end plej seemf stfange - advice, coming
to equlp yourselvet fof the
tho game ok Porer; 8s It often daes from people future Dy paylng 8 al For If 5o were to cease ak But thero ATO timeo when
responsible for giving the vote
tentlon t0 your
etudecoper
Druinn) wo wowd po
t You cannot gct down sad pley to all White South Africans
I Jsright a0d {#tlog that pertorm a task that mat the game 0}' Power, becauso
when they turn eighteen _
your Natlon: Ohould pertormed Iron hds very be- YOl have fo steed, no armour It was the Inb ptlon of our conom_Ittclt Mq
79ra&, #rould
gnnlogs; Wo would by an act no lance. The oniy thing that Jegislators not that our studente ot)It cociety and Jts ]people; %t spostasy have made 0 man you have Js your bellet, and the Should eschee politics; but that with the_ purzult of ; uetice a8 tbe vory croature that] in our thing you can do wIth your they should take 4
'ilvely in- YOU 8co that justico to be, with
moments o despair we belleve
Jekc?
Is to alflrm it. terest Jn them It Was becaube the pursuit 0f freedom 1 You hlm to be. tRe] students of the Atrikaant see tbat treedom t be, with
Let us examine 4 Iittle moro I venture to read t You Janguego Uatveroltles took the of truth Rhlch
closely the vlew attractlvo
words which afe not uguelly livoly Intorest In) Poltlcz_thst
Ehouarsun
Of thoso unatuainable
t bome of Q8 In periods ot
used on occaolons such & thls, the Natioualiot Qoverment wose puruiut newer:
frustration that to afflr
but which are relevant to Our came to powor. theless stves mesnln? and
a0 idea} that cannot at this timo bltuatlon; If then 1t t0 be any change direction to ouf Ives.
be realised, Is in fact to be
"For; behold, I croate n0w in the dangerous Iorelgn No obilgation
doctrinzire incapable % adapta- heavens and 4 new amd cies of America It WIIL bo
tlon, Inflexible , resistant to the former Jhal} not remem- largely due to the lively Interest In tboce Pursulu you aro doctrInalre, inc pablo 0 adepto- bered, nor come to mind: of American atudents in under no obligation to believe
oneselt to contemporary real- "But be glad and rejoico for tics, and the fact that S0 many 88 othere boliovo; or 85 others
ever in that whlch I create; for of them feel s0 deeply that they would wish you to believe.
holders of this view behold, I creato Jerusalem a have actually abandoned their No State, no Government
would argue,that it is unreal- rejolcing; end her people & Joy. studies to help in the electoral no Church; no Party, bas any
Ietlc to uphold the prInclple ot And I WIll rojoice in cempaigns and akl this be- right to tell you what You
the open universlty when the salem, and Joy Jn my peoplez cause of their deep love for must, belleve, just as you bave
declared poilcy 0f the authori: and the voice o weeping Ghali their country and their concerp no right to tell others what
ties J one of closed unlverst- be no more heard In her, nor Ior Jts honourable name.
they ohould believe
ties that of ethnic univer- the,voice 0 crying: And they But you have a rigbt *
sities, open to members of one shall build houses, and inhabit Not Strango to persuade others, Just 88
race group and closed to those them; and they shall plant vine I do not thint It strange
they have 4 right not to Itoten
0f others. yards, and eat the fruit 0 thcm: that South Atrican students
to IOu heee pursui
It scemg]to me that thls Js Unfulfilled should nithepiaee ran yirdg usliuithesemursultarcintke
the view that is doctrinatre, In- Atrika tey are saying that dlgnlty and worth 0t tho
flexible, and blind to the con- "They shall not build, and farewell to & man who is going human Porton which b gpoken
temporary reallty 0f the wider another inhabit; shall not Into exlke Decauso he hab been of In the Charter Of the United
worid. plant, Ind another eat; for a8 restrcted in such 8 way that Nations.
The reason why w6 afflr the days ot 4 treo are the days he can no longer Purswe hls you continue 6
our beliet In the open unlver- of my people, and mine elect choson CaTCOr, tor they sing these thines, within
anaha
sity Is rot because Wo aTO in- phall ` long the work of 3hso becausa ot tbeir lovo for Jimits and restrictions that may
nlexlble and Opposed to change, their hands_ wolf and their country and thoir con- be imposed upon yoW, for
but because we beleve that tho lamb shall feed together, cern {or it name: while you continue to do this;
It Is only tho open unlvereity and the Jion shall eat straw
South Africt has been called many %thers will be encouraged
that can gulde and ald and sus like the bullock; and dust shall land ot fesr, and that i true to continuo Wso.
tein our sanlty in the timee be the serpent'8 meat They But it ko bnd of great
0l tremendow change that lie shall not hurt nor destroy in courage also.
ahead__not only ahead ot uS, al my holy mountain, saith but shead of the whole conti- the Lord.
