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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== Op 6e 6 us] 1in~A Rxdtz Department of State 5 TELEGRAML TES 0f CONF I DENTIAL 226 PAGE 0 | KUwA IT 7 | 154 0679552 42 ACTIOn NEA 15 INFO GPM 04,NSC 1 0 ,SP 02,SS 20,RSC 01 ,I0 132SY 03 , P 04,US IA 12,1 03, H 02 CIAE 00 , INR 0 7 p NSAE 0@p SCA 02,VO 022FB I 01 , INS 03,0c 06, CCo 00,SS0 00,RSR 014/104 W P 0609202 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY KUwA [ T To SECSTATE WASHDC PR IOR I Ty 1699 C 0 N F I D E N T [ A L KUWA I T 1154 0 SUBJECT} KENNEDY SHOOT ING 3 REF $ STA TE 176785 1 0 NO KUWA I TI NA TIONALS CURRENTLY IN U,S, WhO WOULd NEED SPECIAL: SECUR ITy PRECAUTIONS 2 , CHECK EMBASSY (INCLUDING CAS ) FILES REVEALS NO TRACE SUSPECT OR ANYONE 0F THAT FAMILY NAME ' 3 0 EMBASSY ISSUED B e 2 VISA APRIL 22, 1968 To Gok MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITy AND WA TER EMPLO YEE FAYES KAMEL ABDUL HAMID, KOLDER OF JORDANIAN PASSPORT NO ABDUL HAMID LISTS PLACE Of BIRTH AS SILWAN, WHICH AP REPORTS To BE B [ RTAPLACE SUSPEcT . ABDUL HAMID INDICATED IN VISA APPLICA TION HE VISITING U 0S 0 AS TOURIST FoR APPROXIMATEL Y Two MONTHS 0 HE GA VE AS Uv S & REFERENCE SHAMLAN AL-ESSA , KuwA IT EMBASSY , WASHINGTON . 4 9 EMBASSY HAS YET NOTED NO STRONG LOcAL REACTION To FACT SUSPECT 0F ARAB IC OR IG IN, ALThough UNDERSECRETARY TELEPHONED ONL Y HALF OF THE FORE IGN MINISTER To EXPRESS HIS REGRET NOT ONL Y A T SHOOT ING 2 BUT ALSO A T ARAB CONNECTION . SECUR ITy S I TUATION CLM COTTAM CONF I DENT IAL Y6 Q PARTMENT 1 1 STA [ ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== Op Pey k wsltexkedy Department 0 S25FT TELEGRAM TES OF LImTED OFF IC IAL USE 855 Pa@E 0 ; BERLIN 6 ! 6 15 0701092 ~8 8 } Ac?ion EUR 20 E INFO RSR 0 | > US JE 00,CIAE 00,DODE 00,GPM 04,H 02, INR 07 L 032NSAE NEc ! 0,P 04 ,RSC 01 > SP 029 SS 20,NIC 0 | , EA 1B,NEA 30/098 W 0 0 Y 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 4 R 06 ! 6552 JUN 68 FM USMISS ION BERL IN G To SECSTATE WASHDC 2592 INFo AMEMBASSY BONN LiMITED OFFiciAL USE BERL IN 16 | 5 Jo iNT MrSS[ON/US I S MESSAGE SUBJECT $ BERL IN REACTON To DEATH OF SENA TOR KENNEDY THE ATTAcK ON SENA TOR KENNEDY AND AIs SUBSEQUENT DEATH HAVE DOmINATED THE A TTENTICN OF BERL INERS To AN EXTENT NOT EQUALLED S{NCE THE TRAGIC DEATh OF PRESIDENT JOhN F 0 KENNEDY IN 1963. ALL BERL IN DA ILIES FRONT FAGED THE NEwS OF HIs A TTacK INEWS Of. Hs DEATh CAME Too LATE To MAKE THE MORNING PAPERS ) AND GA VE EXTENS [ VE AND DETA ILED COVERAGE 0F THE DA Y 0 S EVENTS ED[TORIALS , APPEARING XN ALL PAPERS 0 REFLECTED THE DEEP ShOCk AND CONCERN FELT BY Most BERL INERS FOR A MAN CONSIDERED To BE A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE CJTy & MoSt EDITORIALS COMB I NED TR]BUTES To SENA TOR KENNEDY With EXPRESSIONS Of CONCERN OVER THE INTERNAL AND TNTERNAT [ONAL PoSttIoN 0f THE UNITED STATES IN THE WAKE @F THE RECURR[NG VIOLENCE JN THE US (PRESS ROUNDUP SENT US I NF0 ) 2 0 GOvERNING MA YOR SCKuETz ? AwAY ON AN OFF IC [AL ViSIt To ISRAEL SENT 4 TELEGRAM JUNE 5 To ThE US COMMANDANT' IN which HE EXPRES 0 SED HIS AND ALL BERL INERS "DEEP Shock 98 A T THE NEWS OF THE ATTEMPT ON SENAToR KENNEDY ! S LIFE 0 HE SA ID THAT "BERL IN IS In UN }SoN WITh THOSE WhO CONDEMN ThIS APPLICATIoN oF FORCE " AND CLOSED Wth A WISH FOR SENATOR KENNEDY Q S RECOVERY 3u IN A TELEgRAM TQ MRS KENNEDY , SENT B Y MAYOR NEUBAUER UpoN THE NEWS 0F SENATOR KENNEDY 0 S DEATk, HE REFERRED To The CLOSE CONNEC? ION THAT SENATOR KENNEDY AND HIS BROTHER KAD AAD WiTh LIMITED OFF ICIAL USE QPARTMENI 1 [ 1 STA 0 ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== Op Department of State 2 TELEGRAM TES 0P LIMITED OfF IC ! AL USE PACE 02 BERL IN 0 { 615 070 1 092 BERL IN AND EXFRESSED DEEP SyMPATHYW T0 MRS o KENNEDY & %N 0k % & OwN NAME > ON BEHALF OF THE SENAT } AND In The NAME 0F All BERLTNERSo 4 0 THE RiNG POLttiSCHER JUGEND , A Roof STUDENT ORG ANI ZA TiON COMPR]SED OF STUDENT ORGANJZAToNS OF ALL POi * TICAL COMPLEX]ONS 0 IS SPONSOR I NG A "STLENT MARCH" TcnIGhT FROM DOwNTOwN BERLIN To ThE JOHN F 0 KENNEDY PLA TZ IN FRoNT OF THE RATHRUS SCHOENEBERG & MA YoR NEUBAUER AND OTkER SENA T OFF I C > ALS d WELL A S Mssion OfficeRsd PLAN To BE Jn A TTENDANCE A T ThE JOHN F 0 KENNEDY PLATZ . 5 0 ALL EAST CERMAN INFORMATION MEDI A HA VE G I VEN EXTENSIVE CGVER - AGE To THE SKOOTING AND DEATh OF SENATOR KENNEDY , LOS [NG NO TYME In CLAIMING ThAt It WAS THE RESULT OF A CONSPIRacY BY THE SAMF "C-RCLES" WhO ORDERED THE "MURDER % OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND MARTIN LuthER KING . The LEAD EDITOR IAL IN NEUES DEUTSCHLAND OF JUNEC: UNDER THE HEADL INE "MURDER AS A SYSTEM) #Q SA [ D THE LA TEST ShootrnG WAS Just ANOTHER LINK IN TKE CHA IN OF GRUESOME ACTS QF FoRcE WIth WhTch DC [ VIL' DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS' 7q ARE To BE SUPPRESSED AND THE US IS 70 BE PUSHED TOWARD A "FASCIST DICTATORSHIP o V TKE PRacTIcES OF US "KILLERSV IN VIETNAM 6 #PLANNED , SYSTEMATIC 2 AND COLD BLOODED EXTERMINATION OF PECPLE" ) HAvE BECOME ONE OF THE PR!ME METHODS USED In DOMESTIC POLITiCS In THE US AcCORD [NG T0 ThE EditoRfAi, PRESIDENT JOHNSON AAC PERSONALL Y ASSUMED ThE COcRDXNATION OF THE ENTIRE ANT[ eKENNEDY CAMPA % GNInG A T THE BEHEST CF THE 06 ARMAMENT MONOPOL IES 0q BECAUSE KENNEDY QPPOSED THE PRESIDENT'8 V ZETNAM POLIcY AND RAC IAL DESCRIMINAT]ON p HE WA S ShOT WHEN JT BECAME CLEAR THAT HF WAS WINN ING THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ElEcT_ IONS ADN SA > D THOSE BEAIND THE ShootinG FEARED EXPOSURE In A NEW JNVESTZGATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY ?5 DEATh SHOULD SENATOR KENNEDY BECOME PRESIcENT, ADN REPORTED THE 8DENTJfICATION OF THE AYTACKER AS A ~JRDAN} AN p BUT ALSo THE DZSCLA IMER Of ANY KNOWLEDGE 0F S]RHAN By THE JORDANIAN EMBASSY JN THE US DECON 676/69 0 MORRIS LIMJTED OFF [CIAL USE Q PARTMEN? 1 { 1 STA A S ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== 3 Op POL 6 US]Kenne DY, R6bckt Department 'of State TES 0t TELEGRAM CONFI DENTIAL 395 PAGE 0 | ALGIER 01742 0610122 17 ACTION AF 15 InFo CPR 02,NSC 10 ,P 04,RSC 01,SS 20,US IA 12,h 02,RSR 0| ,/067 W P 0609252 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY ALGIERS 2 To SECSTATE WASHDC PRIOR ITy 3283 C 0 N F I D E N T [ A L ALGIERS 1742 < REF , STATE 176785 1v, THERE NO OFFIcIAL REACTION AS YET To ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGA INST SENATOR KENNEDY, FonOFF OFF ICIAL WITh Whom WE DINED LAST EVENING SUMMARIZED ALGERIAN REACTION AS ONE OF SYMPAThY . EXPRESSIONS 0F SYMPATHY FROM INDIVIDUAL ALGERIANS HAVE BEEN SPARSE In CONTRAST To THOSE OF DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES whO ARE SHAKEN AND GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC, 2 , RADI0 AND PRESS HAVE BEEN RESTRA INED IN REACTION To EVENT , ARAB OR I G IN 0F PRES 'MED ASSASSIN' IS REPDRTED IN MOUDJAAID WITh SN I DE SKEPTICISM APS EDITOR IAL MATERIAL WHICH COULD HA VE MADE MOUDJAAID DEADLINE A ND WAICH SPOKE OF ROTTEN AMERICAN PUBL IC LIFE WAS NOt RPT NOT CARRIED In PAPER MOUDJAHID HOWEVER CARRIES CARTOON CR ITICAL OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY In CONNECTION WITh ASSASS INA TIONS 0F KENNEDY AND KInG A ND A TTEMPT AGA INST SENATOR ' S LIFE 0 3 0 DO NOT RPT NOT ANTICIPATE SECURITY PROBLEM IN PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES, GP - 3 HOFFACKER CONF I DENT IAL Q PARTMENT 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== Op [oL 6 Vs Ro5ERT F Department of Stdte 2 F TELEGRAM TES 0f UNCL ASSIF i ED 766 PAGE KIGAL I 2 :6 1 6 0613542 S7 4 7 S ' 2 Ac?!ON AF 15 3 Inso SS 20,GPM 0 4 , L 03,H 02,NSC {0,CIAE D0,DODE 0g , INR 07,NSAE 00 , P { 4 0 RSC 2 . # A [ D 28,PC 0l_ RSR 0 1, /099 W ~ R 8 609502 JUNE 68 FM AMEMRASSY KIG 4 L [ To SECSTATE WASHDC 825 c iS ] A ("CLAS K IGAL [ 16 | 6 REf . KiGAl [ 1612 RAni0 RWANDA EvEN ING NEWSCAST JUNE 5 DEVOTED LARGELY To REFOR; NG DE VELCFMENTS KENNEDY ASSASS I NA TION A TTEMPT WITh NC COMMENTARY . A GENCE FRANCE PRESSE 1AFP } CORRESPONDENT IN 0S GA VE REPORT ON RaD I0 RWANDZA With EMPHASIS ON RISING CRIME A ND: LAWLESSNESS IN US IN RECENT YEARS' 2 . VN RESIOENT REP JERKOV IC AND NEWLY 41 RRIVED BEL G IAN CHARGE LEBRVN CALLED YESTERDA Y WITh EXPRESS J ONS OF SYMPATHY KiNSEy UNCLASS!F IED IKEvNE DY , ARTMENT 1 8 { 1 STA ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== 27 Op PoL Sau1_us Department of TELECRAM TES 01 PLL_6_UskennenXRBeedE CONFIDENTIAL 176 . PAGE 3 | JIDDA 04300 0707|02 20 Act[ON NEA 15 INFo EUR IS'CIAE 00,DOdE 00,GPm 04,H 02,InR 07,L 03NSAE 0d,NSc 10 P 04,RSC 0 1 ,SP 02,5S 20US [4 12,RSR 04,10 13,0 02,Opr 02,0c 066 ccq 00,SS0 90,/119 W R 0613262 Jun 68 € FM AMEMEASSY JIDDA To SECSTATE WASHDC 3000 InFo AMEMBASSY AmMAN AMEMBASSY BEIRUT AMEMBASSY KuwA IT AMEMBASSY London AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV AMCONSUL DHAHRAN AMCONSUL JERUSALEM C 0 N F [ 0 [ N T [ 4 L JIDDA 4300 REF, STATE 167685 _ M ( 3 1 , RE PARA 2 REFTEL' SEcUR[TY