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S TUA F[ON AND THE ELECTICN CAMPA IGN A T HOME In THE FRENCH
NEWSPAPERS WkIch WENT To PRESS REFORE THE KNOWLEDGED OF THE
SENATCR e S DEATh ?
THE GAliLIst ORGA N LA NA TION EDITOR IALIZED : "How NOT To ESTABL [ SH
PO YNT OF S J MILAR]TY IN THE CRIMINAL ATTFMPTS AGA INS THE
Two BROTHERS A ND THE ONE WHIch cost REV , MARTIN LUTER KING
His LIFE? 0 0 0 NOTAING IS CLEAR IN: ThE LOs ANGELES CRIME
WHAT HAVE THE KENNEDYS DONE To BE Thus CONSI DERED AS NUISSANCES
ThAT HAD 70 BE ELIMINATED: A T ANY Cost? OF WHA T CONSERVATIVE
ELEMENIS OR Of WHAT INTERESTS A RE THEY THE VIcTIMS?" THE COMMUNIST
CRGAN KUMANITE HEADL INED 8 "THE A TTEMPT ON ROBERT KENNEDY 8
NEW PHASE IN THE CONSP[RACY OF THE PARTY OF WAR . " THE ED[TOR [AL
5 = THE CONSPIRAC Y " 0 2 SA ID e P0 IT IS S[ GN JF ICANT THAT ROBERT
KENNED Y WAS Xit ThE VERY MOMENT WHEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF
THE SUCCESS HE HaD JUsT WON IN THE CALIFORN I A A PRIMARIES
NOYABL Y IMPROVED HIS CHANCES IN THE PRESIDENT IAL ELECTION 0 !
ThE F INANC*AL DA ILY LES ECHOS EDITORIALIZED 8 DONE OF THE MOST
GFTED YOUNG PQL ITIc ]ANS IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN EL IMINATED
FROM TXE PRES ] DENT IAL RACE By THE BULLETS OF A KILLER 9
AMER!CAN JUSTICE WILL HAVE To DETERMINE WHETHER THE CR[ME OF
AN Jsoi.A TED ELEMENT IS INVOL VED OR WHETHER THE LONG CHA [N oF
KLLERS WHO , iN LESS THAN F ] VE YEARS, SHOT DOWN SOME 0F THE
MOST ARDENT AND RESPECTED LEADERS OF THE REFORMIST MO VEMENT
IN ThE VVITED ST A TES WAS RA [ SED UP AND A RMED B Y POlITICA
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VIOLENCE IN 4 STA TE WKERE DEMOCRACY IS READILY CITED AS AN
EXAMPLE ? 0 0 BOB KENNEDY ! S REMOVAL FROM THE RACE IS LIKELY To
F ALSIFY THE PRES [DENT AL ELECTION F OR WhICh THE AMERICANS ARE
PREPAR [NG INDEED THE LEFTIST TENDENCY IS ST ILL REPRESENTED
BY SENAFOR MCCARTHY IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 0 THE BROTHER OF
PRESIDENT KENNEDY & HOWEVER , WOULD HA VE GONE To THE BA TTLE WIth
BETTER TRUMPS THA N HIS RIVAL 0 NOW , THE WA Y APPEARS CLEAR FOR
VicE PRESIDENT HUMPHREY In THE DEMOCRATIC CAMP 0 06
F {GARO FEATURED ON PAGE ONE AN ARTICLE B Y WRITER ROMA IN GARY
Who REVEALED THAT ROBERT KENNEDY TOLD HIM A FORTNIGHT AG0 8
KNOw ThAt p SCONER OR LATER 0 THERE WILL BE A CRIMINAL ATTEMPT 0
NpT S0 MUch FOR POLITICAL REASONS 2 BECAUSE 0F CONTAGIOUSNESS 0 0 6
OF EMULATION c WE LIVE IN AN ERA OF EXTRA ORD INARY PSYCHIC
CoNTAGY OUSNESS BECAUSE A GUy KILLS MARTIN LUTHER KING HERE,
ANOTHER CONTAMINA TED FELLOW WILL IMMED I ATEL Y TRY To KILL
A GERMAN STUDENT LEADER & " M' CHA TELA IN REMARKED IN ANOTHER
ARTIcLS: 00 John KENNEDY WAS SA [ D To HAVE A SORT OF INST INcT]VE
FOREKNOWLEDGE 0 D ID HE KNOW THAT HE WAS UNDER A DEFERRED SENTENCE
Of DEATh? PEOPLE SA [ D IT 0 , & THE ARTICLE B Y ROMA IN GARY SEEMS
INDEED To CONF I Rm THAT HE IROBERT KENNEDY ) AAD FORESEEN HIS
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AS CERTA IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ROBERT KENNEDY FROM THE ELECTORAL
SCENE THE CCNSEQUENCES FROM TE ATTEMPT ARE G0 I NG To UPSET
THE ELEMENTS OF THE AMER ICAN ELECTION CAMPA I GN SPECULATIONS
AND ASSUMPT[OnS ALREADY 60 A T A GOOD ROUND PACE < ONE OF THEM
CONCERNS THE CHANCES OF EUGENE MCCARTHY SINCE THE RESULTS OF
THE GALIFORN I A PRIMARIES SHOWED THA T THE SENATOR 0f MINNESQTA
ANC ROBERT KENNEDY COULD MUSTER TOGETHER 8020 / @ OF THE VOTES
Wiil Not THE PEOPLE WhO VOTED FOR THE SENA TOR OF NEW YORK BE
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DANGEROUS CAND IDA TE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED , IN A FEw SECONDS
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SY DES ON ALL PROBLEMS : AGA INST RAC IAL VIOLENCE , FoR A NEGOT IATED
SOLUTION OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM, FOR ISRAEL 0 0 0 A T LEAST , THE
LOS ANGELES TRAGEDY DOES Not SEEM SHROUDED IN THE SAME MYSTERY
AS THE ONE IN DALLAS D [ D NOT THAT YOUNG PALESTINE ARAB
EMPTYING HIS PISTOL ON THE PRES IDENT IAL CAND IDATE IN THE
EVENING OF HIS VICTORY IN ThE CAL IFORN I A PRIMARIES WANT To PUN I SH
THE MAN WHO HAD SUPPORTED THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE [ R DEFENSE
OF THEIR RIGHT LIVE , IN THE STYLE OF THE EL F ATAA SUICIDE
COMMANDO TEAMS? ThIs IS BEL IEVABLE . BUT BOB KENNEDY MA Y QUITE
AS WELL HAVE FALLEN UNDER THE BLOwS FROM THE MAFF IA 0
OR UNDER THE SAME BULLETS AS ThOSE WHICH KILLED REV . MARTIN
LUThER KING < A NYWA Y , 4IS RACE To THE WHITE HOUSE F INALL Y
BROKEN BUT MA Y OPEN THE WA Y FOR EUGENE MC CARTHY , THE DEMOCRATIC
CAND [ DATE WHOSE LIBERAL IDEAS ARE CLOSEST To HIS Own 9 P0
MICHEL VOIROL WROTE IN COMBA T? "SO MANY PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED
IN THE ELiMINATION OF ROBERT KENNEDY Tha T THE A SSEMPT ION OF
A PLoT CANNOT BE RULE? Qut 0 IN THAT CASE THE PERSONAL {TY OF
THE MURDERER WOULD QN!Y BE A CLEVER DEVICE To CONF USE TRACKS
AMERICAN AND wORLD PUBLIc OP INION ThIs TIME WILL NOT ACCEPT THE
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LESS THAN F iVE YEARS AFTER THE DALLAS TRAGEDY , Two MONTAS AFTER
THE ASSASS I NAT ION OF REV MARTIN LUTHER KING, ANOTHER POL ITICAL
CR IMINAL ATTEMPT PROF OUNDL Y SHATTERS THF SELF -CONF IDENCE OF
AMERICA $ FoR , APART FROM NAZ I LEADER LINCOLN ROCKWELL ' ALL
THE VICTIMS OF THA T VIOLENCE BELONG To THE FAMLY OF LIRERAL S
AND ADVOCA TES OF INTEGRAT ION. IF THE ASSASS INS ARE UNBALANCED
PEOPLE, THEY NEVERTHELESS CHOOSE THEIR VICTIMS IN ThE SAME CAMP
AND , IN PREFERENCE , AMONG THE MEN WhO EMBODY THE IMAGE WHIcH
PEOPLE p REGARDLESS OF PERSONAL SYSMPATHIES, LIKE To ASCR IBE
To AMERICA 0 FROM DALLAS To LoS ANGELES, TRAGEDY COMES ONCE
AGAIN UPON A FAMIL Y WHICH HAS NOT BEEN SPARED MANY OTHER ORDEALS,
DESPITE EVERY EXTERNAL S [ GN OF SUCCESS IN A SOCIETY MERCILESS
To WEAK AND ERRAT [C PEOPLE BoTh ADMIRED AND CONTROVERSIAL !