nent ot Africe 0f which we are And
L part, continent whose eman- was it ever fulfilled? No_
cipation from a colonlal past
but it just went on being pro:
DR: ALAN PATON
50 wish to help to make more
Rbisiea_ lt was prophesied by livered
last night de-
Tea, moro meaningful in Palmos, and Thomas
the sixth annual
And I bollove with all my
Mare ind England;, end Ka] Affirmation of
A
of
heart that tbe only kind of Unitcdamatibns, Charter of the
cade m j c
and
university whlch will be able versal
Dectarationna the Uni- Freedom"
address,
to ofler that Kind of help will Righto; the
uationicoibl8 Human University_
0f the
a` the;
be the open universtty, the the untulfillable Gream; Gohe He
Witwatersrand
Principle 01 which W6 Afftrm history of man' $ sttlving
posed the quostion Of
tonlgtt for somothing that ho has
there was whether
There are times when One never achioved. point in affirming
a cannot adapt oneself to contem- But if he were to otop stciv
belief at
a time when
Porary resilty. I the Iate Pro- for the unbelieveable world be realised
it could not
{es or Hoemle had llved under in which the wolf Jies down
And to this
Huer he would not have adapt- wlth the lamb, and In micb own answer: gave his
ed himelf 1 contemporary the natlons 0 the woria Abjure
"The important
reil M would rathor the uge Of WU, they #auld des- tion is not whether ques-
bavo dled and ho would troy the mountain itJelf and the be fulfilled.
the dream is to
haro died t0 , becauee Hitler great adventure of men would important
w Wc "rtainly nnt have allow- comc to iis enc aues ~
your
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4 Q MOST OF THE PRESS WAS QUIck To PIcK UP PRES IDENT JOHNSON S
TELEVISION APPEAL To THE AMERICAN PEOPLE To AB I DE B Y THE RULE
OF LAw EDITOR IAL OP I NIONS FOLLOWED ALONG YESTERDA Y 0 S LINES0
MANY ED[TOR IALS SEEMED To ASK QUESTIONS RATHER THAN EXPRESS
dP IN J ONS AND AGA IN THERE WERE UNDERTONES WHIcH PUt Into
QUEST ION AMERICA 'S LEASERSHIP BECAUSE OF "INABILITY To
COPE WIth DOMESTIC PROBLEMS 1
5 0 DUESSELDORF ' S AANDELSBLATT, FOR INSTANCE' CONCENTRA TED ON
THE INTERNA TIONAL EFFECT OF THE KENNEDY DEATh , THE PAPER THINKS
THAT THE SENATOR 'S JEATh IMPLIES FAILURE 0F U+S, GOVERNMENT
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AND ItS AUTHOR ITy 0 "0 9 0 THIS IS A FACT OF INTERNATIONAL IMe
PORTANCE AMER ICA ' S INTERNAL WEAKNESS AND Loss 0F PRESTIGE
MiGht PRODUCE AN IMPACT EVEN In THE REMOTEST CORNERS OF THE
GLOBE 0 0 0 THE Uo S , GOVERNMENT Is CONFRONTED WITh THE NECESSITy
0F CONCENTRATING MORE THAN BEFORE ON ITS Own CountRy
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QUENTLY, EUROPE WILL HA VE To CONCENTRATE ON ITS PROBLEMS,
WIth EUROPEAN COOPERATION BECOMING MORE IMPRTANT THAN EVER
BEFORE
HANDELSBALA TT ALSO FEARS THAT THE KENNEDY ASSASINA TION MIGhT
HAVE AN IMPACT ON ThE VIET NAM TALKS'
6 0 FRANKFURTER ALLGEME INE ZE [Tung VOICES SIMILAR APPREHENSIONS
WHEN IT SA YS , 01 0 , $ AS LONG AS THE DOMESTIC AMERICAN SCENE
REMA INS UNCLEAR THE PARiS NEGOTIATIONS WILL REMA IN DEADLOCKED
WHILE FIGHTING IN VIET NAMWILL BE STEPPED UP , 0f ALL POL ITITICAL
CONSEQUENCES OF THE KENNEDY SLA YING , THIS IS THE MOSt UNFORTUNA TE . "
7 0 MUENCHNER MERKUR TAKES A MORE OPTIMISTIC VIEW IT BELIEVES THAt
Though THE KENNEDYS AAVE NOT BEEN ABLE To ATTA [N THEIR
GOALS, " 0 0 0 THEY HA VE MADE AN IMPACT ON MANKIND'S DREAM
ETERNAL PEACE 0 "
8 0 RHE INISCHE PosT WARNS 0F OVERSIMPL IFICATION AND HASTY
CONCLUS I ONS DRAWN FROM THE KENNEDY TRAGEDY 0 "VIOLENCE ,
THE PAPER SAYS, "NO LONGER HAS EASILY RECOGN I ZABLE Roots' ' 9 $ [ T
PERVADES ALL GROUPS, NA TIONS AND CLASSES , PROGRESSIVES AND
REACTIONARIES 0 0 /0
9 . SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG FEELE THA T THE KENNEDY LEGACY WILL BE
THE NEXT PRESIDENT 'S MOST DIFFICULT: TASK , NAMELY To "RENEW IN ThE
NEGORES, THE POOR OF ALL COLORS, AND THE YouNg 0 0 A FA [ Th
IN THEIR COUNTRY AND A PRIDE In CtS DEMOCTRA TIC TRADITIONS 0 0 0 & "
1 0 0 FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU'S MANAGING EDIToR ADMONISHES THE UeS ,
To REEXAMINE ItS ENTIRE SOCIAL STRUCTURE HE USES THIS
OCCA SION To VIOCE HOSTILITY To FREE ENTERPRISE AND WHAT- HE
FEELS Is ITS INCLUENCE OVER THE CONGRESS 0 $ WHAT KIND OF
A CoNTRY IS IT THA T UNT [L NOw COULD NOT PASS A LAW To CONTROL THE
POSSESSION Of ARMS? THE PoweR OF THE BUS I NESS LOBB IES AND OTHER