Pire:AUTIONS [NSTituted, SAUDIS HAd ALREADY INCREASED NAT[ENAL GUARd PATROL INSIDE AND AROUNO PERIMETER 0F EMBASSY CCMPOUND EVENInG June 4, MA INLY IN RECOGNITION FOLLOWING DAy WOULD BE ANVIVERSARY 0F LAST YEAR'S HOSTILITIES. DESPI TE EXtENS[VE EDITOR[AL IZING JUNE 5 About Events OF June 1967, WE Ha VE EXPERIENCED NO OVERT EXPRESSION 0F PUbLIC RESENTMENT OR HOSTILITY, 2 0 S4UD] REACTION To SHOOTING 0f SENATOR KENNEDY, WhicH BECtME KNowN HERE ON JUne 5, Has PEEN SubmeRGED IN GENERAL PUBL IC AND OFF ICIAL Focus oN ANNIVERSARY Of LaST YEARv5 HoStILITIES ANd CONT INUED ARaB HUMILIATION AT ThetR DEFEAT & IDENTITy 0F PERSON SUSPECTED 0f KENNEDY SHOOTING FIRST BECAME KnOwN JIDDA EvENING JuNE 5 , IT .IS Now GENERAL 'KNOwLEDGE' A S DETAILED INFo FROM WIRELESS SERVicEs. PUBL I SHED THIS MORNING '5 Papers Thus Far There HaS BEEN No SAUd [ PresS or R^dI0 EDITORIAL IZ ING On subJEct, WhICH CONF [DENTIAL ~"AATMENT Stal( 9 1 StA E 8 ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== 2 '| Fol 6,VS]k2nne 5' Fobckt Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 01 31 UNCLASSIF IED 8 77 PAGE 2 | TEL A v 04007 0615592 50 AcTION NEA 15 INF0 NSCE 60 SAH 03,SAL 0 1,CPR 02,SS0 00,CIAE 00,DODE 00,GPM 04,h 02, INR 07,L 03,NSAE 90 ,NSC 10,P W4'RSC 0 | ,SP 021SS 204RSR 01,/075 W 0 06 14372 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV 4 To SECSTA TE wA SHDC IMMEDIATE 3986 US [ A WASHDC UNCLAS TEL A VY 4207 US [ AC JOINT US [ S /Em?ASSY FOR IOP /GM , IBS , IPS 1 . 2 6 IN AN ED[TOR IAL ON KENNEDY , S MURDER , YEDIOT AHARoNOT WR [ TES 8 Qudte :T SEEMS INCREASINGL Y EVIDENT 0 0 6 THAT THIS TIME WE ARE DE AL !NG Not WIth ASSAULT MADE AGA INST BACKGROUND OF INTERNAL RELATIonS IN AMERICA But WITh WHA T MA Y BE TERMED MURDER ThAt WAS BROlGhT THERE AS INNER QUOTE [MPORTED MERCHAN- DISE INNER UNQUOTE ' THAt IS To SA Y FROM ARAB WORLD WHERE MURDER IS ACCEPTED WEAPON 0 $ . ThUs , ASSAULT On LIFE OF RoBERT KENNEDY IS Not AMERICAN PHENOMENON BUT IS In ITS ENTIRETY FOREIGN MERCHAND ISE , NOT LOCAL & It I5 ARAB MERCHAND I SE INTENDED D APPARENTLY , To BREAk TAROUGh BORDERS AND A TTACK ITS AMERICAN BENEFACTORS which GOEFESORDTE FORMERLY KNOwN AS STERN GANG QUOTE It NOt UNL IKELY THAT SIMILARL Y To LEHI, PALESTINIAN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ESTARLISHED BRANCHES In COUNTRIEs ABROA D 2 WIth A IM OF HURTING POLTIC ] ANS Who SUPPORT ISRAEL 3 0 WHEN PALESTINIAN LEACERS IN EXILE In LEBANON DISCUSSED MATTER ABO:T Two YEARS AGO, I 0 E 0 WHA T CHARACTER PALESTINIAN TERROR ORGAN [ ZATION ShOUlD HAVE? It WAS PROPOSED AMONG OTHER ThInCS , To ESTABLISh ORGAN I ZATIONS INNER QUOTE IN STYLE To ETZEL AND LEHI INNER UNQUOTE (IRGUNZVA I LEUMI ANO LOHAMAY HERUT ISRAEL } . This REPORTED IN NUMBER 0F BE IRUT PAPERS A T UNCLA SSIF IED ~ ARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 8 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES oP UNCLASSIF IED PAGE 02 TEL Av 04007 0615592 TIME) WHICH EXPRESSED OPINION OF PERSONAGES (PALESTINIANS ) IN CONNECTION WITh- NA TURE OF ARAB GUERILLA WARFARE ' BE [RUt PAPERS WROTE A T TIME THAT INNER QUOtE ARABS OUGhT To AcT In CONNECTION WITh GUERILLA WARFARE AS ISRAEL DID BEFORE STATE OF ISRAEL' ESTABLI SHED, I'E . To ACT LIKE ISRAEL I UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATIONS DID' WHEN OFF IC IAL ISRAEL I BODIES DISSOC[ATED THEMSELVES FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS , INNER UNQUOTE 4 0 It MA Y BE EXPECTED ThAT US INTELLIGENCE SERVICES WILL CONTACT ISRAEL [ INTELLIGENCE SERVICES WITh REQUEST To HELP THEM In INVESTIG4 TION Into BACKGROUND OF ASSASSINA TION . UNQUOTE 5 0 MAAR IV (INDEPENDENT ) EDITORALIZES , QUOTE BULLET ShOT AT SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY B Y ARAB ASSA ILANT DID Not ONL Y PENETRATE KENNEDY 'S HEAD BUT ALSO THE HEART OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY . 0 # ThIS MALICIQUS ASSAULT ON INNER QUOTE BOBB Y INNER UNQUOTE) ShORTL Y AFTER HE HAD ANNOUNCED To MASSES 0F SUPPORTERS HIS VICTORY IN CALIFORNIA PRIMARIES' REVEALS ONE OF MOST SEVERE PLAGUES THAT HAS BEEN SPREADING ThRouGh AMERICAN SOCTETY DUR ING PA ST SEVERAL YEARS, PLAGUE OF VIOLENCE ANOTHER NO LESS TRAGIC ASPECT OF INCIDENT IS FACT THAT ASSA I = LANT IS JORDANIAN ARAB AND THAT MURDER A TTEMPT WAS CARRIED out ON JUNE 5 , , RESPONS IBILITY FOR MURDER A TTEMPT EXECUTED BY THAT YOUNG INCITED ARA8 IN CAL IFORN IA Must REST ON SHOULDERS OF UNRESTRA INED INSTIGATION Of ARAB LEADERS AND ARAB PROPAGANDA AND Boycott AGENCIES WHOSE CENTER IS IN CA IRO, DAMASCUS AND AMMAN, But WHOSE INFLUENCE STRETCHES FROM BONN To LOS ANGELES AND PARIS To BUENOS A IRES, IF WORL D CONTINUEs To REACT FORe G I V INGL Y To THIS ARA B INCI TEMENT CAMPA [ GN WAICH ADOPTS VARIOUS GUISES , DEPENDING ON TIME AND CIRCUMSTANCES ROBERT KENNEDY WILL NOT BE ITS LAST VICTIM' UNQUOTE , GILDNER UNCLASS IF IED ~PARTMEN? 1 J 1 STA ================================================== Page 9 ================================================== Fo L 6 Ushke NNE DJY, RoBe €t 3| Op F Department of State TELEGRAM TES 3 UNCLASSIF IED 8 7 4 PAGE 0 [ TEL Av 04 008 0615522 46 43' ACTION P 0 4 INF0 CIAE 00,DCDE 0 0 , GPM 04,h 02,INR 07,L 03,NSAE 00,NSC Io,RSC 0 | , Sp 02,SS 20,cco 00,CPR 02,SS0 00,NSCE @@0RSR 01,/056 W 0 0615002 Jun 68 FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV To U5 I A WASHDC IMMEDIATE SECSTATE WASHDC 3987 UNCLAS TEL A V I V 4008 USIAC JoiN? USIS/EMAASSY FOR IOP /GM, IBS , IPs ISRAEL i AFTERNOON PRESS REVIEW , JUNE 1o MAAR I V INDEPENCENT ) SECOND EDITION FRONTPAGES ITEM UNDER HEADING , QUOTE F A THER 0F KENNEDY ASSA ILANT, RESIDENT OF TAEIBELH VILLA GE NEA R RAMALLA SA YS $ INNER QUoTE I WAS HORRIF IED WHEN I HEARD WAA T My SON DID INNER UNQUoTE ONL Y THIS MORNING FATHER LEARNED ThA T AIS SoN ShOT SENATOR KENNEDY INNER QUOTE HE WAS EXCELLENT STUDENT AND HIS TEACHERS ALWA YS PRA ISED HIMe 1 DON T KNOw HOw IT HAPPENED. INNER UNQUOtE UNQUOTE , 2 , QUOTE INNER QUotE I AM HORRIFIED MY SON ' S ACTION, INNER UNQUOTE [ WAS TOLD THIS MORNING B Y RASHARA SALAMA SIRHAN, 52, FROM TAIEBELH VILLAGE NEAR RAMALLA , WHO IS FATHER OF YoUNg MAN WhO SHOT SENATOR KENNEDY _ FATHER, LOOKED HORR IF IED B Y SON ! S DEED . FROM WHA T HE SA ID IT SEEMED HE LEARNED OF HIS SON'S INVOL VEMENT IN {NCIDENT ONLY THIS MORNING WHEN HE LISTENED To NEWSCAST OVER AMMAN RADIO , WHEN HE AEARD AIS SON S NAME HE COULD NOT A T F IRsT EELIEVE It LATER HE WAS CONVINCED WHEN VILLAGE CHIEF (MAKHTAR) And ISRAEL [ SECURITY MEN CAME To AIM ThIS MORN ING UNTIL 1957 BA SHARA LIVED In WAD [ Joz IN EAST JERUSALEM. DURING RRITISh MANDATE HE WA S CHIEF INSPECTOR IN PUBL IC WORKS DEPARTMENT In CHARGE OF LAYING WA TER PIPE -LINE UNCLASSIF IED J PARTMENT 1 J 1 STA OP ================================================== Page 10 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP UNCLASSIF IED PAGE 02 TEL A v 04008 0615522 FROM ROSh-HA ' A Y IN To JERUSALEM, IN 1957 BASHARA 'S FINANCIAL SITUATION WORSENED AND HE DECIDED To GO To US , TAREE YEARS LA TER, FA ILING To GET USED To LIFE IN AMERICAN, HE RETURNED To AIS HOME WHILE AIS WIFE AND CHILDREN REMA INED THERE, THIS MORNING FA THER SA [ D FOLLOWING ABOUt SON , INNER QUOTE HE WAS EXCELLENT STUDENT AND KEPT WELL AWA Y FROM STREET URCHINS, INNER UNQUOTE ACCORDING To AIm HIS SON 'S TEACHERS WERE FULL of PRAISE FOR HIS INTELLIGENCE AND IDLLIGENCE In HS STUDIES' SA [ D HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND INNER QUOTE How AIS SON HAD DEGENERATED To SUch A S I TUATION IN WhICH HE MADE ASSAULT ON LIFE OF KENNEDY. , [ AM EXTREMELY SORRY 0 IT IS TRAGEDY CANNOT F IND WORdS To EXPRESS & I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED My SON To COMMIT THIS HORR IFYING ACt , 1 HEARD ABoUt KENNEDY FAMILY WHEN 1 WAS IN US AND AFTERWARDS 0 I HoNor AND RESPECT THAT FAMILY, ESPECIALLY LATE PRESIDENT John KENNEDY Who, DURING AIS PRESIDENCY , TRIED To LEAD HUMANITY To PEACE AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY , INNE R UNQUOTF UNQUOtE . GILDNER UNCLASS IF IED QPARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 11 ================================================== ~rn) Op Pol U :k"1139iy KoB€l? 37 Department of State TELEGRAM 2 TBS 0P CONFIDENTIAL 06 1 PAGE 0 | AMMAN 05221 0616202 43 ACTION NEA 15 INF0 SY '3,F6 [ 0 1'CIAE 0@,DODE 00,GPM 04,A 02, INR 07,L 03,NSAE 0 0 , 1 NSC 16 ,P 04,RSC 01 ,SP 02,SS 20,US A 12,10 13,A [ D 28]RSR 01'/126 R 06 [4252 JWn 68 FM AMEMBASSY AMMAN To SECSTA TE WASHDC >708 1 C 0 ^ F 1 D E N T [ A L AMMAN 5,22 Kec ~ss (ift REF 37 A TE 176785Vo ( 47 6.0 SUBJECT: KENNE)Y 4SSASS IN4 Tiok' 1 , RE SECOND SENTENCE PARA 2 REFTEL EMBA SSY HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF 4 NY JORDANIANS PRESENTL Y In US FOR WHOM IT RECOMMENDs SPEC 1AL SECURITY PRECAUT IQNS . HOWEVER' Fjr THE CEPARTMENT'5 INF QrMATION FOLLOw' [ NG PROMINENT JORDAN IANS ARE IN US ON US A [ D PROcRAMS, Tkeif PREC [ SE LOCATION CAN BE ORTA INED FRom ATd/w. DR, MUHAMMAL' NUR I SHAF [ Q ADMINISTRA TIVE ADVISOR To PR