0BJECTS OF ENVY A ND JEALOUSY , THE KENNEDYS APPEAR To BF A CHOICE
TARGET FOR EMB ITTERED A ND NEUROTIC PEOPLE, AND ALSO PERHAPS
FoR ALL PEOPLE DISQUIETED B Y A PROF OUND ASPIRA TION To
THE RENEWAL OF A CIVILIZATION SHAKEN 8 Y ALARMING CRIMES,
VIOLENCE IS EVERYWHERE, IN THE BIG CITIES PREY To RACIAL
STRIFE , AMONG A Yough WHICH CONFUSEL Y FEELS AN IRREPRESSIBLE
UNEAS INESS , AMONG THE POOR AND LOwL Y Who DID NOT FIND THEIR
PLACE IN THE SUN , AS AMONG THE HA VES, AMONG THE ORGANIZED GA NGS
AGA INST WHIch THE POL ICE WAGE A LItTLE EFFECTIVE STRUGGLE' BUT
ALSO AMONG THE RIGHT THINKERS WHO, IN THE MILLIONS , JO [N ShOOTING
CLUBS IN ORDER To ASSURE THEIR OWN DEFENSE 0 "
FRENCH COMMERC IAL RA DI0 STA T [ONS COVERED EXTENSI VELY THE TRAGED Y
AS IT DEVELOPED 5 ? ESPEC IALL Y EUROPE NUMBER ONE , WhIch HAPPENED
To AAVE THREE CORRRESPONDENTS ON THE SPOT 0 THE GOVERNMENT
RUN RADI0 AND Tv CURRENTLY ON STRIKE ONL Y HAD BRIEF NEWS
SUMMAR IES DRAF TED B Y A FEW NON-STR IK ING JOURNAL ISTS.
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SENSAT IONAL ISTIC JON KIMCHE, FORMER EDIToR JEWISH OBSERNER.
2 0 QTE RESPONSIBLE ARAB LEADERS In THIS countrY HAVEI BEEN:
GRAVEL Y CONCERNED In RECENT WEEKS OVER_ THE ACTIVITIES_ Of SPECIAL
EMISSARIES 0f THE PALESTINIAN FATAH TERRORIST MOVEMENT HERE
In ThE U'5'A, THESE HAVE BEEN PARTICUALARLY EFFECTIVE AMONG
The MANY THOUSANDS OF ARAB STuDENTS IN LDNDON, OXFORD'
MANCHESTER AND OTAER CENTRES' THE HEAD JF THE FATAH MOVEMENT,
YASIR ARAFAT, WAS IN LONDON Two WEEKS AGo TRAVELL InG: UNDER AN
ASSUMED NAME AND WITh A JORDANIAN DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT . HIS
FRIENDS EXPECT HIM To BE HERE AGA IN THIS WEEKEND In PREPARA TION
FOR A JORDAN REFUGEE WEEK WHICH AAS BEEN= ORGANIZED BY A GROUP
OF MPs AND SYMPATHISERS, But THE PRINCIPAL REASON For THE CONCERN
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PLACE In MuNICH BETWEEN MAY 21-26, The CONFERENCE Attended
6y 32 DELEGATES REPRESENTING ARAB STUdENT ORGANISATIONS: In=
EUROPE AND THUSE IN THE U+S,, Egypt, THE LEBANON: AND; IRaQ:
It WAS NOTED' HOWEVER, That Most of THE LEADERS A t- The
CONFERENCE BELONG To A DISTINCTLY PoSt-GRADUATE AGE GRoup ,
THE CONFERENCE PASSED Two MANDAToRY RESOLUTIONS AFTER ADDRESSES
FROM LEADING ARAB NATIONALISTs. FROM LIBYA, KUWA I Tb JdRDON And
S YRIA, THE MA IN RESOLUTION WAS PROPOSED BY DR' HASHEM BAGHI ,
CAME FROM PARIS, THIS URGED ALL STudEnT ORGANISATIONS To
REJECT A PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF THE PALESTINE QUESTION And To
REJECT ALSO ALL LEADERS WhO URGE Such A PEACEFUL' SETTLEMENT,
IT TOLD STUDENT ORGANISATIONS 0i To OuST ALL SELFISH LEADERS"
Who STAND In THEIR WAY, EvEN MORE POINTED WAS THE SECOND
RESOLUT ION WHICH ThE CONFERENCE PASSED AFTERi Much HEART-
SEARCHING . IT INSTRUcTEd ALL ARAB STUdENT ORGANI SATIONS: To
ESTABLISH DIRECT' LIAISON WITh THE PALESTINE RESI STANCE ORGANIS-
ATIONS, ESPECIALLY THE TERRORIST FATAh: THIS WAS PROPOSEd BY
SYRIAN, DR' DAQAQ' THE CONFERENCE ElecTED A THREE-MAN'
DJ RECTORATE CONSISTING 0F DR' Bagh I , DR' DAJAQ' AND ABDUL
RAZZAN AL BESAIR To COORDINATE OPERATIOns WITh_ THE FATAH
LEADERS. THE CONFERENCE ENDED oN MAY 26 FIVE DAYS LATERI CAMILIE
CHAMOUN, A FORMER LEBANESE PRESIDENT AND FOREMDST OppoNENT 0f
PRESEDENT NASSER whO Had Just WON AN ELECTORIAL VicToRY WAS
Shot AND WOUNDED' DURING THESE LAST 10 DAYS A NEw RAD[0'
STAT ION BROADCASTING ON AN_ EGYPTIAN WAVELENGTH CALLED THE
vojcE 0F FATAH HAS BEEN CALLING DAILY For THE INTENSIFICATION
0F THE AttACk oN ISRAEL AND HER FRIENDS' DAILY' BULLETTNs G I VE
LISTS 0F ATTACKS CARR IED out AND: CASUALTIES INFLUCTED' IN: 10
DAYS THESE ALMOST WHOLL Y EICTITIOus communIQUES HAVEi CLAIMED
MORE ISRAELI CA SUALTIES ThAN THE ISRAELIS SUFFERED_ DURING THE
S]x DAY WAR LAST YEAR, The FacTS MAY' BE FALSE But THERE IS: NO
MISTAKING THE TONE OF MOUNTING HYSTERIA AND EXCITEMENT oF
THESE VERY EFFECTIVE BROADCASTS FROM CAIRO, LAST FRIDAY PRES IDENT
NASSER 'S LEADING SPOKESMAN MR = HEIKAL DEvoTed HIS ENT IRE WEEKLY
ARTICLE WAICH IS BROADCAST To THE WHOLE ARAB WORLD: To AN ALL-Out
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND AMERICAN= POLIICY , A FiNGER ON_ THE
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DA Y OF JUNE , AS A DA Y OF NATIONAL MOURN ING
IN HIS MEMORY THROUGhOUT THE UNITED STATES.