[NTERESTS IS Too STRONG , THE IDOL 0F FREE ENTERPRISE I5 BE -
COMING A MONSTER WHICH IS THREA TENING SOCIETY 0 0 ' 0 "
1|~ 0 DIE WELT 'S WA SHINGTON CORRESPONDENT HEINZ BARTH
WRITES THA T THE KENNEDY ASSASS INATION HAS ThRown THE U.S,
INTo A DEEP ABYSS OF NA TIONAL CRISES . HE EXPRESSES ThE KOPE
THAT THIS WILL BE THE S [ GNAL To REVERSE ThE TREND 0F VIOLANCE '
12 . STUTTGARTER EITung EMPHASIZES THAT ThE REPLY To VIOLENCE
MUST NOT BE RESIGNA TION OR APATHY , "INSTEAD' THE KENNEDY
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ASSASS INA TION COMPELS THE FREE WORLD To RETURN To THE PRINCIPLES
OF HUMAN Ty AND STRICT ADHERENCE To LAW , "
13 & WESTDEUTSCHE ALLGEME INE ZEITung COMPARES THE KENNEDY
TRAGEDY WITh THE SHCOTING F RUDI DUTSChKE IN BERL IN To Show
THAT EXTREMIST EXCESSES CAN OCCUR ANYWHERE THE PAPER EMPHATI -
CALLY CALLS FOR' A RETURN To REASON AND ABSTENTION FROM VIOLENCE '
1 4 , REJECTION AND CONDEMNATION OF VIOLENCE IS PROBABL Y THE
Most COMMON REACTION ThRoUGHOUT GERMANY THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE
ATTEMPT TODA Y NOT To SINGLE OUT THE UNITED STATES, BUT RATHER
To PO INT To A GENERAL DETERIORA TION In WORLD MORALITY LEADING
To VIOLENCE ' THE IDENTITy AND PRESUMED MOTIVE OF THE ASSASSIN
WAS FA IRL Y WIDEL Y COVERED IN TODAY 'S PRESS 0
15. MANY COMMUITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS MOURN KENNEDY 'S DEATH '
THE FLAG FLIES A T HALF FROM BONN 'S CIty AALL . BERL INERS- HAVE
STAGED A SILENT TORCHLIGHT PARADE, A ND MUNICH ORGANIZATIONS
ARE PREPARING FOR A MARCH 0F MOURNING DURING THE WEEKEND,
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Amembassy ALGIERS DATE: June 7 , 1968
inT LA B TAR SUBJECT Algerian Reaction to the Assassination of Senator
TR XmB AiR
Robert F Kennedy
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The Algerian press has fully reported the assassination of
1d 3
Senator Robert F Kennedy _ Although banner headlines have
not been used, ample coverage has appeared on inside pages .
Al1 the enclosed clippings appeared in the semi-official
Algiers El Moudjahid.
Enclosure No_ 1: Editorial entitled "Robert Kennedy and
Zionism which appeared on 28th and to
explain
subsequent Algerian reaction to the assassination.
Enclosure No. 2 : Report of the assassination attempt and 8
editorial query Los Angeles police claim Sirhan is an
Arab after first saying he was Jamaican, then Cuban _ (June
2
6 , 1968) .
3
Enclosure_No_: Report of death from front page of El
MoudJahid, (June 7 1968) .
Enclosure No . 4: Words of Arthur Schles inger deploring
American acts of motive, (June 7
9
1968)
Enclosure Nos_5: Full report on Senator s death, President
Johnson S
dec aration, and information on Sirhan, (June 7 ,
1968) _
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WNCLASSIFIED Algiers A-459
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Enc losure No. 6 : Algerie Presse Service editorial:
armed the assassin?1 (June 7 , T968)
Enclosure No. 1: Statement issued by Palestine liberation
movement "El Feth" in Algiers_
J
(June 7, 1968) .
HOFFACKER
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Enc losure No. L
Rabzrt Kenezsy
3 ` Algiers A-459
8 %2 <iz
La cmpagne elec-
tcralz cot scn f)lein
(lilz Etais-Unis_ Les
difjercnls crndiats (t La 3
Presiclence font fez de tout
Do; whour Wuarcr Ics bnlle -
tins tlu corp" eleetoral xime-
ricuin,
Les Uns arent lentr Zopa-
cainde silr 1c Vretnci_ cl' (lat -
tres Sur Zc probleme (lcs
Voirs. Robert Kenned: pO1lr
Scl prt, {L [cit acte dc foi
sionislc dcvant cl coinmal -
n(tute juive de Portlanc
(Oregon) .
Rcssorlant Zc cliche ecule
du mythe depasse (l Is-
talcl netit DCys pacificc )) le canlidat (uI elcctions
prcsidenticlles de novembre
CL dleclare Nous MCUS
sommnes encrages Ct faire
survinre Israel, nouS devons
maintcnir ta securite d' Is-
rael contre toute agression
erterieure, pcr lcs armes si
c'est neccssii;e 7 .
Point 3' Cst bcsc:t pour
#01l,s (ie snulidcr Te carfc-
tere ridiculc dles cffirmaiions
dlu scinteur xumnericcin quant
C V'agression citericu?e 4U1
menacerait Israzln L' Ilislore
C dimontre ect nc;tamment
les evcnemenls depuis Ze 5
juin dlernicr, de qucl cote
se situe U'agression et lc me-
pris des Vaticns anics. LOc-
cupation de ~dsstes portions
de territoires, U'annezion dc
Jerusalem, Zc repression
sln(lante qui sciit contre
des populazions ciules ne
sont PGS_ (L ce q1'Onl sachle,
le fait des frabcs.