IM= MNI-TER, cR, TAWF I k JERIES KARADSHEH ASS ISTANT UNDERSECRE TAR Y MINI?TRY OF HfALTH AND Lt, COL ' DIAB YOiSEF OTHMAN , ASS ISTANT CHIEFOF P0L [cE , AMMAN , 2, IN ADu[IOv ThERe ARE In THE US ON MaP TRA INING PROGRamS THE FOLLcw[NS PFRSONNEL ALL BELOw THE RA NK OF Lt, COL ONEL ' THEIR LOCATion CAN PE OBTA INED FRom DOD . ROYAL JORDANIAN A [R FORCE : ] 6 C"DfTS A NC ONE (1 ) OFFICER , JORDAN ARA B ARMY < 23 OFF [CERS AA) 1 (ONE ) ENL ISTED MAN' SYMMES Pr CuNf :.: MT< AL 1 1 1 STA "(us) KR Bl XIRZOFILKZ? : ================================================== Page 12 ================================================== Op Pol 6 US / KENv E DY , RoBE RT F, Department of State TELEGRAM TES OF 65 LIMITED 0FF IC IAL USE 779 X PAGE 0 : XAMPAL {2286 06 14062 6 43 A2tion AF 15 4 INF0 85 20,NSC :0,A 02, P 74 9 US [ A 12,CPR 02,RSR D1RSC 01,/067 W 5 LJ R 0613002 JUN 68 FM A MEMBASSY KAMPALA To SECSTATE WASHDC 2843 3 L;mited OFF IC IAL USE KAMPALA 2286 REF , STATE 176747 EdjToR % A AND NEWSPAPER REACTIO To ASSASS INATION SENATOR KENNEDY I9 BENG REPORTED To DEPT IN US [ NFO TELS SLUGGED "PASS AFE" UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED WE WILL NOT DUPLICA TE THIS REPORTING 8 Y SEPARATE TELS To DEPT , EMB WILL SUPPLEMENT THESE REPORTS w (Th OwN REPORTS A S NECESSARY 0 DECON 6/6/69 0 STEBB INS tt LIMITED OFF ICIAL USE QPARTMEN? 1 7 1 STA MICROFILMED ================================================== Page 13 ================================================== Op 2 Qol 6 us]Kennel Rabnk F Department of State TELEGRAM TES f LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE 702 PAGE 0 | BE IRUT 9987 | 0613082 53 ACTION NEA 15 INFO EUR 15, [0 13,SS 20,GPM 04,H 02,P 04,USIE 00,CIAE 00, INR 07 , NSAE 00,RSC 01RsR 01,NSC 10,/092 W R 0612062 JUN 68 0 Fm AMEMBASSY BEIRUT To SECSTATE WASHDC 531 6 INF0 AMEMBASSY AMMAN AMCONSUL JERUSALEM AMEMBASSY JIDDA AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY TEL AV IV USMISS ION USUN LIMITED off IC IAL USE BEIRUT 987 | JO INT EMBASSY/US IS MESSAGE SUBJECT' REACTION To KENNEDY ASSASS I NA TI ON A TTEMPT REF , STATE 176785 1 , KENNEDY ASSASS INA TION ATTEMPT BANNER HEADL INE IN ALL LEBANESE NEWSPAPERS WITh MOST PAPERS HEADL INING ASSA ILANT ' S IDENT I Ty As "ARAB FROM JERUSALEM: M SEVERAL PAPERS FEATURED AIS ALLEGED "[ DID IT' FOR My Country" STA TEMENT , NQ OFF ICIAL STATEMENT MADE BY GOL BUt INDIVIDUAL OFF ICIALS HA VE TELEPHONED THEIR Shock AND DISTRESS A T NEWS, ATTACK DEEPLY FELT OwING WIDE POPULARITy OF KENNEDY FAMILY AMONG LEBANESE' ESPECIALLY CHR ISTIANS , PRIVATE SPECULAT[ ON RE MOTIVATION 0F A TTACK INCREASED WHEN NEWS SPREAD THAT HE PALESTINIAN 9 WAO ARE BLAMED FoR MUch OF TROURLE IN NEAR EAST, 2 , EDITOR IALS UNI VERSALL Y DEPLORED A TTACK, WITH SOME MERELY EXPRESSING Shock AND CONDEMNATION WHILE OTHERS CONCENTRA TED ON POSsIBLE POL ITICAL MOTIVES OR REPERCUSS I ONS 0 DEVIOUs REASONING , WHIcH HAS ALSO CROPPED UP IN PRIVATE COMMENT , SUGGESTED POSSIRLE ZIONIST IpLot To NEGATE RECENT GRowth In UNDERSTAND I NG OF ARAB CAUSE IN US . ANOTHER THEME IN EDITORIALS IS THAT ASSA SSIN IS "NOT AN ARA B % IN LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE ~PARTMEN? 1 J 1 STA 2 ================================================== Page 14 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TBS 0P LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE PAGE 02 BE IRut 0987 | 0613082 SENSE THAT HE I5 EITHER PA ID AGENT OF ZIONISTS OR THA T HE IN FACT STRUCk CR IPPLING BLOW To: ARAB INTERESTS, SEVERAL EDITORIALS COMMENTED THAT A TTACK ON KENNEDY WAS INDICA TION ThAT US SUFFER ING REPERCUSSIONS OF ITS FORE IGN POL ICY , SOME POINTED out THA T KENNEDY UNJUSTL Y SNGLED Out SINCE HE IN FACT NO MORE PRO- ISRAEL [ THAN OTHER CANDIDATES . SEVERAL LEFTIST PAPERS CARRIED NO ED[ TORIAL COMMENT , MAk LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE QtrartMen? 1 0 1 STA" ================================================== Page 15 ================================================== Op P)L 6 US / Kekmkdy Department of State F. TELEGRAM TES 0f UNCLASSIF IED 0121 S PAGE 0 | KADUNA 0 | 04 8 0616 | 42 50 3 ACTIon AF 15 INFO SS 20,h 02'CPR 02,P 04 ,US I E 00,NSC 10 , RSR 0LRSC 0 | ,EUR 15,/070 W R 0609562 JUN 68 FM AMCONSUL KA DUNA ~ To SECSTATE WASHDC 760 INFO AMEMBASSY LA GOS AMCONSULATE IBADAN UNCLAS KADUNA 1048 JO INT CONSULATE -US I A , JUNE 6 NEW NIGER IAN, FRONT PAGE DEVOTED ENTIREL Y To ATTEMPT On SENATOR KENNEDY 'S LIFE, ED ITORIAL DESCRIBED Shoot [ NG KENNEDY AS "SCANDALOUS INHUMAN" AND "BLOT ON CIVIL IZATION e " CHARACTE - RIZING THE SENATOR AS CHAMPION OF "RAC IAL [NTEGRATION IN AMERICA & " EDITORIAL CHARGES THAT "EVERYONE WHO HAS ATTEMPTED To FREE AMERICA FROM INTELLECTUAL BL INDNESS AND RACIAL B IGOTRY HAS BEEN REWARDED WITh ASSASS I NS BULLETS , I6 SENATOR KENNEDY COMPARED W [Th HIS LA TE BROTHER PRESIDENT JOHN KENNEDY Who WAS ALSQ #VICTIM OF AMERICAN INTOLERANCE AND GROSS DI SRESPECT OF HUMAN 2 PAGE 2 RuDSLK 1048KK UNCLAS DIGNITY . m BECAUSE OF HIS RAC IAL STAND "WHITE RACISTS BEL IEVE HIS MURDER WOULD SILENCE VOICE OF DI SSENT , m1 BUT ED ITORIAL OP I NES THAT" DESP [TE ALL ODDS: IN AMERICA , WILL To BE FREE CAN NEVER BE CONQUERED By SWORD OR BULLETS & " NEW N IGERIAN EXPRESSES HOPE SENATOR WILL SURVI VE #To CURE AMERICA 0F ITS ILLS SO ThAT RACES IN AMERICA MAY BE INTEGRATED PEACEFULLY AS ONE PEOPLE? ONE RACE 0_ ONE DESTINY ' " 2 < WEDNESDA Y EVENING RKtv NEWS DEVOTED OVER TEN OF FIFTEEN MINUTES To WIRE SERVICE REPORTS, Photos AND NEWS CLIP OF KENNEDY ANNOUNCING CAND [DACY , ALSO QUOTED SOVIET COMMENT THAT MURDER OF POL ITICAL LEADERS IN Ue Sb BECOMING 99 INCREASINGLY FREQUENT OCCURENCE o m STOKES UNCLASSIF IED S#PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA I E ================================================== Page 16 ================================================== (6L 6 25 | KenehY, Op Roser T F-, Department of State TELEGRAM TES Ys UNCLASSIF IED 766 PAGE 0 | BR [ DGE 00746 0622452 89 ACTION A 02 INF0 ARA 03,SS 20,h 02,NSC 10 9 CPR 22,SSO 00,P 04,US I A 12 RSR 6|, RSC 0| , /060 W R 06 ! 31!52 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSy BRiDGETOWN To SECSTATE NASHDC 1755 UNCLAS BRIDGEtOwN 746 PLEASE PASS FOLLOW I NG TELEGRAM DATED JUNE 5 To MRS . ETHEL KENNEDY : QUoTE > THE GOVERNMENT A ND PEOPLE 0F ST , V INCENT A RE SHOcKED To HEAR OF ATTEMPT ON SENATOR KENNEDY ! S LIFE AND PRA Y THAT HE W ILL HA VE A SPEEDY A ND COMPLETE RECOVERY e ADMINISTRATOR ST , VINCENT 0 ENS QUoTE MANN inClAS?IFIED ~ PARTMEN? 1 J 1 STA OF 4 1 ================================================== Page 17 ================================================== Fo L 6 us] KENNED Y Op Ro 8ert Department of State TELEGRAM TES 1 UNCLASSIF IED 763 PAGE 0 | LIBREV 01365 06 | 4022 ACTIon AF: 15 1 INF0 SS 20,h' 02'NSC 10,CPR 02,P 04,US IA 12,RSR 0),RSC 01,/067 w P 0609202 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY LIBREVILLE To SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1695 UNCLAS LIBREVILLE 1365 { FOLLOWING IS TRANSLATION 0F URGENT TELEGRAM JUst SENT BY PRESIDENT BONGO To PRESIDENT JCHNSON EXPRESS ING DISTRESS DUE ATTACK ON SENATOR KENNEDY , "PA INFULL Y MOVED BY ThE TRAGIC ATTACK OF WHICH SENA TOR KENNEDY HAS Just BEEN THE VICTIM I WOULD APPRECIATE It IF , ON BEHALF 0F THE GABONESE PEOPLE , THE GARONESE GOVERNMENT, AND ME PERSONALLY , YOU wOULD TRANSMIT To THE KENNEDY FAMILY, ALREADY SO CRUELL Y TRIED, OUR PROF OUND SYMPATHY , In SPITE OF THE GRAVITy 0F Hs WoundS, WE MAINTA IN HOPE AND EXPRESS OUR SINCERE WISHES FOR ThF COMPLETE RECOVERY 2F SENA TOR KENNEDY'S HEALTH, PLEASE ACCEPT , EXCELLENcY , THE EXPRESSION Qf MY AIGhEST AND FRIENDL IEST CONS IDERATION , ALBERT BERNARD BONGO" BA NE UNCLASSIF IED ~PARTMBN? 