IN OUR CHURCHES, IN OUR HOMES, AND IN OUR
HEARTS LET US RESOLVE BEFORE GOD AND BEFORE
EACH OTHER TAA T THE PURPOSE OF PROGRESS AND
JUST ICE FOR WAIch ROBERT F , KENNEDY LIVED
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I D IRECT THAT UNT [L INTERMENT THE FLAG OF THE
UNJTED STA TES SHALL BE FLowN A T HALF-STAFF ON
ALL BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND NAVAL VESSELS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE DISTRICT 0F COLUMB I A
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A T HALF-STAFF FOR THE SAME LENGTH 0F TIME' A T
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OUR LORD NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT
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AFFIRMED THE ESSENTIAL DECENCY OF ITS
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DESIRE To IMPROVE CONDITIONS 0F LIFE FOR
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SHARE OF PERSONAL TRAGEDY ,
YET HE NEVER ABANDONED HIS FA ITh IN AMERICA ,
HE NEVER LOSt HIS CONF IDENCE In THE SPIR [ TUAL
STRENGTH OF ORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN . HE
BEL IEVED IN THE CAPACITy 0F THE Young FOR
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OUR PUBL IC LIFE IS DMINISHED BY HIS LOSS ,
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10 ASSASS INA TION OF RORERT KENNEDY WAS G I VEN GREATER NEWS
COVERAGE THAN ANY FOREIGN NEWS EVENT SINCE ASSASS I NA T ION 0F JOHN
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THAT V[OLENCE ONCE AGA IN HAS STR-CKEN PERSON WHOSE OwN POL [ TICAL
ActIVIty HAS STR I VED To BRING CONFLICTS To PEACEFUL SOLUTION
0 0 WORLD HAD HARDLY RECOVERED FROM OTHER Acts OF VIOLENCE THA T RE "
CENTLY HAD TAKEN PLACE iN UN ITED STA TES WHEN IT SUSTA [NED ThIS
ShOCk . ENTIRE WORLD IS O3SERV ING WITh FEAR AND A PPREHENS ION
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INDICATIONS THAT AMERICAN SOC IETy IS APPROACHING STA TE DISAST -
ROUSLY CLOSE To CHAOS THREE POLITICAL ASSASS INA T]ONS OVER A PER-
IOD 0F FIVE YEARS IN A COUNTRY LIKE THE UN ITED STATES WITh ITS
DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS AND ITS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, MILITARY
AND CUL TURAL POWER IS A SIGN OF SICKNESS 0 1 0 0 "
7 0 CENTER PARTY SUOMENMAA $ "[T DOES NOT SEEM POsS [ BLE THAT THIS
EVIL DEED COULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE WIthout ADVANCE PLANNING OR THAT
IT COUD BE THE ACT 0F ONL Y ONE MAN PLANNERS OF THE MURDER
WANTED THE CountRY ' 5 POL ICY OF WAR To CoNTINUE > THERE COULD BE
NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT, THIS IS SHOCkING DEMONSTRA TION OF DEGREE
OF GANGSTERISM Into WHICh UNITED STA TES HA S DRIFTED , 16
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AND MORE FROM DISORDERLY FRAME OF MIND IN WhIch Its ENTIRE FUTURE
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ROOTED IN AMERICAN SOCIETY , IT IS To BE HOPED THAT FATE 0F ROBERT
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NEWS TREA TMENT TODA Y THURSDA Y ?
MODERATE , PREST :GOUS JORNAL DO BRAS TL DEVOTED
TWELVE PA GES To KENNEDY SHOOTING AND RELATED
MATTERS TREA TMENT RANGED OVER HISTORY KENNEDY FAMILY,
8 Y QGRAPHY OF ROBERT , "COMMON DESTINY" OF JOAN A ND ROBERT
KENNEDY , ROBER ? KENNEDY v S TRAVELS AND WRITINGS On LA TIN
AMERICA , REACTION To shOotING AS REPORTED FROM VAR IOUS
WORLD CAP ] TALS, PRES IDENT JOMNSON ' S FV/RADI0 SPEECH OF
WEDNESDAY N[GHT AND APPINTMENT OF MILTON E I SENHOWER
COMM-SSION , PENTAGON ANNOUNCEMENT ;hA T SEVERAL THOUSAND
TROOPS PUT ON ALERT . ARTICLE ON 0THE ABc OF VIOLENCE"
REVIEWS WORLD HIsToRy OF POL ITICAL ASSASS INATIONS
CONCENTRA TING ON RECENT KILLINGS iN Uu S , 8 NOTYNG THAT
"S I NCE 190p F[REARMS HA VE KillEd 822 , 60( AMERICANS ,
NOT INCLUDInG THOSE KILLED in WARS" ALSO CARRES
ED }TOR [AL' Twd S I GNED COLUMNS , AND SPEC IAL COMMENTARY .
SIMILARLY , YNDEPENDENT CORRE I0 DA MANHA FRONT PAGED
ShOoT{NG A ND DE VoTED SIX INS]DE PAGES TQ RELATED MATTERS,
CORRE : 0 GA VE PROM NENCE 70 MCCARTHY STA TEMENT TAAT
WHOLE AMERICAN NA TION In PART To RLAME , To KENNEDY 'S BOOk
70 Fight FOR A BETTER WORLD" WHICH ONLY RECENTLY PUBLISHED
IN PORTUGUESE HERE' AND To "THE Two HUNDRED HOURS OF BOB
IN BRAZIL 96 IN NOVEMBER 1 965 CORRE I0 9 A S OTHER PAPERS ,
CARRIES STA TEMENTS OF AMERICAN AMBASSADOR
RELEASED B Y EMBASSY YESTERDAY AND REPORTS
STATEMENTS OF CHIEF IN BRAZILIAN CONGRESS
ENTIRE FRONT PAGE OF LEFTIST UL TXMA HORA DEALS WTh
ShootING AND KENNEDY CONDTION , WHYLE INSI DE PA GEs G ! VE
HEAVY COVERAGE "THE AMERICAN PRAGEDY" 0 US ING PhOTos
OF ASSASS I NATIONS 0F JOHN KENNEDY , MARTIN LUTHER KING ,
JAMES MEREDITH, LEE HARVEY OSWALD , PAPER ALSO DEVOTES
FULl FAGE SPREAD To "RULE OF V{OLENCE 00 U 0 S e WIth
PXCTURES 0F GE CRGE LINCON ROCKwELL' KU KLUX KLAN,
MALCOLMX ? ETC .