IL moins cae MI . Icnnedy
ne soit 22 (tZ inicrnic C#
cveugle pour ignorer (es rca-
litcs cotiucs dc lous.
En ~crite, il "'et nli V1n1
71 ; 1auire. Lc senalenr n'C-
mfime "onnion (i1
emc americcin et
confirme cin,S1 ce (IlC no1l;
Ytuons tcujours dlenoncc ici
sclvoir Israel n'est
qu'un€ base dle Z imperialis -
MC au Moyen-Oricnt_
S agissant d:t sionismc ct
de Ic lullc conlre le mouve-
mcn: de libcration arabe, Ict
Saintc Allitncc 9 se fait
rapidement clilt Etats-Unis
icnnedy-le-Liberal em-
boife le pCS (l Johnson ct
fait lui aussi de Zc Seci-
rite cl' Israil )) , Sot cheval
de bataille_
Ces prises de positicn
n' ctonnert guere du reste
les Arbes, pcur "'extir-
pation du sionisme du Ma-
yen-Orient reste Ze dcwoir
le plus stcr& Ti'en dle;ilcise
0 M. Kennedy et ccnsorts.
(uc
syst
qu' _
qui
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Enclosures 2-4
:ic
Algiers A-459
13 HOUS
SCAHZS
1402qzU ZS
I4
SRT Tee;n;; (6C332 7AR LA
presidcnt 05" 7ECUIBIZ
snssi6_ 43 0m3, g#:c-
V{OLELTCE
Jr de {Exa? dc New IiTiT Ycxk edNo: c0 04
6233EcSSC}
iL %S Anncrieins *ont
G4ta Ax Alections Ic vewile Ic plas AiiIXENI'AI se-#ticilcz d0 acycm bie effejant te la
Fschain {J Gte |abjet planete 9 a deelre_ mer-
credi soif, HI. frihir 4 %OS Mer mintin J Los Arse- 3)XNVANCHIL, DXEUIL NAT NAL
Sehlesinger, consciller de i2s, d'ux Gnemrat Le ucien president Kenze-
ANSELXS snofew Ycnai d2 fer- AUX ETAT'S-UNIS dy, Pis & 807 frere Ko-
miner U! 'iscours 0m il bert, #7i Ccurs (uwe a lXo-
ennongai} Sa victeire eutic: qil Pruncncait a
k Etat etreme tlecw 2 Cclformie_ 0 B E RT Fceeesiol d'1ie reuise de
Ailcir} 4c plusieurs
12
Kennedy dipli,e-3 4 33 #u.iats
ment criliqve, ezt mnort de College, 7 New- ballzs, Xn} dux dcss hier Aatin n Ycrk. il ponrrait bizn Ia tetc, il i} ixc iicikme- "'hopital (u Jon Emi 41 point d'en1
Y tester 9) :atencnt opcre_ A Stv maritain de plcurer, M Schfzs; (T 2 Scure ow ncus fiekroms Ios Angeles. ajoi.te k Depuis trais
disent s(' WS Frcir 8, 507 cra} cst Mrintenant ans, J0"s tuons Gns
j"ge exfrencrcnt crifi- toils les regards dc iatre &8ta tu reor:de. SCS rredccins
Ge Fer fcS medecins. Se tournent Nous 25o35 deja asss3i-
2E0 030 Gollars 0 il 01, disent-ils, Umte
~crs "hemtee ne dcu eitoyens Ir Gccuse de sinifiaient Fdcalisine :oute pelife chance de assassinat_ Sir- americaigl 3L Tetranger et er@80n powr s'cn {otfin h & n Sirh(n . Hisr nous ?VUns tente 4'ex [aesssur Son Prhua& Gyrcs- Son interroga - asSssiner Mn troisienie
SipSen S:rhcn, ige toire Se 3HOUT - Ces actcs dc riolenee ne ShrhZn Sivhan
de 23 {S, cs} arrete. suit, mis sanS scnt pas dcs accidents.
Lcs cuicrites de Los
sulcces ccir jus _ ;hs ont I e ur Griginc %6 present
(} n $ 72 0 t r c passe A#gcles apres avoir dit Sirhan Sirhan national Ces actes, 3 Gwil s'agissait soit d'un 71 ( pas parle. poursaivi MI_ Schlesinger,
Jemaiccim, scit d'un Ates les Til- ont coninence lorsqjue
CeSain Ixisscrt mainte- 1n eurs repan - 1hone blanc sest mis
#Om} enterdre quil est
dues aucsritZad 1es 8 36assiner es Indiens de Ca- et a {aire dcs esclaFas tle 4'crisise orabe. Om lifornie slt U71 e {ux Gu'il considerail pCu} 34 poser &25 Qucs _ educ Ori- ('0irmc ses inf ericurs a Mons Sw: Ies verifeblcs gine jorlanien -
cause dle Ja c lceir d2
mcris &e ielles insinaa- EC (e Vassassin, Icilr peail ) k Nots soin ~
Kni a de - ticns.
crre, Tiut ta Iles @rques par notre
(Lire nos infcrmations soeiete dF un droit inre
roir e Sotl
6n pcga 6) Premiet m11inis - 4 la riolence qni apparait
'ans Je zele que nGus met- Ire 71'?2is- tens 12 Foursuivre {ize kait (uciln Jor -
danici de e gicrre irrationnelle #fI
11 0m77 Apres Zcl Fietnm Qui sppose une
Miort de Ro- pouesee interieure &e hal-
31€ et de ric'ence 3 con: bert lcnnedlu clu :r, Scllesingcr,
Qil cnrefistro
d(tn.5 Te Tnonale
de nombrcuaes
rc ctions.