1 1 1 STA OP 6 4 ================================================== Page 18 ================================================== Op PoL 6 Us]KeNNETY pobert F Department of State TELEGRAM TES 41 LIMITED OFFIcIAL USE 553 PAGE w | AMMAN 05202 061 |022 54 ACTION SS 7 1 INFO CIAE 00,/070 w P R 0608342 JUN 66 FM AMLMBASSY AMMAN To SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 570 | 8 InFo AMEMBASSY BE IRut { AMEMBASSY LONoon AMEMBASSY TEL A VIV AMcONSUL JERUSALEM 6 USUN 1005 LImITED OFFICIAL' USE AMMAN 5212 JO INT US [ E-EMBASSY MESSAGE REF' StAtE 177068 1 6 EMBASSY RECE [VING PRESS INGUIRIES wHETHER AMMAN ISSUED VISA TC s iRHAiv BISHARA SIRHAN, (SINCE JERUSALEM NO.T VISA ISSU Iiva ofFICE PRIOR JUNE WAR It LOGICA_' FOR PRESS To CON- CLUDE VISA WAS ISSUED In AMMANa ) HOwEVER, SINCE 1956 VISA RECORDS HA VE BEEN DESTROYED' WE In FAct HAVE NOi RECORD HERE UF ISSUANCE QF VISA To SIRHAN' THEREFORE' WE ARE PLANNING To RESPOND To PRESS AS FOLLJWs/ 10 SINCE NO VISA FACILITIES. IN ARA8 JERUSALEM A T TIME SIRrAN WENT TJ UaS0 , IT Is; Po6sI BLE HE MA Y HA VE RECEIVED VISA In AMMAN. WE CANNOT BE CERTA IN S[ NCE LOCAL VISA RECORDs ARE NoT RETA [NED BE YOND FOUR YEARS, " 2a AsSUmiNG InS REcoRDS CGNFIm VISA ISSUED AMMAN iSTATE 8 177066 ) WE SEE NO REASON why mE SHOULD Vot 3E AUTHORIZED 6 To MAKE ThIS INFORMATIOn AVA ILABLE In RESPONSE To QUERIES, [ 3 0 REwUEST DEPT'S CONCURRENCE In OUR S0 USING VISA ISSUANCE INFORMAT ION Iiv STATE 177068 . ~YMMES NOTE < HANDLEO LImoIS PER SS0. LIMITED OFFIC IAL USE 37 Q#PARTMENT 1 1 0 STAT OF %~ LQ ================================================== Page 19 ================================================== 6 L I M D I S I N C 0 M I N G TOP SECRET Screener POST Aas- (Time Received) SERIAL 5202 1968 JUN 6 Am9 25 DISTRIBUTION MONTHLY COUNT 131 Secretariat Geographic Other s/s-S s/s-0 s/s-screener33 EA11 AID /EXSEC s/s-EX AA AFFZ s/s-CMS NEAZ AA s[s-0 DIR AA MilRep_ Functional AA [NESA2 Summary Task Force CU PC Principals H IGA VP 8++ ES INR6 S I0l U L 2 M2 03 COM2 G OPR EXIM OC FRB SIG Sy LAB s/AH3 WLG NASA s/AL P2 NIC s/c SCA STR s/CPR SCS TRANS s/Gov SCI TRSYG shIL JUS s/p OTHER AGENCIES IRS S/R INT s/FW BOB S /PM CIA FBI MIwp DOD CEA" US IA FAA" G/PM NSA G[op File Burned 770= J AF5 ACDA5 ARA9 EURO_ VNZ EA2 EZ AEC3_ AGR3 WH1Q ================================================== Page 20 ================================================== Po L 6 Us] Ke NHED Y |R6 Be ev 32 1 78 2 2 8 OUTGOING TELEGRAM Deparfmenl 3} SateU sspeny;2 "Atv INDICATE: COLLECT CHARGE To Bishana LIMITEDOFFICIAL_USE 8 Classification 8 Origin ACTION: Amembassy AMAN PRIORITY Jun80 21 50z Amconsul JERUSALEM PRIORITY Into: INFO: Amembassy BEIRUT LONDON 7 TEL AVIV USUN N BEAIE: Amman S 5202 2 EM may respond if queried that visa was issued on September 24, 1956 in Amman to Sirhan, together with his parents and three otbr children. FOR JERUSALEM: INS requests you ascertain from Bishara Sirhan date he left US _ END 3 6 Dralted by: Tel, Ext Telegraphic transmission and LINEA: DAWehmeyefeegh 5895 classilication approved by: NEA Mr_ Rockwell Clearances; NEAF TAT Mr Prechtf SY Mr Lynch NEA, ARN Mr _ Wiley P Mr _ Phillips Vo Mr _ Owen USIA Mr _ Carter W XXXSXXXNKXXIXHUEteyKXKindgay INS Mr Burrows LMTTED-OFFIGTAL- USE FORM Classification 8-65 DS-322 'RUSk L mww ================================================== Page 21 ================================================== PoL 6 uS] kennC DY Ropckt 2'| Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP U UNCLASSIFIED 490 PAGE 0 | TEL Av 0400 | 061|012 19 ACTION NEA 15 InFo SS 20,NSC 10,P 04,C[AE 00, INR 07,NSAE 00,RSC @i,h 02'RSR 0 1 , ( 7060 W P 0e0900z JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY TEL AVIV To US IA washdc PRIOR[Ty SECSTATE WASHDC 398 | UNCLAS TEL A V [ V 400 | US I AC JOINT/USIS EMBASSY FOR Iop /GM, IBS, IPS KENNEDY CASE ISRAEL I AFTERNOON MAARIV PUBL ISHES INTERVIEW WITh ALLEGED FAThER OF KENNEDY ShOOTING SUSPECT LOCATED In VILLAGE NEAR ISRAEL ] OCCUPIED RAMALLAH, ALLEGED FATHER SA YS PERSONALLY ADMIRER 0F SENATOR KENNEDY AND ShOCkED A T SON '5 ACtION, CALLS SON QUOtE BRILLIANT SCHOLAR UNQUOTE . MAARIV ED ITor INFORMED BY USIS OF FATHER'S NAME REPORTED IN US [ A 12177 CIRCULAR JUNE 6 ' REPORTS ALLEGED FA THER RE TURNED FROM UN TED STATES 1960 BECAUSE UNABLE ADJUst . MAARIV NOT YET On STREETS, WILL SEND FULL REPORT LATER, GILDNER UNCLASSIF IED ~ ARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 22 ================================================== @k 6 uS Qxhet? 7 8 | 6 | OUtGoing TELEGRAM Department %f State { INDICATE: COLLECT g CHARGE To LIMITED_OREEGtAL USE 8 Classification Origin ACTION: Amconsul MBABANE sWn 60] 22 37 1 Info: STATE REF : MBABANE 177 Department 1_ On receipt REFTEL /ascertained that Gamede is due to receive honorary degree at Wheaton College June 8 and therefore could 3 Believe scarcely be available attend Kennedy funeral KEXXYE Sukati at present in Europe _ 2 _ Recogni that Swaziland as not fully independent, there is no requirement that it be represented at Kennedy funeral; however, hope you Will convey to King Sobhuza Department' s sincere appreciation his offer to have Gamede represent him personally at funeral END 'RuSk; Draltad by: Tel _ Exi . Telegraphic transmission and i2 &~ AF :AFAS HFByrne: jmb 6/6/68 classification approvod by: AF Va Mr _ Quimb Cloarancos: AFS Mr - Clark S /CPR B Mr . Pace (phone) LIMITED OFFICIAL USE FORM Classification 8-65 DS-322 Kl zing yet ================================================== Page 23 ================================================== Op Poe 6 is RcIe-t ? Department of State TELEGRAM OP 72 TBS UNCLASSIF IED 152 PAGE 0 | MBABAN 00 177 0618262 53 AcTION CPR 02 INFO AF 09,SS 20,GPM 04,A 02,P 04,USIE 00,NSCE 00,NSC 10 ,0 02,SY 03, OPR 02,SS0 00,RSR 01,RSC 012/060 W 0 0618012 JUN 68 FM AMCONSUL MBABANE To SECSTATE WASHDC 279 IMMEDIATE { 1 UNCLAS MBABANE 177 SWAZIS HAVE ENQUIREDPOSS IBILITIES APPOIN GAMEDE JR SUKA ( [ PER- SONAL REPRESENTAT]VE OF KING A T ROBERT F KENNEDY 's FUNERAL 0 3 ARE EITHER PHYSICALL Y AVA ILABLE SUch APPO INTMENT AND IS TIME SUFF I < CIENT To MAKE ARRANGEMENTS? NELSON 0 Uki_4SSF[ED Q ARTMEN? Kenuek 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 24 ================================================== Op O6 uslyrnnnz4, Rsbr#: Department of State TELEGRAM TES LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 449 PAGE '0 | IBADAN 0 @4 89 0717552 50 ACT [ ON AF 15 INFO US }E 6 $ , SS 20,h 02,CPR 02,NSC: 10,CIAE 0 00 DODE 6 @ 0 J NR 07> NSAE @4 2RSC pt' RSR 6 ! } /662 N R 9615542 JUn 68 FM AMCONSUL IBADAN TQ SECSTATE WASHDC 570 1 INFO AMCONSUL KADUNA AMEMBASSY LAGOS 8 LIMITED OFF ICIAL USE IBADAN 489 3 SUBJECT & REACTIONS TO KENNEDY ASSASSINAT !ON REF 8 StATE- 876747 JQ [NT / USIs MESSAGE 1 o IBADAN PRESS REACTIONS INCLUDED: IN LAGOS US NF0, 1 OTHER REACTIONS FOLLOw 8 2 0 AcTiNG BPA0 RECEIVED PHONE CALL IN WhIcH UNIDENTIFJED CALL REPEATED "YOU ARE KILLERS , ' NO OThER Such CALLS' REPORTED BY OTHER USG PERSONNEL 0 3 0 WHEN MEMOR IAL D ISPLAY Put UP In US I S LIBRARY , GROUP 0f AbouT DOZEN LIBRARY MEMBERS WHO HAD VoT YET HEARD; OF: KENNEDY 0 S DEATHP TORE UP THEIR LIBRARY CARDS AND LEFT LIBRARY & 14E REMA I NED 0 LIBRARY REMA INS DPEN & No FURTHER INCJDENT , 4 0 TWG UNIBADAN STUDENT LEADERS who HA VE V [SITED IKUTALA-ALLEN, FORMER PRESIDE:T UN IBADAV STUDENT e S ASSNb KAYODE IWAKUN, EXECUTIVE In NIGERJ AN STUDENT VOLUNTEER SERVICES ORGAivIZAT ION; VOLUNTEERED RESTRA INED COMMENFS . SA j0 RUMORS THAT A SSASS INATION WAS CONSP [ RACY WERE CIRCULAtioN ON UNIBADAN CAMPUS, IMPLICAT ING VARIOUS PERSONS [NcLUdInG PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND SENATOR MCCARTHY . BOTk SA [ D THEy ARGUING AGA INST Such THESES ON GROJNDS ImPossiBIlITY KEEP CONSPIRACIES SECRET IN US 0 STUDENT REACTION GENERALLY OF shOck AND 8 ITTERNESSQVER ASSASS INATION 0F ANOTHER AMERICAN who IDENTIFIEd WIth ASPI RATIONS NEGROES' PooR0 ETCe COmMON CRITIC ISMIE a G 0 BY ASSIStANT POLICE COMMISSIONER ONITOLA) On ABSENCE EFFECTIVE GUN ContROL LAws A.D STATEMENTS SUch 455A58] NATIOiS LOSING FRIENDS FoR Ju S0 AROUND WORLD . LIMITED OFFIC IAL USE ~PARTMEN? Yt 1 J7 1 STA OF 00" 2 6 V> Us , AND ONE ================================================== Page 25 ================================================== OF Department of State 0 TELECRAM F TES LIMITED OFFIC IAL USE PAGE 02 JAADAN 00489 071755 52 LINDSEY BARRETT VLOB } JAMA ICAN FREELANCE WRITER, Whoi QUTSPOKEN CR ITIC VS RAcIAL PRACTICES VISITED BPA0 SEE*NG USIs: MATERIALS WhILE CLEARLY SHOCKED, EXPRESSED HIMSELF: MODERATEL Y AND HOPED TRAGEDY wOULD RESULT IN SOME RAC [AL PROGRESS IN U6 4 6 , WESTERN INFO COMMISSIONER ONABANJO ExPRESSED SYMPIATHY To ASS]STANT BPAO But MADE NO OTHER COMMMENT & ALHAJJ SAKA FAGBO HEAD OF NEWS FOR NBC IN WEST , DES IGNATEJ: SPECIALAST' GRANTEE 0 MADE PoiNt ThAT VIOLENCE S0 W[DE SPREAD IN WORLD ThAT ND POLiTICAL LEADER SAFE Q 7 0 AMERICAN TEACHER REPORTS UN[VERSAL shock AMONG FACULTY AT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AND UN I3ADAN: NIGER IANS; AMERICANS AND OTHER EXPATS BELIEVE: SERIES OF: ASSASS [ NATIONS IS RESULT OF Wh]TE RACISM IN US WhICH MANY ASSOCIATE: W [Th "ESTAALISHMENT s9 MOST ALSO BELIEVE CONSPIRACY THEORY0 A T SAME TIME' VOA CREDIBILITY HAS INCREASED BECAUSE OF JtS QBJECTIVE REPORTING ON RACIAL VQTTERS 0 3 c COMMENT 8 WE PRESUMABLY HAVE NQT KEARD BITTEREST REACTIONS OR HAVE GOTTEN DILUTED VERSIONe AND P IN ANY- CASE, THERE HAS NOT BEEN TImE FOR FuLL REACTION To DEVELOP . WE ARE, NEVERTHELESS 0 STRUCk bY FACT ThAt, ThUs FAR, LOCAL shJck, BAFFLEMENT AND REVULS]ON HAS BEEN TEMEPERED BY EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY AND HAS NDT' ShOwN JTsELF IN OVERT ANTI-AMERICANISMo STRONS LimiTEd OFFICIAL USE SPARTMENT 1 { 1 STA" OF ANO AND ================================================== Page 26 ================================================== POL 6 US /KENNEL Y 53 Op ROBERT F Department of State 2 TELEGRAM TES 45 LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE 762 PAGE 0 | PORT A 00919 0622332 ! 