OThER PAPERS SIMILARL Y CARR Y EXTENS I VE NEWS COVERA GE "
Photos , BACKGROUNDERS AND SPECULATIVE ARTICLE
ED I TOR YAL REACTION .
CONSERVATiVE 0 GLOBO : CR IME LIKE ThIS, WhIch shOCks
THE WORLD > AFFECTS NOT JUST ONE MAN BUT INSTITUTIONS
TAEMSELVES 0 THE DEA TH OF ROBERT KENNED Y p WhIcH
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MAKING QF THIS "CENTURY OF PROGRESS" A DARK ERA OF
HISTORY , "
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PRINCIPALL Y WITHIN THE UNI TED STA TES, THE IMAGE OF BOB
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3EYOND AMERICAN BORDERS , John AND BOB ALWA YS S ] GN IF IED
JIFFERENT NAMES FOR THE SAME POLITICAL IDEAL' WHIch
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WHICH HA S HUNG IN TAE A IR IN RECENT DA YS In THE UN[ TED
STA TES 0 THE DESTRUCTION IN FRANCE' THE SMALL BUT
UNPRECEDENTED STUDENT INCIDENTs A T COLUMB I A UN I VERS ITY ,
THE B I TTER TASTE 0F THEFA ILURES IN VIETNAM, THE WA VE OF
NEGRO REBELION 0 & HANGING IN THE A IR IS THE GREAT QUESTION ,
AFTER FRANCE, HAS THE TIME Of THE UN ITED STA TES COME, "
JORNAL Do BRAS IL ED ITORIAL' FQ THE ENTIRE WORLD WATCHES
WITh HORROR ThE VIctoRy OF VIOLENCE OVER REASON, MEN
EVERYWHERE ARE PERPLEXED BY THE WAVE OF TERROR WHICH
SUBJUGATES THE REASON ING OF INTELLIGENCE , AND WHIcH DARES
To IMPOSE I TSELF AS A NORM FOR THE SOLUTION OF FUNDAMENTAL
HUMAN PROBLEMS ,
DANTON JOB I M In ULTIMA HORA ? "HE WAS, PERHAPS , THE BEST
Of WHA T THERE WAS IN AMERICAN PUBLIIC LIFE' HE LACKED
NOTHING, NEITHER COURAGE NOR INTELL IGENCE, NOR YOuth e
HE REPRESENTED THE HOPE OF MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF HIS
COMPATRIOTS TouChEd B Y THE MAGIC: OF THE KENNEDY CLAN 0
NELSON MOTTA In UL TIMA HORA $ 76 THE ATTACK AGA INT BO8
KENNEDY REPRESENTS THE SAmE THING AS THE ASSASS INATION
OF HIS BROTHER , THE A TTEMPT To EXTINGU ISH FOREVER A
PHILOSOPHY FOR LIBERTY AND AGA INST PRIVILEGE AND INJUSTICE 0 0 '
THE FORCES OF REACTION, CONSERVATISM, SELF ISH GA IN AND
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THE THIRST FOR PowER ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR ThIS CR IME' NOT AGA INST ROBERT F , KENNEDY BUt AGA INST
ALL THOSE who STILL HAVE HOPE , THE STRIKE AGA INST BoB ,
INSTEAD OF BE ING A MORTAL BLOw To ThE WEAK AND OPPRESSED
whom HE DEFENDS, REPRESENTS A RENEWAL OF THE CALL ,
IT CREATES INDIGNATION In ThE HEART OF HUMANITY , REPRESENTS
A STATE Of AFFAIRS WHICH SHOULD NOT WILL NOT CONTINUE" ,
MOAC IR WERNECK In ULTIMA HORA : "DESP ITE THE WARREN
REPORT AND THE DILIGENT EFFoRt OF THE WAITE HOUSE To
BURY THE CASE, THERE ARE STILL JUSTIFIED Doubts AS To THE
AuthoR OF JOhN KENNEDY ' DEATA, MORE THAN THE ISOLA TED
AcT OF A FANATIC, THAT' ATTACK SEEMS To HA VE INVOLVED A
WAOLE GROUP OF PERSONS. IT IS STILL POSSI BLE THAT ONE DAY
IT WILL BE REVEALED AS The RESULT OF A DARK
POL ITICAL CONSPIRACY 0 06
HELIO FERNANDES IN R [GHT IST TR IBUNA DA IMPRENSA $ "WE ARE
RETURNING To ThE CRUEL TIMES 0F 1932,
WHEN THE GREAT DEPRESSION CREATED IN GANGSTER I SM
A FORM
OF REVOLT OF MAN AGA INST THE SYSTEM, BUT ThRouGh THE
ERRONEOUS MEANS OF BANDITY , NOw IT IS POLITICAL
GANGSTERISM, It IS THE PURE AND SMPLE ELIMINA TION OF THOSE
who, FIGhTInG AT THE SIDE OF POPULAR MAJORITIES,
DI STURB THE PRIVILEGES OF MINORITIES MADE COMFORTABLE
B Y WEALTh BUT MADE FEARFUL B Y THE POSSIR IL ITy OF LOSING It",
AUSTREGESILO DE A TA IDE' PRESIDENT Of THE BRAZILIAN ACADEMY
OF LETTERS' "THIS ACT OF VIOLENCE AGA INST SENATor
ROBERT KENNEDY WoUNDS Not ONL Y THE
DEMOCRATIC CONSCIENCE OF THE UNITED STA TES, BUt THE MEANING
ITSELF OF DEMOCRACY JN THE ENTIRE WORLD"
JOSE BON IFAC I0, PRESI DENT OF FEDERAL CHAMBER 0F DEPUTIES'
IN STA TEMENT To 0 GLOBO : "WE BRAZIL IANS FEEL PROFOUND
SADNESS, EVEN MORE BECAUSE ROBERT KENNEDY, WHEN HE WAS
In BRAZIL' LEFT US CERTA IN THAT HE WAS A GREAT DEMOCRAT,
INTERESTED IN THE POL ITICAL DESTINY 0F THE WORLD"
GILBERTO MARINHO , PRESIDENT OF SENATE. J6 ROBERT KENNEDY
HAS PROVED HIMSELF , FOLLOWInG THE SHINING STEPS 0F HIS
IMMORTAL BROTHER, AS ONE OF THE GREA T REPRESENTATIVES
OF THE IDEALISM A ND THE UNI VERSAL CALL ING OF HIS PEOPLE ,
THE ASSASS INATION ShOwS ONCE AGA IN THAT INTOLERANCE'
AATRED, AND POL ITICAL FANATISM ARE NOT DETERRED FROM