Pe_
Cily
dcs
qui
ScuT,
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Enclosure No. 5 5 Ayres 24 Hcurcs &'
"VC33270
[ierj
succozle a ses blessurcs
DIMANCHE JOURNEE DE DEUIL AUX ETATS-UNIS
Robert Kennedy cst mort hier maiin 3 1 h. 14 (hcure dic dlans Ia journic a Thopita] du Bon Samaritain_ n'indicuzicz:
ios Angeics) soit 9 h1. 03 GT. Lc senateur navait pas rcpris aucmnc amnelioration. L'etat du scnalcu restait {Jijcurs c3
connaissance depuis son transfcrt, moins dc 24 hcures aFant niement critique_
3 Thopital_ Apres une interrcntion chirursicale qui {!{C C'est H: Mankiewicz_ son attache dc pressc Gui a arnonci
pres de quitre hcures, les bullctins de sante successifs pubais Ja nourellc dc Ia inort dc Kobert Kennez].
Quelques instants plus tard de prcsse, Ic maire c A;-
an5 et Robert Jr. 13 an5, se Ecles_ M, Samicl Yorty_ 2t 2 details Slivants les {rois aj- cicf cle ia police ce Ja Filic_
nes dcs dix cniants Kennedy M, Tnona,s Reddiin oxt ce-
JoSepil, 16 am5 Kathlech 17 ciare q*iis awaicnt pu "2-
an5 ci Robert jr 13 a115, se monter i2 fniere grice a:
:rou alent 2 Fhopital au m10 - empreintes disitales rc cvces
mcnt du dcces, mais il n'a pi Sur Farne de Jagresseti, ur:
dire s'ils avaient VI leur pere pistolet dc calibre 22. Larnle
avali 5a mort La dcpauille te portait a'autres enpreintes,
M, Robert Kenmcdy devait etre dont celles d 'un aultre rere
transportee dans Ja matinee de Yagresscur, prenoninle
de jeudi soit a Washington Adel,
soit { Newv York; La Maison Lidcntificat:or a ete con
Blanche 2 ete prevenue. M [irmce par les empreintzs Gi-
Nankiewicz clicore precise gitales du Suspcct priscs & ]oz:
qie la mort clu senateur avait casion d'une cemaacc d cnpji
ete provoquce par la blcssurc qu'2 avait faite aiipres Ge 2
recte dans Ja nuit de mardi directior di 'un champ de coir-
a mercrcdi et qu'il n'avait pas ses hippiques a Hoilywccd_
pU surmonter le traumatisme Cette "Gemande d 'crzpioi avaii
Lalnoncc faite par M, Man- tie remple y a Guecu?
kiewicz n a provoque aucune tcmps alors nue Sirhai; 2 3;~ surprise parni les journalistes Aleve au collega Joln Muir de
prescnts dans la salle de pres - Pasadcna_
Sc_ Cinacun sa vait C1l effct de- I] 3 cie transfere ncrcre- puis la fin cc ]apres-midi, que di apres-Jicii du quartier 68.
tout espoir etait perdu ct que neral dc Ja police dc Los 42-
le se nateur ctait dans Ie Co- gcies a Fnfirmerie de Ja p:-
1.a Il senblc que cc soit ch- 50n du Com{e 2 idique Un
tre 17 hcures et 17 h. 30 (heu- portc parolc dle la police
re du Pacifiquc) que ] agonie Sirhail Sirian, V esi soignc_
se soit precipitec En effct, M_ a-t-il precisc pour 1n2 dois:
Mankiewicz avait a 17 heures casse et des contusions a LC
(localcs) donne renclez-VOUS a jambe_
la presse pour jeudi matin_ Un Le porl_ parole & refise Jc
peu plus tard il lcur avait dire si le prisonlie: aVei: conseille (ic rester sur plac: blcsse au cOurs de la Juitc Qii dars lattentc d 'une nouvelie suivit innediatement iatie:-
a mnoncc_ Seul UI) public tres tat, avant qu"l n'ait -e mzi- clairseme stationnait encore trise par les gardes du corps aevant Inopital_ du senateur Kcnnedy ol pkis
Des Tannonce du deces, le tard dans les locaur de la po- presicent Lyndon Jolnson lice_
adressait un message de M. Thomas Redcin, chef de
condoleances a la famille du la policc de Los Angeles, 3 3 scnateur et decretait que ai- Robert Kcnnedy Ylil cour $ dl'un mccting electoral d New-York fusc nercedi soir, au cours
manche prochain, sera journee aucc (L scs cotcs su femmc Ethlcl. d une conference de prezsc, de
de deuil national 2 cc no- donner des cietails sur 12s do:
ment_ sur tous les batiments cuments decouverts plus t6i
publics, et navires de Ja I] n 'a poutant jamais Tappel a Ja violence, quelle
dans Ja journ au domicile d2
marine de guerre americaine, abanclonne sa foi en ] 'Amcri- uc soit Sa cause a-t-il Sirhan Sirhan
le pavillon ctoile etait mis cn quc; II n 'a jamais pcrcu sa ajoute, so;lignari (u'tin grand
En refusant de donner ccs
bcrne pour rester jusqu'a- confiance dans la force spi- pays 2€ pclit garantir Ja li - drecisions Sur Ja nature extc"
pres Jes funerailles du sena - ritucllc des hommcs et dcs bertc 'cics citoyens Gue ( dans te dc ces cocuments_ V Rea-
teur_ fcnnes_ Je respect de Ja loi dlin declare qu' ]heure SC- Celles-ci auront licu 3 New <Il croyait cn Iaptitucle des Lc cief dlc 1Eccu;if 3 tuclle des rcvelations Ge c8