83 ACTION ARA 16 2 InFo CIAE 00 ,DODE 00,GPM 04,H 02v INR 07,L 03'NSAE 00,NSC 10 ,P 04, RSC 01 ,SP 02eSS 20,US I A 12, [0 13,SAH 03,NIC 0,RSR 012/099 W R 0621342 JuN 68 FM AMEMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE 1 To SECSTATE WASHDC 1589 LIM[TED OFF IC IAL USE PORT AU PRINCE 9 1 9 0 SUBJECT , PRESS REACTION To ATTACK ON SENA TOR KENNEDY 1 , ATTACK ON SENA TOR KENNEDY DOMINa TES NEWS A ND EDITOR [ALS LOCAL PRESS , COMMENTS, WRITTEN BEFORE SENA TOR 'S DEA TH 9 AND APPARENTLY BEF ORE NATIONALITY AND BA CKGROUND OF A SSA ILANT KNOwN HERE' CONTA I N STRONG AND BITTER ATTACKS ON USG AND 8 AMERJCAN SOC IETY , 2 0 ROGER GAILLARD IN LE NOUVEAU MONDE JUNE 6 CONTRASTED SPLENDOR 0F U S POWER AND CRUELTY OF U S SOCIETY CAUSED BY CONFLICTS 0F PRESSURE GROups LOCKED In STRUGGLE FOR PROF I T WHERE HUMAN LIFE counts FOR NOTHING , GA ILLARD CRITICIZED AMER ICAN COMPLACENT SELF 0 IMAGE AND FACILITY FOR DISMISSING ALL CRITICISM, ASSASSINA TION 0F PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS SYMPTOMATIC, HE CONCLUDED , AT RooT OF PROBLEM Is AMERICA 'S REFUSAL To ADMIT TAAT ITS CONSCIENCE , SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRA - TIoN NEED REFORMING , 3 0 ANTO INE HERARD IN ARTICLE ENTITLED "WASHINGTON UJD LINCOLN CRY IN THEIR TOMBS" CONTINUED HIS A TTACK (SEE PORT AU PRINCE 905 | ON UNSPECIFIED AMERICAN DPLOMATS HERE ACCUs I NG THEM QF ABUS ING THEIR DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES B Y BEING AGGRESS] VE AND NEGAT IVE 0 PARAPHRASING CERTA IN PASSAGES FROM NEVILLE HENDERSON S "FAILURE OF A MISSION" ABOUT DUTIES OF AMBASADORS NOT ONL Y To REPRESENT OwN COUNTRIES BU T ALSO To REPORT AS ACCURA TELY AS POsS IBLE ON host COUNTRY , HE IMPLIED THAT AMERICAN AMBASSADORS , PARTICULARL Y IN CAR IBBEAN, HAVE NOT PERFORMED SAT I SFACTORILY , HERARD LIMITED OFF I C I AL USE ~#PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA OF ================================================== Page 27 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0f LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE PAGE 02 PORT A 00919 0622332 REFERRED EXTENSTVELY To AREVALO ' S HIGHL Y CRITICAL 8ok "SHARK AND THE SARDINES" AND COMPLA INED ABOUT HISTORY 0F US INTERVENTION IN AMERICAS on BEHALF OF 8 I G BUSI NESS , AND METHODS OF CIA , HE CONCLUDED IRONICALLY B Y PO INTING To ASSASSINATION A TTEMPT AND RHETOR [CALL Y ASK ING WHETHER AMER ICANS CAN CONTINUE To BEL IEVE THEY ARE THE MOST CIVILIZED & 4 0 A THIRD NOUVEAU MONDE ARTICLE UNS I GNE';> PROBABL Y WRITTEN BY EDIToR DE CATALOGNE ) ENTITLED "U S IN TORMENT" ALLEGES THYBAGHGDUGTJRIRVOGS [EBPYBUHFEFT IAYGACF ALONG TRADITION OF BRUTAL ITY WAICH NQ LAW HAS BEEN ABLE To CHECK . AUThOR QUESTIONFMR IGHT OF AMER ICANS "WhO BELIEVE THEMSELVES To REPREEGNT RIGHT , LEGALITy AND LEGITIMACY To GI VE US LESSIONS In CIVILIZATIon", WHEN MRS ROSE KENNEDY CAN DECLARE, AS SHE DI D A FEW WEEKS AGO, THERE I5 NOTHING To PREVENT HER FAMILY, WHICH POSSESSES LARGE FORTUNE , To ELECT A SON PRES IDENT 0F ThE UNITED STA TES 0 ThIs STA TEMENT IN ITSELF IS STRIK [NG CONDEMNATION OF DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM' WRITER ALSO ASSERTS WORLDW IDE EXPRESSION OF INDIGNA TION AND S YMPA ThY ON ThIS OCCASJON COMPARED WIth LACK OF ANY SUch EXPRESSION A T BOMB ING 0F PRESIDENTIAL PALACE In PoRT AU PRINCE MA Y 20 IS PROOF THAT DIFFERENNT STANDARDS ARE APPLIED To PRESIDENT Of SMALL NEGRO REPUBL IC AND HEIR OF RICH AMER ICAN FAMILY . HE FURTHER COMPLA INS THAT GOLDBERG EXPRESSED NO REGRETS In SECURITY COUNC IL WHEN REQUEST I NG PROOF OF BOMBARDMENT , EVEN Though U S EMBASSY PORT A U PRINCE HA D ALREADY FURNISHED AMPLE INFORMA TION , 5 0 In UNS I GNED EDI TORIAL ENTITLED "DALLA S, MEMPHIS AND LOS ANGLES, 80 LE NOUVELLISTE JUNE 5 PRA ISED ROBERT KENNEDY FOR REPRESENTING EXTRAORDINARY COMB I NA TION OF IDEALISM AND REAL ISM ARTICLE REPORTED KENNED Y HAD ADVOCATED GUN CONTROL LEGISLA TION WHILE CAMPA ] GNING IN OREGON BUT WAS 3OOED BY NXOWD SPECULATION AS To MOTIVE WENT AS FAR AS To ASk WHETHER OR NOT SHOOTInG INTENDED To PRE VENT RE 9 CONS IDERA TION OF WARREN REPORT REGARDLESS OF MOT I VE HOWEVEGFN EDITOR IAL STA TED > RHYTHM OF AMERICAN POL I TICS IS NOW MARKED B Y VIOLENCE , IN SOC (ETY WhICH TOLERA TES CRY ING INJUSTICE' A LEADER CARRY ING TORCH OF CHANGE HA S BEEN SLAIN JUst AS WAS HIS BROTHER ONL Y ONES To GA IN FROMNP ASSASS INA TION LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE ~PARTMEN? 1 6 1 STAT ================================================== Page 28 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TBS Of LIMITED OFF ICIAL USE PAGE 03 PORT A 00919 0622332 N ED I TOR IAL CONCLUEDE, ARE THOSE who PROF I T FROM SYSTEM WA Y IS CURENTL Y CONSTRUCTED, EXEMPT, ROSS LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE S PARTMENT 1 J 1 STA IT ================================================== Page 29 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP [al 6 24S, hheane Ftext %,: UNCLASSIF IED 950 PAGE 0 | TEGUC [ 72552 0615392 45 ACTION ARA 16 INFO SS 20,H 02'NSC 10,CIAE 00,DODE 00 , INR 07,NSAE 00 ,P 04 ,RSC 0| , US I A 2)RSR 01'/073 W R 06 ! 8022 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY TEGUC [ GALPA To SECSTATE WASHBC 2692 $ UNCLAS TEGUC I GALP A 255201 1 , THE SHOOTING 0F SENA TOR ROBERT KENNEDY HAS PROF OUNDL Y SHOCKED HONDURANS MOST RADI0 STATIONS HA VE PRE-EMPTED REGUL AR PROGRAMMING To G [ VE EXCLUSI VE COVERAGE UNFORTUNATEL Y A T TIMES THEY HAVE SPECULA TED WILDLY, SOME EVEN REPORTING AIs DEATh AND TALKING 0F SI N ISTER PLOTS , NEWSPAPER COVERAGE VERY HEAVY WITh EL CRONISWJA , TEGUC [ GALPA , PUTTING Out SPECIAL EDITION , 2 0 EMBASSY HAS RECEIVED MANY EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPAThY FROM BoTh PUBL IC OFF ICIALS AND PRIVATE CITIZENS , WHITE tr UNCLASS IF IED ~#PARTMEINT 1 6[ 1 STA JiacfhMD 50 ================================================== Page 30 ================================================== Op Pe L 6 %S [ewwe € olu5 A Department of State TELEGRAM UNCLASSIF IED 227 PAGE 8 BCNN 1294 # 0618052 54 ActIon F 2 4 INF0 EUR 1S0CIAE 0v}#DODE 0v 2 GPm 04,H 02, INR 07 pL 03,NSAE 00,NSC 10 , RSC 0 | ,SP 02 #=S 20,&:.{ 70 KSR 0 [ ,Y069 W R 0616482 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY BONA: To SECSTATE WASHi 8550 7 UNCLAS BONN 12944 JO INT EMBASSY /US iS MESSACE 1, THE Shoot I NG OF SENA TOR KENNEDY STRUCk GERMANS OF ALL WALKS 0F LIFE As FURTHER EVIDENCE OF AMFRICA ' S DEEPENING DOMES IC PROBLEts . THE COMMON REACTION WAS, WHAT HAS AMERICA COME To?" ThE FIRST REACTIOA' ARTICLES DESCRIBED BELOW WERE WRITTEN BEFORE THE IDENTITY " BAck ROUND , AND POSSIBLE MOTIVES OF ThE ASSA ILANT WERE KNCWN- 2 0 ThOUG4TFUL GERMANS , FROM CHANCELLOR KIESINGER To THE SUED - DEUTSCHE ZEITunG ' S FOREIGN EDIToR, REGARDED THE Los ANGELES TRAGEDY AS A RENEWED WARNING SI GNAL THA T VIOLENCE CAN ERUPT 9 In Any SOC[ETY , BUT GERMAN NEWS MED I A WERE MOVED To QUESTIon Uv S 0 CAPAC ITy FOR LEADERSHIP In THE WESTERN WORLD, 3 0 GERD RUGE 2 ONE OF GERMAN RADI0 AND TELEVISION V 5 Top CORRES - PONDENTS COMMENTED FROM Los ANGELES, 0 $ NEVER BEFORE HAS AMER ICA HAD MORE DOUBT ABQUT HERSELF , IT IS LIKE A SEVERE ILLNESS IN A SOCIETY WHEN POL ITICAL MURDERS HAVE BECOME ALMOST PREDICTABLE EVENTS - 10 4 0 RHEINISCHE POsT , A STAUNCH FRIEND OF THE U 4S 0 , ED[TORIAL IZED THAT THE Ue So HAS MASTERED TECHNOLOGY BUT FAILED To SOL VE ITS HUMAN PROBLEMS ONL Y A "PURGING OF MORAL CONSCIENCE" CAN HELP THE Uo S 0 > THE PAPER BEL IEVES 0 SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG FELT THAT THE Shots IN LOS ANGELES, Ks WELL A S TKOSE OF MFMPHIS AND DALLAS , STRUCK A T THE VERY CORE QF DEMOCRACY , Thi PAPER EXPRESSED ThE Thought THAT WHEN UNCLASSIF IED ~ PARTMEN? 1 1 8 STATES OF 6//6s 1 1 0 ================================================== Page 31 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP UNCLASSIF IED PAGE 02 BONN 12944 06 | 8052 PEOPLE RESORT To VIOLENCE THEY HAVE LOST FAITh IN DEMOCRACY WHICH OFFERS PEACEFUL CHANGE SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITung HaRNS THAT THIS TENDENCY SEEMS To BE UNIVERSAL AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE: KENNEDY SHOOTING WILL BRING A RETURN To REASON EVERYWHERE 0 6, FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINEF ZEITunG ECHOED A SImILAR SENTIMENT WHEN IT EDITORIALIZED, " 0 ' WHERE IS THE PERSON who WOULD NOT FInd HIMSELF IN A GLASS. HOUSE WHILE THROwING STONES A T A SOC [ETY WHOSE AISTORY INcLUDES VIOLENCE 7" 7 0 ALONG THE SAME LINES, MUENCHNER MERKUR REFLEcTS On THE RPOcESS 0F CHANGE WHICH IS OCCURRING In THE WORLD AND INSISTS THAT SUCh CHANGE SHOULD BE MASTERED IN AN ORDERL Y EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS, LAWLESSNESS AND BRUTAL ITY ARE INCREASING ALARMINGLY , WHAt IS ALSO ALARMING IS THE FAILURE OF THE ESTABLISHED WORLD To BECOME AWARE THE CHALLENGE (OF CHANGE 9 THE A TtEMPT ON ROBERT KENNEDY 'S LIFE HAS MADE ALL ThIS EVEN MORE VIS[BLE 0 0 " 8 0 BONNS GENERAL ANZE IGER SA I D THAT AMER ICANS ARE NO MORE INa CLINED To VIOLENCE THAN OTHERS, But FELT THE MORAL' FOUN- DAT ION of AMER ICAN SOCIETY IS SHAKEN, m 90 'MANY OTHER GERMAN NEWSPAPERs REFLECTED SIMILAR Thoughts . HOwEVER' THERE WERE SOME WhO BELIEVE WITh THE WELL"known North GERMAN REG IONAL DA ILY, KIELER VOLKS ZEITUNG , THAt WHEN The Ue S. IS INCAPABLE 0F COP InG WITh ITS DOMESTIC PROBLEMS , It CANNOT BE COUNTED UPON To ASSUME THE LEADERSHIP- 0F THE WERSERN WORLD. 