FROM STRIK ING AGA INST EVEN A LIFE FRUITFULL In SERVICES To
HUMANITY, To THE PRESERVA TION 0F PEACE' LIBERTY AND
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SHJck AND DISTRESS' PRESIDENT BARRIENTOS EXPRESSED_
Ho<ROR AND REGRET, ADDING In OFFICIAL STATEMENT
APPEARING AFTER NOTICE 0f SENATOR 'S DEATH THAT "FOR
US BOL IVIANS, ROBERT KENNEDY' AS HIS GREAT BROTHERe
JOHN F , KENNEDY, IS ANOTHER CATHOLIC Lost' Toi HUMANITY,
CHAMPION 0f THE HUMBLE, of THE PEOPLES OF LESSER;
DEVELOPMENTe HIS DEATH IS A HARD BLOw FJR BJLIVIA
AND FOR OTHER NATIONS OF THE CONTINENT Nho JUsTLy
EXPECTED A GREA T DEAL FROM THE IDEAS AND THE GENERous
RENOVATING SP IRIT 0F THE KENNEDYS, TRUE FRIENDS
OF ALL The PEOPLES f THE AMERICAS' " VICE PRESIDENT
S[LES, FOREI GN MINISTER GUILLERMO ELIO AND ACTInG
PRESIDENT 0f SENAT MANFREDO KEMPF ALSO HAVE
EXPRESSED PROFOUND REGRET'
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SP A NNINC PO[TICAL SPECTRUM,_ FoCUs BITTER_ CRITICIsM
ON US socTETY AND HAVE CHOSEN TAKE APPROACH: In
KEEP ING With NA TURAL PREDISPOSITIONS, THAT RESPUNS I - 5
BILITY LIES In So-CALLED REACTIONARY IMPERIALIST PLoi
To ROB WORLD OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AND To SUBJUGATE
ASPIRA TIONS Of COMMON PEOPLE'
3 0 PRESENC IA Took UNUSUAL STEP. OF PUTTING OUt
SPECIAL AFTERNOON EDITION JunE 5, WHICH CoNTA INED
B ] TTER EDITORIAL BY cO-DIRECT-R ALBERTO BA I EY, WhO
SPOKE OF is AS "SICk' MATERIALISTIC SUPER-CIVIL IZATION"
BLAMED ATTACK ON "FANATICS' EXPLOITERS AND GREAT'
INTERESTS THAT SYMBOL IC DECOMPOSITION US SOCIETY 0 "
ON JUNE 6 BA ILEY REPEATED THEME ThAT US Is SICK
SOcIETY, BLAMING GREAT ECONJMIC INTERESTS THAT CONT INUE:
VIETNAM WAR, SUBJUGA TE NEGROES AND IMPOSE TERMS ON
UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
IN JUNE 5 EDITDRIAL JORNADA BLAMED SHOOT ING ON
DE HUMANIZ ING EFFECTS US SOCIETY , ADDING "INVESTIGATIONS
THAT FOLLOw suCh CRIMES ARE GROSSLY FALSIF IEDe " IN
SEPARATE SIGNED EDITORIAL' SANTIAGO BERRIOS SA ID ATTACK
WAS "REPLY OF GREAT IMPEIALIST INTERESTS" Tj_ KENNEDY ' 5
CALIFORN IA PRIMARY VICTORY,
5, ULTIMA HORA JUNE 5 DECLARED A "MONEY MAF [ A" OF
GREAT CONSORTIUMS EXISTS IN US, MANIPULATINs POL:TiCAL"
ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND FAILING REALIZE THAT Its TIME HA S
PASSED,
6 0 EL DIARI0, WHOSE DIRECTOR, JORGE CARRASCJ' DEPARTED
TODAy FOR US ON LEADER GRANT, DID NOT OffeR EDITORIAL
OP INION&
7 0 POL ITICAL OP INION CARRIED PRESS, MPC EX?RESSED
ITS REGRET IN LENGThY AND BALANCED PUBLIC #TATEMENT.
PIr SUBCHiEF MIGUEL BONIFAZ SA ID ShOot [ VG PRDVES DEATH
JOHN KENNEDY WAS PART OF SINISTER RACIST PLOT ELIMINA TE
Wrio FIght FOR RACIAL EQUALITY, FRANZ ONDARZA, MPC
DEFuty Just RETURNED FROm US AND ALLEGEJLY A FR[ENJ
0F SENATOR KENNEDY BLAMED "DARk AND CR IMINAL' ELEMENTS
REACTIONARY INTERESTS In US , THE SAME WhO
ASSASSINATED JFK, V0 RICARDO ANAYA, LEADER OF PIR,
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USED HIS MARXIST TERMINOLOGY IN TELLING PRESS EVENT WAS:
NEw MANIFESTATION BRUTALITY BY UL TRA-REACTONARY US_
[MPERIALISTS who DESIRE DOMINATE AND EXPLOIT THE PEOPLE.
BENJAMIN MIGUEL' SUBCHIEF 0f PDC, SAId IT WAS ANOTHER
EXPRESSION 0F US DECADENT CAP [ TAL ISM, A USE Of FORCEi
CRIME "AS INSTRUMENTS 0F CAPITAL ISM To IMPOSE
AN OLIGARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, " RECTOR OF COCHABAMBA
UNI VERSITY DECLARED IT REVEALED DARK INTERFERENCE OFi
GREAT ECONOmIC CONSORTIUMS ThAT OPPOSE EVEN MINIMUM
ADVANCS OPPRESSED MINORITIES0 COCAABAMBA STUDENT
FEDERATION SA ID KENNEDY WAS V[CTIM GREAT MONOMPOL ISTIC
INTERESTS WHOSE IMPEIALIST POLICIES ARE DESI GNED To
SU8JUGATE THE PEOPLE.
8 , PCB PRESS RELEASE CONDEMNED THE ACT AS "CRIME
COMMITTED BY PARTI SANS 0F WAR AND THE GREAT ARMSMAKING
MONOPOLIES. 0
9 . COMMENT' As BROTHER PRESIDENT KENNEDY , AS
CATHOL [C, AND AS A TTRACTIVE YOUTHFUL LEADER' SENAToRi
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AFTER ALL PAPERS HA D APPEARED OR GONE To PRESS | HAS BEEN
MAJOR NEws STORY A ND HA S BEEN G I VEN EDITORIAL TREA TMENT IN
ALL PAPERS PAST Two DAYS 9 RAD I0 AND Tv HA VE MODIFIED
REGULA R SCHEDULES W Ith SPEC IAL PROGRAMS INCLUD I NG FILM
FOTTAGE FROM Los ANGELES . EDITORIAL COMMENT EP[TOMIZED
BY EXPRESSIQNS OF SYMPAThY To FAMILY AND AMERCAN PEOPLE .