York et a Washington la &e- jeunes a se partaire ct aiU1 mlanclc au Congres d'adopter Ecnre ne pourraient que Dor
pouille nortelle dil senateur droit dcs plus aGCs et ces lc plus rapicienent possible ie: prejudice au reroileien:
sera transportce dans quclques pauvrCS a vivre dans la Gi- cles mesures Iegislatives pour du proces de "accuse
heures par avion special, de gnite_ arreter ie trafic insensc dcs M Redain a ripetc a1I
Los Angcles a New York, ou_ Sa perte xmoindrit notre arnic'$ RuX Etats-Unis Il a fournalistes que rien Ge corz
apres avoir ete exposec pen- vie publique_ enfin dcmnande a chaque cret pour ]insiznt nC peret-
dant toute la journee cle ven- Mme Johnson et noi- Amcricain cie commenccr dcs tait d'etayer 13 these uilc
cirecli une messe scra dite sa - menc exprimons notrc prO -
ec soir 21 fairc preuve dc mo- sinistre conspiraticn inte:
mecli matin & Ja cathedralc St_ fonde sympathie a Mme Kcll-
dlcration ct dl'oublicr la vio- tionale dals cettc affaire_
Patrick a1 ccur meme de la nedy ct a sa famillc. Jcncc a ajoute que, Yaccuse, autant
Grandc Metropole_ Puis, par Le projct legislalif de Jutte que 1012 sache fppartien:
train, le corps clu senateur SC- Jc viens de signcr unle contre Ja criminalite, pre - pa $ 2 une Organisation poll
Ta transporte 2 Washington_ proclamation demandant royant dlc sevcres restrictions Que extremiste
Ou ~era inhumc samedi_ dans notre nation cl 'observer 1n8 a Ia vcnte cics armcs a feu Lc chef de la .police 3 don
ia joincc &u cimetierc nlatio- journee dc deuil pour Robert ct ccs nnitions, libre jus- ne Guelques et1ii5 Sup2 c -
nal &'A:Gton aux cotes de Kennedy C;l 'a present aux Etats-Unis mejtares sur la faniie
la &p)u;c au presidcnt John Notre pays est malacle pourrai: etre ciebattu des jei; [aecuse
Iennedy 41i y rcpose depuis sa declarc dans Ia soircc ce cli 8 Ia Chambre des rcjrc Sirham Sirhanl esi arta cz
nor mercredi Ic presidcnt AmCri-
sentants, esiime-t-On a Wa - 1957 aux Etats-Unis Vcialli c2
cain en Jancant 1111 appel au
shington_ Jerusalcm avcc SC1l pic_ ; CZ4TioN DU
renonce En effct '1 commission de mere ire sceur Giii 80 c3 pays pour qu'il < a procedurc dle la Chambre dee depiis, t quatre PES.LENT JOHNSON ia violcnce II a all0n1c€ Ja s'est proloncee, couze hcures Ie pere clont le Prko: crcation d 'unc comnission Qui apres` lattentat coremis con- pas connu quitte 2 Pcu aprcs Tamnonce de Ja va colmenccr imnediatc- trc lc scnatcur Kcuncdy pcu apres Son) {nstal mort cu setateur Keincdy, la ment 42} examcn ces Cauises pour
presicent Jolson 2 fait la clc cette tragedic comne ce T oilferture' cic Cc ciebav quc 10 Pasaaena et 2 IcgrgiC 8
declaration SUlvante tous les actes dle violencc Qui gouvcrnCnt rclaiait de que 1 0il sache Jcru lcr:
Vous connaissons a cette ensanglantent le pays cicplis
puis lonztcmips residerait aciicilcen:
h1ctrc Ile pertc et une hcure Fassasinat cle John Kennedy_ QUi EST Sirhian ? Deux freres_ Accl 2
tragigucs. Le scnateur Robert iX quatrc a15 et Ccm;i Lawicu d ]atientat contrd
hir_ vivent encorc aTc i0'r
nicre 2 Pasadena Lcs F. Kencdly est mort. Lattentat commis contrc le Jc ~maic ZZohert icnedy autres, Said AZah 2v S33 Robert Kcnncdly etait senateur Kenedy_ cle menc &tc idcrtifie inercredi au ccbnlt 0i); guitte Je Gom:cic "nil; Ie affirmatiou du paws quc 'assassinaf dlu pasteu d'ajre, idii_ IX s agit ci '1J nc? ct 03 3C s2it pas oi:
ie affirmation dc 1onmnete - King, montre Gue Ja vioic;~ "i0mile Sirhal Bechara Sir- QI; sctuellemeni_ tc nirinscquz du pays_ ric 5011 CC pc:ilt a hattrc les meilleurs i13ix 1i Ic 36 "nZrs 1944 a Je- Tihes_cing Ollsix_peric disil die paix; cic son dlcsir dle dl'eitrc nOus Y , a poursuiri AI. rils;cn; Gemeiraii Cicpiiis parni lesqucEcs Jc; Geix
voir les conditions de vie Johnson. pc1 a 'asadicnla, 03i Californ; TCS_ Aclel et Mlir_ Sc 5 'ameliorer pour tous_ Nous nC pouvons tolcrer avcc Cc Sc5 freres dit dresen:ecs a 1 pjiics 0
Au cours de sa vie, 11 2 Ja dominalion d 'mnommes vio- Joe expioye cians u2J fournir des renseifncmeat;
coniu beaucoup plus que sa lents parmi nois a-t-il dit_ Brand naGasin dc Pasadena [acciisc_ qui observe toujoizs part de 'rageclie. Nous n1e pouvons tolerer Au colirs d ne C0nnferente tm1 mtltisnie total
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Algiero, Rerie e 'Algiep8 , E~Koudhahic pag Trdurze T,1968;
QUrh EEnL@A Elr
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@E L'ASSESSIN ?