10 , NUMEROUS MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ALSO SPECULA TED THAT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE KENNDY TRAGEDY, RENEWED VIOLENCE MAY BREAK Out In THE U'S' 116 NOt SINCE THE DEATh 0F CHANCELLOR ADENAUER In 1967, HAVE GERMAN NEWS MED IA G IVEN A SINGLE SUBJECT SUch WIDE COVERAGE EIGht COLUMN HEADL INES WERE THE RULE RATHER ThAN THE EXCEPTION. RAD [0 AND TELEVISION REARRANGED BROADCAST SCHEDULES To COVER THE NEWS AND FEATURE SHORT BACKGROUND PIECES ON SENATOR KENNEDY , MOST 0F GERMANY 'S REG IONAL RADI0 STA TIonS USED DIRECT VOA RELAYS To COVER THE EVENT. TELEVISION ALSO FEATURED STA TEMENTS BY PROMINENT GERMANS, INCLUDING CHANCELLOR KIESINGER AND AMBASSADOR LODGE = LODGE UNCLASSIF IED QPARTMEN? 1 [ 1 STA OF ================================================== Page 32 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES Of Ozce 6 US / Ren-wu41 Fe.6e27 $5 4Z Xt (Pz 7 UNCLASSIFIED 68 8 PA GE 01 LIMA 05451 0620492 80 ACTION ARA 16 INFo CIAE 00,DODE 00,GPM @4,h 02 INR 072L 03,NSAE 002NSC |02P 0 42 3 RSC @12 SP 02,SS 20,RSR 0i/070 W R 0617332 JUn 68 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA To USINFO WASHDC SECSTATE WASHDC 6335 UNCLAS LIMA 5451 FOR IOP /GM' IPS, IBS SURJ' CURRENT REACTION REPORT JojNt STATE/USI S MESSAGE 1 0 LIMA MEDIA, PUBLIC OPINION IN GENERAL' DISPLA YED PRQFOUND REVULS ION TODAY OVER ASSASSINATION SEN KENNEDY , WITh OP INIONS RANGING FROM S] MPLE EXPRESSIONS QF SYMPAThY To= outbursts OVER CRIMTNAL CONSPIRACIES IN U,S, To SILENCE VOJCES' OF_ PROGRESS , CRIME LINKED 8y MED] A To ASSASSINATionS MARTIN LUTHER KING AND PRESIDENT KENNEDY AMONS MORE MODERATE STATEMENTS WERE FoLLowING FROM PRESIDENT BELAUNDE AND CARDINAL JUAN LANDAZUR I RICKETTS' HEAD OF PERUV J AN CATHOLIC ChUrch 0 20 In MESSAGE T0 WIFE OF SEN, KENNEDY, PRES IDENT BELAYNDE SA [ D } "HONDAMENTE IMPRESIONADO POR INCALIFICABLE ATENTADO CONTRA GRAN CIUDADANO AMIGO SENADOR KENNEDY EXPRESO A US TED Y A SUs AJJos M] SOLIDARIDAD EN ESTA HORA Y RUESO ALI ALT [ S [Mo RESTABLEZCA PRECIADA SALUD SU ILUSTRE EsPoSo" 3 9 In PUBL IC STATEMENT, CARDINAL LANDAZURI SA [ D" "QUE ESTE TRISTE ACONTECIMIENTO SIRVA DE OCAS Iun PARA REFLEXIONAR QUE EL CRTMEN Y 1.4 VIOLENCIA NO CONDUCEN A NADA POSIT]VD Y QUE Mas BIEN, CONSTITUYEN UNA NEGACI ON DE Los DERECHOS HUMANOS2 BASE A TODA DEMOCRAC IA Y DEL PROGREE 0: sociAL" 0 UNCLASSIEIED ~MARTMENT 1 J 1 STA < 1 ================================================== Page 33 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM 9 TES 0P UNCLASS IFIED PAGE 52 LIMA 05451 0620492 4 0 SEVERAL PAPERS PUBL ISHED "MAN- [NeSTREET" INTERVIEWS, WITh OPINIONS EXPRESSED VARYING FROM sHOCK AND CONDEMNATION To EXPRESSIONS OF SORROw FoR KENNEDY FAMILY . 5 0 EDITORIAL COMMENTS CALLED ATTENTION To WAvE OF VIOLENCE IN Ue S, To TOTALITARIAN TENDENCTES: To CONSPIIRAC ES AND POSSIBLE PLots. SEVERAL PAPERS CALLED FJR EnD OF HATE AND RE-ESTABLISHMENT 0F REASON' EL COMERCI0 R PERU " S LEADING DAILY, S ] Ad & 6 0 "En Todo EL PLANETA , HOMBRES, JUJERES Y NINOS 0 0 & MUESTRAN EN UNA EXTRANA MEZCLA DE INCREDUL I DAD Y DE ESTUPOR2 EL REPUD[ 0 UNIVERSAL DE Todos LOs SERES HUMANOS POR LA INSENSATA VIOLENC IA QUE PRETENDE ARRANCAR DE RAIZ EL SENTIMIENTQ QUE LOs LIDERES DEL PUEBLO NORTEAMERICANO PROFESA PJR LA JustICIA, LA DEMOCRAC[A Y LA PAZ", 7 0 EDI TORIAL QUOTES VARIOUS STATEMENTS JF ShOCk FRomi ARDUND THE WORLD; AND CONCLUDES, 8 Q "ES UNA HORA DIFICIL PARA LA DEMOCRAC IA AMERICANA, UNA HORA DE MEDITACION PARA ESE GRAN PUEBLo QUE SEGURAMENTET SE ESTA PREGCNTANDO Lo MISMO QUE NOSOtRos: LAS BALAS NDi FODRAN ACABAR CON LA FE EN LA JUSTIC IA & EL ODI2' NO LOGRARA SUs: NEGROS PROPOS ITOs EL SENADOR KENNEDY STMBOLIZA , HOy , LA LUCHA POR LA LIBERTAD HUMANA EN LDS CiNcO CJNTINENTES- Qr 9 0 EXPRESO EDIToR IAL BLAMED CRIME on "PJwERFUL' MAF [ ASD AS WELL AS PHYCHOLOG ICAL FACTORS PRODUCED BY THREE WARSe EDOTORIAL SA ID, IN PART6 10 "A NEW AND SAVAGE POL ITICAL: ASSASS INA T Ioni ATTEMPT' HAS SHAKEN ThE WORLDe FILLING THE UNITED STA TES WITh; SHAME AND SORROw 0 A COUNTRY In WHICH POLITICAL CRIME SEEMS To CONVERT ITSELF InTo A COMMON ARM To SILENCE THE MOst- BRILLI AND PROGRESS I VE MEN, THE NATION WICH MADE FREEDOM, ESPEC ALLY FREEDOM OF Thought, A NATIONAL MYSTIQUEP SEEMS To BEI PASSING THROUGH A PATHOLOGICAL PROCESS 0F VIOLENCE" 0 1 . EXPRESO 0 S WIDELY-READ COLUMNIST MANJEL; D ' ORNELLAS SA [ D ANY OF VARIOUS Ue S . GROUPs COULD BE BEHIND 4 ] TEMPT POLJTICAL) ECONOMIC, RAC IAL OR REL IGIOus OR GANSTER UNDERWORLD o UNCLASSIFIED QARTMENT 1 0 1 STA ANT ================================================== Page 34 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0f UNCLASSIEIED PAGE 03 LIMA 05451 0620492 12, EDITORIAL In CORREO SA [ D "CRIME 0E' Los ANGELES; HDRRIFIES_ ENTIRE WORLD" WHILE LA PRENSA STATED THAT "METhJDS Of VIOLENCE AND MURDER DESERVE UN] VERSAL REPUDIATIO" LA CRONICA BESEECHED GOD To A ID MANKIND PUT AN END To CRIME AND HOMICIDE 0 13, ALL PAPERS PUBL ISHED COPIQus WIRE SERVICE Accounis' INCLUD ING Photos: 0F ASSASS INATION, SEN, KENNEDY S BACKGROUND, STATEMENTS FROM WORLD LEADERS, STORIES OF EXTREMIST GRoups, ETC & CARTER UNCLASSIFIED ~ PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 35 ================================================== % | Op P6L 6 u:]ke NNe TJY ,Rc Eel7 F Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0f Ze UNCLASSIF IED 61 6 PAGE 0 | MOGAD [ 03302 0612252 47 Acton AF 15 INFO SS 20,H 02,P 04,NSC 10,CIAE 00, INR 07 2 NSAE 0@v RSC 0 1 2 A [ D 28 d PC 04 {RSR 01'/092 W R 0610552 JUn 68 FM AMEMBASSY MOGAD ISC I0 To SECSTATE WASHDC 3679 JSFNFOskASHDSHDNN : UNCLAS MOGADISCI0 3302 REF : STATE 176747 1 2 INITIAL REACTIONS To KENNEDY ASSASS INA TION A TTEMPT ARE ALMOST ENTIRELY MIXTURE DISBEL IEF , GRIEF , shOCK AND SYMPAThY . WIThIN MINUTES AFTER NEWS BROKE AMBASSADOR RECEIVED TELEPHONE MESSAGES OF SYMPAThY FROM PRIME MINISTER A ND FROM DIRECTOR GENERAL MINISTRY 0F FORE IGN AFFA IRS on BEHALF Of FORE [ GN MINISTER & 2 Q MAN IN STREET IN MOGA DISC I0 BECAME AWARE 0F A TTEMPT SOON AFTER It Took PLACE' A FEW 0F TKOSE EXPRESS ING SYMPATHY ALSO WONDERED WHETHER ThIS A TTEMPT MIGhT LEAD To FURTHER DISTU BANCES WITh US 9 3 0 CORRIERE ON JUNE 6 USING LARGEST HEADL INES IN POST " S RE 5 COLLECTION DEVOTED Most of FRONT' PAGE To SYMPATHETIC TREA TMENT OF STORY , STAFF , 0f PAPER COMMENTED THA T ALL NATIONS AAVE TAIER SHARE DEMENTED INDIV[DUALS AND THAT OCCASI ONALL Y THERE ARE HAZARDS To INDIVIDUALS In SOCIETY AS FREE AS AMERICAN 4 0 RADI0 MOGADISC[0 REPORTED TAA T THEIR TELEPRINTER FACILITIES WERE CONSTANTLY BESE [ GED BY PEOPLE SEEKING REPORTs ON KENNEDY ? S COND ITION SAME SOURCE IND ICATED PRA YERS BE ING SA [ D IN LOCAL MOSQUES FoR KENNEDY'S RECOVERY , THURSTon &t m UNCLASSIF IED ~ PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA Eecalxe ================================================== Page 36 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0P Pa ee]lbn4 JNCLASS [FIED 562 PAGE V | DAKAR 02986 0611592 46 ACTION AF 15 S6 INF0 H 02,SS 20,NSC 1$,CPR 02,P 04,USTE 0 @2 3S0 @0, RSR 3 1pRSC 0 ] , / 055 H P 0611002 JUN 68 TO SEESBASEY WAShdC PRIOR ITY 248 4 { 3 UNcLAS DAKAR 2986 ~ PASS Ys [ A SUBJ' KENNEDY ASSINA T I Oiv 1 Q IMMEDIATE REACTION ThIs A o Mo To NEws DEATh OF KENNEDY HAS BEEN ONE OF STUNNED DISBELIEF , HAVE HAD SERIES OF PHONE CALLS OFFERING SYMPAThY, 2 0 BELIEVE PRESIDENT SENGHOR SENT MESSAGE LAST' NJGHT D[RECTLY To MRS KENNEDY . HE WAS INFORMED OF! DEATh AS SOoN As Ae GENCIES CARRIED Account HERE 0 3 0 PRESS KADI0 HAVE BEEN CARRY ING WIRE SERVICE STDRIES_ A T LENGTH; EXTREMELY FAVORABLE To ENTIRE KENNEDY FAMILY THEME THAT HE WAS CIVIL RIGhTs LEADER PARTICULARLY STRESSED 9 4 0 WE HAVE PUt FLAGS A T HALF-MAST AND OPENED BOOK. PLAN HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE IN DAKAR CATHEDRAL ONCE WE LEARN WHEN FUNERAL WILL TAKE PLACE In U0 3 0 BROWN UNCLASSIFIED QPARTMEN? 3 { 1 8 STA Klue f, AND ================================================== Page 37 ================================================== 3% cNT Op (o2 6 Zs Eai t Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP UNCLASSIFIED 500 PAGE 0 | JIDDA 04289 061 |2 0! ACTION NEA 15 INFO CPR 02'NSC 10 , P 04,RSC 01,SS 20,US [A 12,h @2,RSR 01,/067 W 8 R 0609182 JUN 68 FM AMEMBA SSY JIDDA To SECSTATE WASHDC 3766 INFo AMC ONSUL DHAHRAN UNCLAS JIDDA 4289 MINSTA TE FOR F ORE I GN AFFAIRS OMAR SA QQAF TELEPHONED ThIS MORNING To EXPRESS SAG ' 5 Shock AND REGRET ABoUT AttACk ON SENATOR KENNEDY , EILTS Qr 0 UNCL 4SSIF IED Koaet: 1 1 6 1 STA 3 WICR OFILED ================================================== Page 38 ================================================== Op RoL 6 Kenneh (rd F , Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP KR & 4M8B& LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE 555 PAGE 0 | MosCow 04 139 0619542 8 0 ActIon EUR 20 INFo C [ AE 60,DODE 00,GPM 04,H 02,INR 07,L 03,NSAE 00p NsC 10 p P 0 4 , RSC 0 |,SP 02'SS 20,US I A 1 RSR 0 | > /086 W R 0616 ! 