MANY EDITORIALS, HOwEVER , INCLUDED CRITICAL REFERENCES To
ALLEGED ILLS OF AMERICAN SOCIETY AND SUGGEST [ ONS THA T CONSP I 5
RACY YNVOLVED 6
2 0 SOME EXAMPLES $ LA CITE (LABOR CA THOL IC ) PLA Y ING ON CONSP I -
RACY THEME STA TED THA T Vv ONE CONSPIRACY" HA D LED To ASSASS [
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KENNEDY . PAPER FOLLOWED With ALLEGATION THA T AUTHORS OF
SUch Acts USUALL Y ACQUITTED IF THEIR VIctIm WAS NEGRO C MASS
CIRCULATION LE S0 I R INDEPENDENT ) RAISED THE POSS I BIL ity THAT
4 S INISTER CONSP IRACY " MIGht ExIst To ELIMINATE i0 MOST EMINANT
LIBERAL LEADERS Wi In Ue S 0 EVEN IF SENATOR KENNEDY 'S
ASSASS INATION WAS NOT DIRECT RESULT OF SUch PLOT , PAPER SUGGESTED,
IT HAD COME OUt OF CLIMATE OF EXTREME RIGHT -WING FANA TCISM.
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3 0 ANOTHER COMMON THEME WAS THAT A TTACK REFLECTED DEEP~ROQTED
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REPUDIATE THIS. DE NIEUWE G IDS ( CATHOL IC ) EXPRESSED BELIEF
THA T ANY COUNTRY IN WHICH It WAS Mi S0 EASY" To BUy ARMS WAS
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OF DSTANCE YET REMA INING BEFORE TRUL Y M GREAT SOCIETY" COULD
EXIST IN Uo S 0 RAPIDLY INCREASING CRIME RATE AND WAVE OF
VIOLENCE RA ISED QUESTION OF WHETHER US WAS Vc REGRESSING To
PR IMITIVE MORAL[Ty OF IONEER DA YS , PROF OUND SOc IAL REFORMS
WERE NECESSARY 90 To RESTORE MORAL ORDER, "
5 , VOLKSGAZET SOc IALIST ) EXPRESSED OP INION THAT AMERICAN
PRESTIGE ABORA D WOULD INEV ITABLY BE DAMAGED B Y THIS FURTHER ACT
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SENATOR KENNEDY . GOVERNOR PO INTED out THAT UNDER PRESENT CIRCUM
STANCES IN RHODES I A HE COULD NOT SEND WR I TTEN MESSAGE PURPORTING
To SPEAK FOR RHODES IANS A S WHOLE BUt HE WA S SURE HE EXPRESSED
FEELINGS OF ALL DECENT RHODESIANS
2 & WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT, BELIEVE IT WOULD OFFER SOME
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TORS Jf TF]S 0Ri^ F WQVD VOT ESCAPE JUSTICE AS PRESIDENT KENNECY 'S
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3 c TAP QUOTED OFF ICIAL CIRCULES AS SA Y ING THAT QuotE WE HA VE
ALWA Ys BEEN FCr FREE DIALOGUE IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES 2 FOR THE
EXPRESSION OF IDEAS 8 Y A HEALThy CONFRONTATION AND Not By
VIOLENCE & WE CONDEMN THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATIQN AND REGRET
THAT SUch HA8ITS ARE IN DANGER 0f BE ING INSTALLED IN A GREA7
DEMOCRACY SUCF As THE UNITED STATES OF AMERC : A END JUOTE
4 0 INDEPENDENT ARA BIC AS-SABAK p AFTER EXPRESSING FEAR THA T
Such INCIDENTS WERE DESTROyIne AMERICAN SCC[ETY ,
COMMENTEJ ON EARLY INFGRMATIN TMAT SUSPECT WAS 0F ARAB JC
ORIG!N: JuotE IT SEEMS CLEAR ThAT THE GROUPS WLC ARE USING
FORCZ CONTINiE TQ 00 EVERYThInG To FEED AN? MA INTA IN iT ,
ThEY TRY NGw To CREA TE DOJBT , NCT AS FAR AS THE VICtIm IS
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ROBERT KENNEDY IS QF ARAB IC CR [G IN AAD ThAT HE (KENNEDY | IS
RSPONSIRLE FoR THE CRE ATIQN IF ISRAEL' THE OcclfAt[ON OF
PALESTiNE, AND MA DE JERSUALEM A JEwish C[TY, END QuotE
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ANO CAFE€ AND FEELING Jf Sh?Ck PREVA [LS BACKGROUND Of
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3 0 BEST ANSWER THIS ARGUMENT CARRIED IN INDEPENDENT
DA IL Y 0 SECULO WhIch INTERVIEWED SEVERAL PROMINENT
PORTUGUESE F [GURES, INCLUDING CATHOLIC OPPOS I T I ONI ST
AND ED[ TOR ALCADA BAPT ISTA . AFTER DEPLORING A TTACK,
BAPTISTA REMARKED In COMMENT WHIch APPARNETL Y ELUDED
CENSOR 0P [ THINK NEUROTIC SOCIETIES AND OF OPPRESSED
SOC [ETIES 2 OF SOcIETIES IN Which THE KENNEDYS AND THE
LUTHER KINGS ARE STRUCk DOWN AND LEAVE US THE HOPE
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LIBERATION . "
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5 , FACT THAT ASSASS IN WA S JORDAN IAN NATIONAL A ND
THAT ASSASS I NAT ION DID NOT REFLECT INTERNAL US POL I ~
TICAL PROBLEMS WILL PROBABL Y HA VE SOME EFFECT ON
PORTUGUESE OPI NION, BUT NOT YET- REFLECTED IN MEDIA
COMMENT ,
6 ~ EMBASSY HAS CANCELLED REMA INING PERFORMANCES
OF WHAT HAS BEEN AIGHLY SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF S[Xth
FLEET BA ND o ALSO CANCELLED WAS EMBASSY RECEPTION
PLANNED FOR THIS EVENING A T SANTAREM NATIONAL
AGRrCUi TURAL FA IR IN CONNECT ION W iTh Us DA Y A T
FAIR o PRESIDENT JOHNSON ?S STA TEMENT On SENATOR P S
DEATh HAS BEEN MADE SUBJECT OF EMBASSY RELEASE To
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Following 16 the text of INR 8 Intelllgence Note: "Hanoi 1 8 Reaction
to the Assessination 0f Senator Kennedy"
1
Hanoi hab reected to the news Of Senator Robert F. Kennedy' 8 a88a88in8
tion by hinting that the ass8sgination W88 plotted by the US administration:
M 11 Hanot Radio referred to the crime 88 a_ planned assessination, and various
factions of the US monopoly cepitelist class have not hesItated to rebort to
bloodshed and fire to liquldete one another. It linked the ebb8881nation
of the Senator to thet of Fresident Kennedy five year8 ag0, tt adding
"1 tbat Senator Kennedy had been the most redoubtable politicel opponent of
the administration. Although the offictel Hanol spokegman in Paris stated
p
11 thet the a8sa881nation wab an American "domestic question, members of the
delegetion voiced-derk "1 suspicions of a to newsmen: It 18 dlfficult
to speculate whether or not Hanoi actually believes there 18 a plot--es it
might, to the extent that it sees conspirecy everywhere--or whether it
merely states this in order to make propaganda. We incline to belLeve the
latter 18 the more Important factor in its statements, though the former
may play 8ome role.