L'assassin du scnalcur ati-arabe au lendcmain dc
"Des mameuvrcs siczizecz
ricain, Rohert Kenncdly can Tagression sioniste du 5 juin
didat au1 prochaincs eicctios n'cst plus i demontrcr; Font
presidenticiles des Etats-Unis_ jusqu'a souligner Ia nationa -
a-t-il en commcttant son actc litc (( arabe " de Fassassin, son
machiaveliqucs
agi dc 5Om) proprc chcf_ par fanatismc arahe tout cclz
idinlistno pnr hcsoin de avea hien entendu_ un scu1s Dc - puhlicile (toir nt62 werson - Yoratir des plus algus_ En les ALGER. Apres rattentat nait Je peiple palestinten ce 'a
nehar fanatismc ou bicn enteudant_ on serait lente_&e
qui coute Ia vie au scnateur part des sionistes_ notre fciifc-
Ifur Ic seu} dlesir dlc tuer lirc qucHles nc_gentpas tar- a Kennedy, Certaines ment maiiltes fois affira S.l cqucllc est Ia viritable person- NYer a parlcr d'unc Veritable Robert agen - a
nalite dc Sirhan Sirhan, {conspiration dcs Arabes contre ces clc pressc ont avance que decision cc n€ jamais ex;.orc:
les sont ses idces visi-vis d'un un homme politique qui n' Son autcir un Arabe originai- de moyens de represailles confic
probleme politique donne com- jamais cache toutes sym- re de Jerusalem_ les popullations civiics cc Xi05
ennenis. Notre combat cst 1127 Ic cclui par cxcmple du hathics qu'il eprouvait pour Devant Ja gravite dc la situa- combat de liberation ct n05 Moyen-Orient Lc meurtricr TEtat sionistc Installe cn tcr- tioi et les moyens crapuletx
I 'aurait-il pas ete armc inten- ritoire arabe occupe 2U dctri: Hont uSc Je sionisme pour dissi- coups sont specialemcnt portes
tionncllemcnt par MIt ticrs ment dc toute autre conside- Imulcr la verite, le bureau d'Al- contre les hordes miliiaires sij-
Dans Iaffirmativc aui~ait ration. ger du mouvement de liberation nistes qui occupent Jovic teiri
Je plus Intocit ~lisparai- N'esl-ce pas eloigner le pro- mationale palestinicn ( El-Feth: toire
Iobert Kcnncdy ct pour- bleme dle son contexte vient de rendre public la mise UN INSTRUMENT Quoi avail-il interct 1 c ment amiricain Quc_de
Ponoc
au suivante K
disparaissc Autant tle mys- le rattacher intentionnclle Lattentat qui couta la vie Aux MAINS
tcres, aufant d'hy potheses 3 mcnt 0u m0 au probleme du au senatcur americain Kennedy
travers lesquels il est cncore Moyen-Orient, 0 UII momcnt apres lcs declarations qu'il 1
DU SIONISME 1
bicn difficile dlc voir clair; On justement ou toute la Nation faites au cours dle 5a campagne Il quciqiles a1n cs,
annoncc dldji qu'il sagit Ia arabe Sc rememore doulourcu- clectoral ct relatives av proble- y ceclafu
d 'un actc pretendiment iso- scmcnt, la liche agression S1o- me palestinien_ rcvet pour nOuS
ajoute Ja tion Jc pfcsi
le: Va-t-il etre dlit un€ nou" nistc du 5 juin 1967 M,€ gralcle signification:_ C'est
dent John Kcnnedy 8 ete 35S.1.