02 Jun 68 FO SECSFASEYHAGHCcM8614 ~ LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE MOscow 4139 SUBJ : SOVIET PRESS TREATMENT OF KENNEDY SHOOTING 10 SOV IET MED IA PRESS AND TV ) IMMEDIATEL Y SE I ZED UPON SHOOT ING OF SENATOR KENNEDY A S THEME FOR VICIOUS PROPAGANDA A TTACKS UPON US DOMESTIC AND FORE IGN POLICIES, AS WELL As ENTIRE POL " ItICAL Y ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND WA Y OF LiFE In AMER ICA 0 CONSP ICUOUSL Y MiSSING IS AnY MESSAGE OF S YMPAThY To KENNEDY FAMILY OR PEOPLE OF USA 0 2 0 In PROMINENT COVERAGE B Y KONDRASHF V AND COMMENTARY BY SEVEROV ON FRONT PAGE LAST NIGHT '5 IZVESTIYA, As WELL A S LENGTHY COM- MENTARY B Y VISHNE VSK [ Y TODA Y P5 PRAVDA , A TROCITIES, POL ITICAL TERROR , ASS I SS INA T IONS, AND LYNCHINGS ARE DESCRIBE D AS CHARACTERISTIC ELEMENTS WHICH ARE ENGENDERED In Us BY ALLEGED ALLEGED POLICIES OF RACISM, WARS QF AGGRESSION, DOMINATION RY MLITARY - INDUSTR IAL COMPLEX, AND DE VELOPMENT OF UL TRA -R [GhT MOVEMENTS 3 c SOVIETS CHARACTERIZE SENATOR AS FA [THFUL SERVANT OF "RUL ING CLASS" IN HIS ASSOC [A TION WITh SENA TOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY AND HIS TENURE AS ATTORNEY GENERAL 0 HOwEVER , ACCORDING To PRAVDA COM - MENTAARY , WHEN KENNEDY ALLEGEDL Y UNDER PRESSURE OF PUBL IC OP I NI ON , OPPOSED ESCALATION QF VIETNAM WAR_ HE EARNED HA TRE D 0F UL TRA - REACTIONAR IES, ARTICLES SUGGEST BOTH OFF IC I AL NEGL IGENCE AND EVEN CONN ! VANCF IN SHOOTINGS 0 PRAVDA ASSERTS THAT EVAN A "BOURGEO [S LEADE?" Wh DEPARTS THE SLIGhTFS7 CEGREE FROM GENERAL LINE OF IMPER{ALISM IS SURJECT To Ei IMiNATION 0 LIMITED OFF IC [ AL USE MS ~#PARTMENT 1 7 1 STA e/t/cs ================================================== Page 39 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0P LIMITED OFF ICIAL USE PAGE 02 Moscow 139 0619542 4 0 COVERAGE ThUs FAR HAMMERS HOME CRITICISM OF AMERICA > ESPECIALL Y BY CATALOGUING VIOLENT DEATHS OF NEGRO LEADERS EVERS JACKSON, MALCOLM X AND KING, AND BY ASSERTING EXISTENCE IN US OF WIDESPREAD REPRESSION AGA INST POOR PEOPLE, PROGRESS I VE OR ANTI-WAR ELEMENTS, WORKERS, AND, QF COURSE , COMMUN I ST PARTY , 5 0 TELEVIS[ ON COVERAGE LAST NIGHT FOLLOWED SAME LINE AS CENTRAL PRESS, A TTACKING VERY FABRIC 0F AMER ICAN SOCIETY . WHILE ACKNOW - LEDGING THAT US LAw THEORETICALL Y SHOULD PROV IDE PROTECTION AND LIBERTIES, TV DEVELOPED THEME with CORRE SPOND Y NG P ICTOR [AL MATERIAL THAT ACTUAL EVENTS FAR CRY INDEED FROM PROV ISI ONS OF LAW 6 & S0 FAR, NO MENTION MADE OF NA TIONAL OR I GINS OF ACCUSED KTILLER EXCEPT STA TEMENT THA T HE REPORTEDL Y ONCE LIVED IN JERUSALEMe THIS ASPECT OF CRIME MA Y CAUSE SOvIETS SOME PROBLEMS In SUBSE - QUENT TREA TMENT OF ASSASSINA TION , INDICATIONS A T THIS STAGE ARE THAT WE IN FOR MAJOR OUTpoUR InG 0F ANTI-US PROPAGANDA ALONG LINES DESCR I BED A BOvE G I VEN THEIR CURRENT CAMPAIGN AGA INST ALLEGED IMPERIAL IST CAMPA IGN SUBVERT SOC IAL IST CAMP B Y IDEO = LoG ICAL PENETRA TION, SOVIETS PROBABLY WILL CONT INUE To EXPLO IT THIS TRAG IC EVENT AS MANIFESTATION 01 TRUE" NA TURE OF FREE SOC IETY 0 THOMPSON LIMITED OFF ICI 4 L JSE Q#ARTMENT 1 [ 1 STA" 04 ================================================== Page 40 ================================================== Op P € < ( uf /Kei ked Y DepartmenFo} SutE TELEGRAM TBS Of 39 XL Pc < Pu - tk CONF I DENT IAL 8 7 0 6 PAGE 0 | WARSAW 93472 0615432 6 43 ACTION EUR 20 6 INFO CIAE 00,DODE 0 0,GPM 04,h 022 I NR 07,L 03,NSAE 0@,NSC 10,P 04 0 1 RSC 01,SP 02,SS 20,US IA 12,SAH 03,EA 1@ ,NEA 13,NIC 0!,RSR 0 1 , Io 13,/126 w FKR AMEhbASSy JUARsam 1 To SECSTA TE WASHDC PRIOR ITy 6097 INFO AMCONSUL MUNICH C 0 N F I D E N T [ A L WARSAW 3472 Lo POL ISH REACTION DURING HOURs BETWEEN KENNEDY SHOOTING AND AIS DEATH MARKED B Y HEAVY SYMPATHY , PLUS STRONG OVERTONES LINKING EVENT To BROTHER 'S DEATH AND OTHER VIOLENCE IN AmERICAN LIVF 2 0 POPULAR REACTION ONE Qf SORROw A ND ANGER e UNDERSCOR InG STRONG HOLD SENATOR AND KENNEDY FAMILY HA VE On POL I SH IMAGINATION . FROm F [RST SENSE OF DSBELIEF , REACTION DUR ING WEDNESDAY WA S ONE OF QUESTIONING APPARENT SENSELESSNESS OF LA TEST ACt In WHA T APPEARS To POLES_ GENERALLY SYMPATHETIC To AMERICAN, To RE RISING TIDE VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN LIFE' 3 0 This MOOD SUITS REGIME PROPAGANDA LINE WITH MED I A LINK ING 6; EVENT To DEATh PRES IDENT KENNEDY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING' INITIAL COMMENTARY BY BEREZOWSKI IN "TRYBUNA LUDU" HEADLINED "VIOLENCE AN INTERGRAL PART OF AMERICAN POL ITICS, " LINKING KENNEDY SHOOTING To CIVIL RIGHTS DISORDER , VIETNAM AND CONCEPT OF "SIck SOC IETY" , GDANSK DA ILY "GLOS BAL TYCKI" HEADLINED MURDER THE TRADI TION 0F AMERICA , " JASZUNSK I IN ZYCIEw WARSZAWY ARTICLE STATES THAT ROBERT KENNEDY ASSAS - S I NA TION PART Of SA ME PLOT DIRECTED AGA INST AIS BROTHER , 4 , IN GENERAL PRESS REPORTS AAVE PLA YED UP ISSUE 0F VIOLENCE AND "POLITICAL ILLNESS" IN US BUT ONE OR Two ARTICLES CONF I DENTIAL Q PARTMEN? 1 1 6 STA? 68 3 0 ================================================== Page 41 ================================================== Op Department of State TES 0P TELEGRAM CONF IDENTIAL PAGE 92 WARSAw 03472 0615432 AAVE LEFT DOOR OPEN FoR ADDITIONAL FACTS BY INCLUD! NG MENTION OF ASSASS IN BY NA ME AND B RTh IN ARA B SECTION OF JERUSALEM A T SAME TIME, HOwE VER, POLISH RADI0 IN POSSI BLE ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE POL ISH LINE HAS POINTED Out TAAT US MEDI A WILL PROBABLY ENDEAVOR DVERT 4 TTENTION FROM US DOMESTIC ILLS 8 Y FOCUSING ON FACT THA T ASSASS I N WAS FOREIGN BORN AND CONSPIRACY ORIG INATED ABROAD, 5 0 APPREC IATE DEPT , WILL G I VE GENERAL GU IDANCE ON PUBL IC TREA TMENT BUT RECOMMEND POLISH LANGUAGE MED IA G I VE FULL FACTUAL COVERAGE OF EVENTS, INVESTIGATIONS AND IDENTIFICATION 0f ASSA ILANT . IN ADDITION To THEME Of US PCLITICAL MALA ISE' SIMILARITY To EARL IER KENNEDY AND KING ASSASS INA TIONS , It IS NOT IMPOSS [ BLE IF FACTS MAKE It IN LEAST B ] T PLAUSIBLE POLES In CONTEXT PRESENT INTERNAL ANT I-SEMITIC CAMPA INGN MIGhT LINK IT To "Z ION [ STS 0 " AS JANCZEWSK I (PROTECT ) TOLD EMBOFF THIS MORNING "THEY (READ AUTHORITIES ) MIGHT CLAIM ASSASSIN PAId B Y JEWS Pd 6 6 A MBASSADOR To US MCHALOWSK I TOLd EMBOFF THURSDAY HE BEL IEVED ROBERT KENNEDY Ha D BEEN "MARKED MAN BECAUSE HE KNEW who KILLED AIS BROTHER . 16 BRUSHING A WA Y EMBOFF 'S ASSERTION ASSASS I N WAS APPARENTL Y DEMENTED FORE IGNER ActInG ALONE , MICHALOwSK I REITER - A TED AIS BELIEF IN CONNECTION BETWEEN THIS AND JFK ASSASS INATION . HE ALSO EMPHAS IZED A T LENGTH THAT VIETNAM WAR HAD CREATED A TMOS - PHERE OF VIOLENCE IN US EXEMPT . JENK INS CONF IDENTIAL S PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 42 ================================================== Op Pot t US/ K ENNEDY, FoBERT Department of State TELEGRAM TES OP UNCLASSIF IED 369 PAGE 0 | KUALA 04433 0609512 19 ACTION EA 15 INFO CPR 02,NSC 1@ ,P 04,RSC 01,SS 20,US I A 12+h 22,sS0 00 RSR 01 2 /0 R 0607592 JUN 68 Fo SEESFASSYwKyhdC 4@8PUR t UNCLAS KUALA LUMPUR 4433 10 I HAVE RECEIVED FOLLOwING HANDWR ITTEN NOTE FROm THE PRIME MINISTER , 4 2 0 QUOTE MY DEAR JIm, [ WAS SHOCkEd To HEAR 0F THE DASTARDLY A TTACk ON THE LIFE 0F 80B KENNEDY, My FRIEND , It WAS BOTh COWARDL Y AND WANTONLY , AND I LosT FOR WORDS To DESCRIBE MY FEELING FOR ThIs DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE) PARTICULARLY THA T OF A GOOD MAN A GREAT PATR[OT A S BO8 , I PRAY HE WILL RECOVER AND THAT THE BULLET OF THE ASSASSIN WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT On HIS PHYS ICAL WELLBE [ NG OR AFFECT AIS LIFE , I Am SENDING A PERSONAL MESSAGE To MRS . KENNEDY AND PLEASE ACCEPT MY MOSt HEART-FELT S YMPA ThY FOR WHA T HAS HAPPENED. WITh KIND REGARDS, YOURS SINCEREL Y , TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN UNQUOTE 3 0 S IMILAR EXPRESS IONS WEFE MADE To ME ThIS MORNING AT OPENING OF PARLIAMENT By TUn RAZAK AND ABoUT HALF OF MEMBERS OF CAB INET , INCLUDING MINISTER QF INFORMATION , MINISTER 0f F INANCE' MINISTER OF TRANSPORT , MINISTER OF PUBL IC WORKS, MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND MANY OTHER MALA YSIANS AS WELL AS VIRTUALLY ALL OF My DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES 0 BELL 8 T MICROF LMEb B { M UNCLASSIF IED QPARTMEN? 1 0 1 STA 1 1 AM 2 ================================================== Page 43 ================================================== Op AcL 6 U? KE NNe DY , Fokekt F 3' | Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0f 4/ UNCLASSIFIED 527 FACE 0 % ACCRA 03818 0621562 8 ! Action Af 15 JNFO C:AE 00 0 DODE 1B 0 0 GPM 04,H 022 INR_Q7,L 032 NSAE 002NSC 10 , P 0 4 , RSC 0 | v SP 02vSS 20 2 US [ A 'RSR 01 ,/08 | W 4 0 5 5 5 R 06!0002 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY ACCRA To SECSTATE WASHDC 4 ! 