Dratted by: Tel. Ext_ Telegraphic Iransmission and
IN /REA AC-F er: pl:6/6/68 4959 clessite333 /RTa 6: Fred Greene
Cloarancos:
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Press speculetlon that Hanol may revemp 1t8 negotletions tactics because of
the effect of the ab8a8binatlon On the US politicel outlook 8eems Justifled to
a certein degree--Hanoi mey that the pettern of politicelly motiveted
as8ass1nation end generel social unrest in the United States may lead to a
greater US preoccupetion with domestic matters and thus possibly force the US
to soften its stand On the Vietnem issue. Hanol doubtless elso hopes that the
pressures of the presidentiel campeign, particularly in such en etmosphere, will
inhibit US military operetions end 8often our negotietions stand. While it recog-
nizes the danger that domestic frustrations &nd uncerteinties, or some coalescence
of political sentiment, mey prompt us to escalate the wer repidly in order to ena
it quickly, it probebly believes that the principel effect will be a reduction
in US interegt in Internetionel is8ue8, 8 consideration that may further affect
the timing of it8 own negotiations strategy &nd tactics. The e8sassination may,
in ghort, reinforce Hanoi S inclination to mintain a hara line In telks, while
still holding the negotiations elternetive open 80 as to restrain u8 from rapid
escalation.
However , there 18 no babls for the press speculation that Henoi night shift
1t8 stand--presunebly toward e softer position--because It no longer sees the
pobgibility that Senator Kennedy might become PresLdent. We do not believe that
Hanoi bas tiea 1t8 own expectations to particular American candidates. It tends
to regard ell American leaders 88 members of the same political elite. It 18
keenly aware of differences between them, particularly with regard to Vietnem,
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but it does not believe that it can rely on them to act in accordance with
Hanoi 8 wishes or even in accordance with their own earlier statements. Henoi
probably recalls that President Eisenhower , having pronised peace in Koree, still
insisted on Communist concessions on the key prisoner repatrietion isgue rather
than yield on this polnt. Hanol also probably recalls that President Kennedy
began his administration by endorsing the of Pigs effort, and that President
Johngon gent American forceg to Vietnam soon efter the 1964 election. Hanoi 18
certainly sensitive to the fact tbat no US presidentlal candidate bas comitted
hinself to 8 rapid or unileteral withdrawel from Vietnam, no matter bow criticel
some candidetes heve been Of pregent policies. Hanoi may hope thet One or
another presidential candidate might be more forthcoming than others, but it
will not be inclined to count on such a development. It doe8 not expect eny
Americen President, present or potentiel, to yield more in negotlations than
the Comunist forces have been able to win in tbe field:
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Department spokesman made following statement approximately
EDT
5:40 P.m.
2
June 5 on question of foreign involvement
in attack on Senator Kennedy:
QUOTE I want to say since I had a question from the A.P _ that
the Department of State has absolutely
no evidence that any
foreign governent is involved or has been involved in this
tragic incident _ END QUOTE _
END
Ruski
Draltod by: Tel. Ext _ Telegraphic transmission and
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classilication approvod by:
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SUBJECT: Kennedy Funeral and Interment
1 As of 6:00 P.m_ Washington time June 6 , we understand
from Kennedy family that following are plans for funeral and
interment of Senator Robert F Kennedy :
(a) The Senator S will tiek lie in St_ Patrick' s
Cathedral in New York from X 8:00 a.m, to 8:00 Pam EDT
9
Friday , June 7 _
(b) KMA Funeral services will be held in St. Patrick '8
Cathedral in New York at 10:00 a.m.
EDT Saturday morning
June 8
(c) Foldowing funeral services body will be taken
from New York to Washington special train_
9
arriving
approximately 4:00 P.m EDT
burial
(4) After procession, SMXMNX will be at Arlington
KNENKKX Cemetary at approximately 5-5:30 P.m . EDT
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Saturday ,
June 8 _
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2 . Invitations from femily will be limited to two attendees
for each country which may desire to have representatives
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classification approvod by:
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attend funeral Space in Cathedral will be 8
severely limited, and
it will not rpt not be possible to assure attendance of any additional
representatives _ We assue most governents who wish to have
representative
KRpregerkakian attend will designate their local Ambassador Or UN
3 _ We have received indications from a few countries that
will send special representafives to the funeral_ if asked rpt
if asked by host government concerning level of such representa-
kia tives
9
you are authorized to say that a Parliamentary or Ministerial
level representative would be appropriate_ At same time you should
indicate severe Space problem described above _
4 Burial at Arlington will be open rekkexpu to the public and
there will be a less stringent limit on other country representation
at burial_ Transportation will be provided for diplomatic and special
representatives to and from New York and Washington on June 8 _
by
5 _ Social functions scheduled Eerxmxr mission and mission
attendance at social functions of host government and others should be
limited through Sunday =
9
June 9 in discretion of Ambassador Many
social functions in Washington have been cancelled but others which
have important official purposes are proceeding on schedule
END
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ACTION ADDRESSEES
Amembassy OTTAWA
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ADDIS XKXKX ABABA
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DAR ES SALAAM
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SUBJ 8 MARCOS ST ^ TEMENT ON KENNEDY SHOOT I NG
FOlLOwING IS PRESIDENT MARCOS ' STA TEMENT ON KENNEDY
SHOOTING ISSUED B Y MALACANANG JUNE 5 AND A S REPORTED AiL
MORNING DA ILIES JUNE 6 ;
"THE SHOOT ING 0F U,S . SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY *S
SHOCKING BEYOND BEL IEF , It AN OUTRAGE NOT
ONL Y THE AMER[CAN PEOPLE , BUt To ALL MEN EVERYWHERE
WhO HAVE ALWAYS LOOKED To THE LEADERS OF
THE UN [ TED STA TES FOR HOPE A ND GU IDANCE .