rcllc fois quc lcs raisons Des ohservatcurs etrangcrs sinc Ajjourc 'hui c'cs: 2 toir
ot amene Ia inort dc Robcrt affirmaient dcji bicn avant sans vcrgogne quc le siolismc de SO}] frcre Roozrt_ Est-
mondlia] comnencc a etaler Ees il possible qu'1n) scull ind:vc Kcnncdy rcsteront dans 1'om- rcsultats dc Tenquete policic- moyens de Fropagance po' cic - hrc COmmc sont restccs dans re qu"il s'agissait Ji d'un`cri- realite
puisse rcmplir 4 Ji se' nc
Fombrc cclles intcressant Ia mc politique former Ia quant Au [rO - missi0n aussi dargreise 0ic
mort dc son frere, le president Lassassin, ontils dit, est
blemc palestinien et a Ja Revo- criminelle le probicte 0:t
John Kennedy et ccllc encore nn farouchc nationaliste Iution palestiniennc Co- beaucoup plus conplexe qu'04] e
2 mence a jouir d'un grand Gou- lGute recente intfressant Tas- voulu marqucr par son acto tien 3 travers lc mndle_ pensc:
"aSsimat du Pastcur inlcsra Ie prcmicr anniversairo du A Topinion publique inter- K En ce qui nous conce:c_ rous tionuistc noir, Martin Luther conflit arabo-sioniste de juin nationale_ nO1S disons quc tou- consider0n5 quen plis dcs €checs King dernicr, MI. Kenncdy ayant tes les hypotheses avaucees Stir rctentissants q1'elle 2 sub.s a preconise une livraison imme: P'idcntite du crininel ne sont 1extericur_ notamment ci: Euro- Rien, si Le_n'est Ie nom et diate d'arions americaing 2 que des manauvres machiaveli- en} Asie, en Ameriquc Latine Fori;ing de Iassassir Wa pour "Etat sioniste 7 ques sionistes.
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Afrique_ la politique areri le mnncnt filtre de Fexqucte Pourquoi Sirhan ne serait-i}
monec acluellement par po- pas plutot un tueur i gages 2 A Toplnion publique, nouS caine, loin de devcnir saine; a eu
autour de cette affaye: Ja solde des sionistes ct disons que Je mouvement de li- Jes influences Jes plus nefastes
plusieurs agencts aurait ete arme par eux dans beration nationale palestinien sur la socicte americain? ei Jes
ct radios etrangeres certaincl le scul but dc discrediter aur El-Feth qui entreprend au-
personnalites politigies a,zerica
mcnt bien intentionnees seux de Fopinion intcrnatio jourdhui ]un des plus nobles et nes elles-memes.
ont comnmcnce 7 emcttre dcs nale les Arabes et provoquer durs combats contre F'enneni Pour n0uS, mene Arabe_ Xe
suppositions Ics plus abracada une hysterie anti-arabe aur sioniste en Palestine_ condanne criminel ne peut-etre qu'um ins
brantes quant aux raisons USA ? C'cst Ii Pargument qui toute personne utilisant cette trument aux mains dil sionismc
ont amene Sirhan & assassiner a ete avance par plusieurs arme dans un pays etranger et mondial_ d1 capitalisnie_
lc scnatcur Robert Kennedy. scrvateurs arabes qui estiment contre un2 citoyen etranger pour Contral (nteliigence Agency
Certaines radios periphcriqucs que cet acte Dcut profiter aux des dlivergences politiques pour Ia concretisation ces plus
europeennes dont Taltitude Jionisles (APS) Malgre ] 'oppression que Con - abjectes' aspirations politiqies
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TEXT OF STA TEMENT : QUOTE This is a time of tragedy and 10s8 _
Senator Robert F Kenedy is dead
Robert Kennedy affirmed this country 55 affirmed the essential
kdecency of its people , their longing for peace , their desire to
mprove conditions of life for al1
During his life, he knew far more than his share of personal
ltragedy .
Yet he never abandoned his faith in America_ He never lost
his confidence in the spiritual strength of ordinary men and women _
He believed in the capacity of the young for excellenceland
in the right of the old and poor to a life of dignity
Our public life is diminished by @EX his loss
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I have issued a
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observe a of mourning for Robert Kennedy _ END QUOTE
TEXT OF PROCLAMATION ; QUOTE To THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES :
A noble and compassionate leader ,
a good and faithful servant
f the people , in the full vigor of his promise, lies dead from an
assassin S bullet _
The tragedy and the senseless violence 0f Robert F
Kennedy S death casts a deep shadow of grief across America and
across the world _
This is a moment for al1 Americans to join hands and
walk together through this dark night of common anguish into a new
dawn of healing unity.
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the ninth of June , as a of national mourning in his memory
throughout the United States _ In our churches in our homes and
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in rke/hearts 8 let uS resolve before God and before each other
that the purpose f progress and justice for which Robert F Kennedy
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I direct that until interment the flag of the United
States shall be flown at half-staff on
all buildings grounds and
naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia
and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions
I als0 direct that the flag shall be flown at half-staff
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this
sixth of June , in the year 0f our Lord nineteen hundred and
sixty-eight and of the Independence of the United Statesbf America
the one hundred and ninety-second _ XKR LYNDON B . JOHNSON END QUOTE
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In accordance with Presidential proclamation 3044/al1
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honor of Senator Robert F_ Kennedy who died at 08442
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Memorandum from attachent (s)
TO S/s J_ W_ Davis DATE: June 1968
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SUBJECT: hRequest for declassification of paper(s) pursuant to
FAM Vol_ 5 , 966.4 and 966.4-1, for Whiteman
Digest 0f International Law
It is desired to have the attached paper(s) declassified
to UNCLASSIFIED S0 excerpts may be quoted or
paraphrases used,
and the paper cited as reference in the Digest:
If you perceive no
objection, please declassify by
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pleting the CLASSIFICATION CHANGED stamped on the document
Please return the paper to me when you have completed
action, Room 6419 NS
Attachment (s) :
1. Circular Telegram 177570 to All and Consular Posts
dated 6-6-68 (LOU)
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Circular Telegram 177492 to A11 and Consular Posts
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