0 | UNCLAS ACCR A 380 8 SUBJEcT : REACTICN TO ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASS INAT [ ON A TTEMPT REF ? STATE 176747 ! : NLC CHA { RMAN A N RAkp VICE CHA IRMAN HARLLEY p OTHER MEMBERS NLC 2 ChIEF JUSTICE AKUF 0 -ADDO AND COMMISSONER FOR EXTERNAL AfF k -RS ANJ N ARE AMONG HUNDREDS OF GHANA [ ANS WhO HA VE EXPRESSED PRIVATELY THEIR SORROW AND CONCERN 0 GENERAL TONE IS ONE OF COMPASS-QN THA T THIS COULD HAPPEN IN Uo S 2 : QN BEHALF GOVERNMENT , COMMISSIONER ANIN JUNE 5 EXPRESSED QTE Shock AND DJsMAY A T THE BRUTAL ASSASSI NA TION A TTEMPT 0 UNQTE SA [0 GOVERNMENT PRA Y ING FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY 0 3 AS OF MORNING JUNE 6 NO EDITORIAL COMMENT 0 FO'_EY 0 UNCLASSIFIED S PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA #w2 8 ================================================== Page 44 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0f 68 RL 6 hslnayy_Euli Izs UNCLASSIFIED 684 PAGE 1 | DAR ES 03466 066!6442 53 ACTIOm AF 15 INFQ SS r0,h (2#P 042US I A 420 CIAE 002 [ NR; 07v NSAE $02RSC: 0|2 NSC 10 & CFR 02e RSR 0 !,/074 w R 0609002 JUN 68 0 FM AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM To SECSTATE WASHDC 4418 UNCLA8 DAR ES SALAAM 3466 11 SU3J < TANZANIAN REACTION To KENNEDY ATTACK REF ? STATE 176747 4 1 0 ALL JUNE 6 NEWSPAPERS HEADL INE KENNEDY ASSASS INATIONI 0 ATTEMPT& STORY WAS ALSO LEAD ITEM oN JUNE 5 NOONv AFTERNOON AND EVENING RADI0 TANZAN IA NEws BROADCASTS COVERAGE FULL AND FACTUAL' BUt IDENTITY AND NATIONALITY of PERSON ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WIth ATTEMPT not KNOWNI {NI TIME To MAKE JUNE 6 PAPERS . 2 0 ONL Y PAPER To CARRY ED [ TORIAL; COMMENT JUNE 6 WAS I1 STANDARD 6 0# PAPER SA [ D AcT- WAS 00 SHAMEFUL AND SENSELESS_ 0 09 IT COMMENTED 90 BUT & UNHAPPILY 2 SUch VIQLENCE SEEMS To BE A PART OF THE SJ CKNESS OF THE AMERICAN: SCENE TODAY 0 1 wiTh REFERENCE To GUNMANJS ALLEGED COMMENT That HE 0 DID IT FOR MY COUNTRY 2 " STANDARD" SA ID 90 HE: MUST BE S[Ck MAN INDEED , FoR NO CIVILIZED COuNTRy CAN COUNTENANCE THE ANARCHY 0F ASSASS INATION 0 9 30 DAReBA SED ALL-AFRICAN TRADE UNION FEDERATION ISSUED STATEMENT JUNE 5 WARNING AFRICANS AGA I NST FRATERNIZATTON wiTh Ue S 0 ALLCAPITALIST SYSTEMS 0 AND WORShIPPING OF DOLLAR ? Attacks ON DR 0 KING AND SENATOR KENNEDY WERE ChARACTERIZED A S RESULTS Of DECADENCE 0f AMERICAN SOCiETy 0F J4 CAP [TALIST DEMOCRACY" HELD UP: FOR AFRACANS To EMULATE 4 U NO Off ICIAL COMMENT As YET FROM PRESIDENT NYERERE UNCLASS IFIED Q PARTMENT 1 { 1 8 STA < Was AND ================================================== Page 45 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES Of UNCLASS IEIED PAGE 02 DAR ES 03466 06 | 64 & 2 OR OTHER TANZANIAN GOVERNMENT FIGURES 0 EMBASSY OFF JCER WAs TELEPHONED JUNE 5 BY LEADER OF LDCAL' REFUGEE POL ITICAL ORGANI ZATION Wko DELIVEREDi HIMSELFI QFi PAsS IONATE DENUNC IATION 0F 00 You AMERICANS YOU KILLI YQUR OwN LEADERS0 You KILL EVERYBODY 0 % CALLER LATER APOLOGIZED FoR OUTBURST , BUt HIS GRIEFI AND ANGER WERE REAL" BYRNS UNCLASS IFIED ~8#ARTMEN? 1 6 1 STA ================================================== Page 46 ================================================== OF Poz le sezlt . Rely 4, Department of State OP TELEGRAM LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE 633 PAGE 0 | RI0 DE 08639 0623312 9 1 ActIoN US I A 00 Q INF0 ARA 08 ,C I AE 00,DODE 00, GPM 04,h 02,INR 07 ,L 03,NSAE 0@,NSC |0,6 P 04,RSC 01,SP 02,SS 20,EA 1@ 2 NIC 01,E 15 4Rsk 0! ,/088 w Sx P 0621002 Jun 68 0) 4 FM AMEMBASSY RI0 DE JANEIRO To US IA WASHDC PR I OR [TY INF0 SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2120 4 AMEMBASSY BRAS IL I A AMCONGEN SA0 PAULO USC *NcSO UNN LIMITED OFFIC IAL USE RIO DE JANEIRO 8639 USC INCSO FOR POL 4 D ALL CONSULA TES Bx Pouch JO INT US IS-EMBASSY MESSAGE US IAC SUB J ? REACTIONS ROBERT KENNEJY ASSASS I NA TION 0 1 , IN UNCLASSI F [ D ROUNDUP CABLED SEPARA TELY TODA Y WE DEL I VERA TELY OM [ TTED SOME OF MORE FAROUT COMMENT AND SPEC - 'ULA TION OF WhICh WE REPORT EXAMPLES HEREWITH, 2 0 COLUMN LEFTIST ULTIMA HORA SA YS FEW DOUBT EXISTENCE In US MAF J A IN SERV ICE OF ULTRA -RE - ActIONARY POL ITIC [ ANS , AND EDITOR IAL ASSERTS ThIS GROUP PRE VENTED TESTIMONY WAICH WOULd HAVE IDENTIF IED KILLER OF JOHN KENNEDY , ANOTHER COLUMNIST SAME PAPER SA YS KILLERS REPRESENT SAME FORCES INTERESTED In MA INTA INING WAR IN VIETNAM AND Who MURDERED MARTIN LUTHER KING, NAMEL Y U<S & INDUSTRIAL - MILITARY COMPLEX, STILL ANOTHER COLUMN SAME PAPER IMPLIES FORCES OF JAMES HOFFA To LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE Uf/Kezs ~#PARTMENT 1 J 1 STATES & 2 OF ================================================== Page 47 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0F LIMITED OFF ICIAL USE PAGE 02 RI0 DE 08639 0623312 BLAME 0 ANOTHER COMMENTATOR SAME PAPER SAYS IT WAS ACT 0f PRIVILEGED POLITICIANS To GET RID 0F IRRITATING CANDIDA TE To A VOID NEED OF ASSASS INA TING AIM LATER AS PRESI DENT , 3 c PROFESSOR SOBRAL PINTo IN A NOTIC IA SA YS KILLING WAS BRUTAL EXPRESSION OF HATE AND SA VAGERY WHICH EXISTS IN US TODA Y , 4 6 COLUMN: "PER IScOP I0" IN DIARIO DE NOTICIAS CALLS IT "MONSTROUS CONSP IRACY 0 " SAME PAPER PRESENTS POLL (PRESUMABL Y BY TELEPHONE ) 0F BRAZ IL IAN INTELLECTUALS G] V ING THEIR FEELING THAT ASSASS INATION REFLECTS CURRENT WAVE OF VIOLENCE In WhICH NO CONTROVERSI AL F IGURE IS SAFE ' HERON DOMINGUE S COLUMN SAME PAPER IMPLIES CONNEC TION WITh ASSASS INATIONS 0F John KENNEDY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING 5 0 TV COMMENTATOR DA V ID NASSER LAST NIGHT SA I D THAT WHILE LA TIN AMERICA EXILES POL ITICAL LEADERS, US MURDERS THEM 6 0 WAILE CONFIRMED ANTI -AMERICANS OBV IOUSL Y HA VE SouGhT To PUt WORST FACE On EVENTS, MANY FRIENDL Y OBSERVERS ALSO SEEM CONV INCED OF CONSP IRACY , THIS INCLUDES BRAZ ILIAN FRIENDS_ who HAVE VISITED EMBASSY To EXPRESS PERSONAL SYMPATHY, 7 0 FROM FOREGO ING, AND FROM TENOR OF UNCLASSIF IED ROUNDUP SEPARATE TELEGRAM, CAN BE SEEN THA T GENERAL IMAGE OF Us SOCIETY BADL Y DAMAGED. MED IA COMMENTS OF SYMPA ThY OR PRA ISE FOR KENNEDY WERE FAR, FAR OUTWEIGHED B Y EXTENSI VE STORIES AND COMMENT WAICH STRESS ASPECTS OF CHRONIC VIOLENCE AND CONSPIRACY , TUTHILL LIMITED OFF IC IAL USE Q#PARTMEN? 1 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 48 ================================================== THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON J <3 ACTION June 6, 1968 is assigned to Dear Mr . Secretary: Herewith for the file s of the Department of State is a copy of the proclamation entitled "Death of Robert F Kennedy . 1[ Sincerely, 8 Zans-Qzhl William Executive As sistant 6 to the Pre sident : The Honorable The Secretary of State 8 Washington, D. C. Enclosure OFFICE OF MEDIA SERVICES 1 Jun 1 1 1968 i~CU ' 77 MAGAZINE And SPE CIAl SERVICES DIVISION GP> Rs/ b- $ 6 8 JICBQFILD WeS ================================================== Page 49 ================================================== Mj ALYSIS EiANCH ================================================== Page 50 ================================================== FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 6, 1968 Office of the White House Press Secretary THE WHITE HOUSE DEATH OF ROBERT F KENNEDY BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PROC LAMA TION To THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STA TES: A noble and compagsionate leader, a and faithful servant of the people, in the full vigor of his promise, lieg dead from an assa8sin 's bullet. The tragedy and the senselesg violence of Robert F _ Kennedy'g death cast a shadow Of grief across America and across the world. This is a moment for all Americans to join hands and walk together through this dark night of common anguish into a new dawn of healing unity. NOW _ THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B_ JOHNSON, President of the United States _ do call upon all Americans to observe Sunday next, the ninth of June_ as a of national mourning in his memory throughout the United States _ In ur churches , in our homes , and in our hearts let us resolve before God and before each other that the purpose of progress and justice for which Robert F_ Kennedy lived shall endure. I direct that until interment the of the United States shall be flown at half-staff on all buildings, grounds and naval vesgels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions _ I also direct that the shall be flown at half-staff for the same length of time at all United States embassies , legations consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stationg IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereunto set my hand tbis sixth of June , in the Year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-second. LYNDON B. JOHNSON # # #### good deep day day flag flag day

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