"SENATOR KENNEDY IS ONE SUCH LEADER , AND I S I NCEREL Y
HOPE THA T SENATOF KENNEDY WILL RECOVER FROM AIS INJURY ,
[ HA VE NO DOUB T THA T THE KEEN SENSE OF JUSTICE OF THE
AMER ICAN PEOPLE A ND THE FORCES OF ORDER WILL BR I NG TE
PERPETRATORS OF ThIS CRIME BEFORE THE LAW AND A T LEAST
To THAT EXTENT ALLEVIATE THIS NATIONAL TRAGEDY c
"IN BEHALF 0F THE F ILIP INO PEOP_Ep I OFFER To SENA TOR
KENNEDY 'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS OUR PROFOUNDEST S YMPA THIES 0 "
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COVERAGE ' SPANISH MEDIA REACTED IMMEDIATEL Y To
NEWS KENNEDY WOUNDING 9 TVE WENT ON A IR SHJRTLY
AFTER WORD REACHED MADR ID (ABOUt' 8 $ |5 Am JUNE 5 | 0
TVE AND RADI0 NACIONAL BROADCAST- ALMOST CONTINUOUSL Y
BULLETINS, BIOGRAPHAICAL DETA ILS, BACKGROUND AND
PROGRESS REPoRTS WOUNDEd SENATOR , FOLLOWING HIS
DEATh, MEDIA KEPT In ALMOST CONSTANT TELEPHONE
CoNTACT THEIR NEw YORK CORRESPONDENTS JESUS HERMIDA
AND CIRILO RODRIGUEZ . HERMIDA APPEARED LIVE Tv
RouNDup NOON NEWSCAST JUNE 6 FROM NEW YORK VIA
SA TELLITE' RNE SEVERAL TIMES DAIL Y BROADCAST
REACTION ROUNDUP EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENTS PREsS
GAVE PROMINENT PLA Y UPI TeLPhotos ASSASS INA TION AND
CAPTURED GUNMAN,
9 EVENING EL ALCAZAR GA VE MOST COMPLETE NEWSPAPER COVERAGE
WITh THREE SPECIAL JUNE 5 EDITIONS ALCAZAR CORRESPONDENT
MANUEL BUENO , PRESENT AMBASSADOR HOTEL) FILED MOVING
FIRSTHAND Account INFORMACIONES AND PUEBio PUBLISHED
EXTRAS OR SUPPLEMENTS REGULAR ED] TIONS PUEBLO DOUBLED
JUNE 5 PRESS RUN = PRINC I PAL MADR ID DA ILIES JUNE 6 SOLD out
BEFORE 11,00 AMo MIDDAY Tv NEWS COVERAGE KENNEDY DEATh
LASTED 42 MINUTES JUNE 6 , INCLUDED REGRETS THREE CABINET
MINISTERS AND MOV ING PROF ILE B Y NuNO AGU]RRE DE CARCER 0
MF A DESK OFF ICER AMER ICAN AFFA IRS
0 WASHINGTON NEIGHBOR
AND FRIEND KENNEDY . PRESS AND RADIO REPEATED CHARGE
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RADI0 Accounts 14 RGEL Y BA SED COMMERCIAL WIRE STORIES ,
OFTEN WITh CONFL ICTINC CETAILS US I S MON [ TORED USAF
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STREAm QUE IRES bOTh SPANISH AND US CITIZE NS ANJ PROvIDED
MISS ION PROGRESS REPORTS
THERES % MINISTER 0F INF ORMA7:ON AND ToUR{SM FRA GA
IRIBARNF SET TONE SUBSEQUENT COMMENT ASSASSINA TION IN
STATEMENT DEPLCRING "RETURN AGA I N To POLITICAL
ASSASS INATION" IN "most DEVELOPED CouNtRY" IN "FREE AND
CHRISTIAN WORLD e 19 IN ALLLDING To SPANISH ORDER SR , FRAGA
SA [ D "PFACE AND [BERTy CAN ONL Y EXIST GuthEnticAiLy
WHEN LAW AND THE PRINC!PLE 2F AUThOR [Ty ESTAZLiSh A
PATTERN OF C ;TIZENSHIP IN which A RE SORT 10 VIOLENCF
IN POL [ TICAL CONFL Icts FINC NO RCOM. 90 HE REFERRE) To
ThE TRAASIENT QUALITy F A DEMOCRACY In WHIcF VIOLENCE
CAN AFFECT THE PCLITICAL STRUCTURE 0 ADMON ] ShING TlE
SPANISH READER KE SA I Db "FOR TAAT WF ShOld PURSUE
with ALL our POL ]TICAL STRENGTA ThE MA [NTENANCE OF ORDER
AND THE SUBMISS I ON To THE LAW AND TAE ELIMINATICN OF
THREATS AGA INST PEACE A ND iIBERTY WFICh MA Y ERUPT [N
ANY PLACE AND on Any OCCASION, 0
ROORIgo Rcyo WRGTE SCURR [LOUs CONDEMNATICN JEMOCRA ]}C
SYSTEM IN JUNE 5 SP , REFERRING To RECENT FA3T
ASSASS INA TIONS RoY0 ATCuSED A N AmORPHous #ThEy" OF
Having KILLED US LEADERS0 In REFERENCE Tc TFE SENATOR 'S
JEATh HE SA [ D "DEMOCRACY KILLED HIM," IN REPLYING TC
THE JUEStION "How," Royo SA [ D "DEMOCRACY CANNOT TOLERATE
GREAT M}N; CANNOT DIEEsT THEMb SUFFERS INDeEstion FROM
The LEACERS OF PEOPLE . " RoyC THEN StRuck Qut GRouPs
wkich HE REPORTS REPRESENT DEMOCRAT [C TENCENCTES In
SPA [ N 0 IN REFERRING To THE US , Royo SA [ C THAT w[T4
ThE SENATOR'S DF A Th "DEMOCRACY HA D EXPIRED e 9 AFTER
witiESS [ G 7AE EVENTS IN LoS ANGLES Royo QoUBTED THAT
ANYCNE CULD FUSLICL Y ExpouUsi: NTHE INTRODUCTION IM
Spain OF A POLITICAL SYSTEM YhOSE SPEC IALTY IS ThE
ASSASSINATiOn OF ITS BEST MEN, D[SJRCER, 'NJUstIcE&
PERSONAL INSECURIT Y, LOOtING . RAC iAL DIS( PImINATIOn,
CRIME' ExploitATION 0F MAN PY MAN & " HE CCNCLUDED
AfticlE 8y StA |NG OTHERS MA Y CHGOSE Tkz :OVERNMENT THEY
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#ALE ThE Roxo A~IcLt In 4 RiGpT-WNG REC[*E ? 4PeR
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SOME COMMENTATORS SPOKE OF EXCESSIVE FRFEDOA9 EACH
Wth, Which FIREARMS ARE bought , MALA SE AMONG POPULATION ,
MCRAL STCKNESS, ETC .
SENATQR KENNEDY ' $ A3SAS5[nAtIoN FOLLOwTnG Twu Munth8
KiNG 9S DEATh REOPENED ASSUMPTION LA TEST AS84SS[NATION
PART CF CONSP[ RACY , This TDEA ESPEC[ALLY PSVAiEnT
EUROPE AN CORRESPONDENTs RAD]0 ROUNDUps.
WHILE OTHER SPECUL A TIONS AND CONCLUSION iMeRGE FROM
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UNCLAS 001798
JCSS SENDS ALMILACT 7 /68
SUBJECT , FLYING OF US NA TIONAL FLAG
1 ? 8Y PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMAT ION, THE US FLAG
WILL BE FLOwN A T HALF-STAFF A T ALL US MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS AND NAVAL VESSELS upon RECEIPT' OF
This MESSAGE THROuGh THE DA TE OF INTERMENT In
HONOR OF ThE MEMORY 0f SENA ToR ROBERT F , KEN -
NEDY , DA TE CF INTERMENT IS UNkNowN A T ThIS
TImE FURTHER INFORMA TION WILL BE FURNISHED
WHEN EXACT DA TE OF INTERMENT Is ESTABLISHED.
2 0 A T THOSE INSTALLATIONS WHERE OTHER NATION,S
FLAG I5 FLOWN A T FULL-STAFF , THE US NATIONAL
PAGE 2 RUEOJF A 9565 UNCLAS
FLAG WILL BE FLoWN A T FULL STAFF ALSO , THOSE
INSTALLA TIONS WHERE ONL Y THE US NATIONAL FLAG
IS FLOWN, PARA GRAPH 1 APPLIES, FOR GUIDANCE'
A T NO TIME WILL ThE US NATIONAL FLAG BE FLOWN
A T A LESSER HEIGhT ThAN OTHER FLAGS AT THE
SAME INSTALLATION .
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