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================================================== Page 1 ================================================== SENIOR STAFF MEETING WITTENBURG UNIVERSITY CHOIR TQ PERFORM IN LIM There will not be a Senior Staff Meeting on Monday , June loth _ but The 65 voice choir from Wit- there will be one on June 17th at tenburg University in Spring- 9*00 a,m, at the USAID Conference field , Ohio, will present a Room . concert in the theater of the Colegio Santa Ursula_ Saleman - ca 125 , San Isidro , on June 20 AVISO IMPORTANTE at 8 :OO pam, The concert in Lima is part of a tour through A fin de facilitar la inscrip- Latin America which will include cion de los empleados locales Colombia, Ecuador ; Chile _ Ar- en el Seguro Medico Y aclarar gentina, Uruguay Brazil and preguntas sobre este plan , el Venezuela _ The choir has made Sr. Frank Rudolph , represen- previouc concert tours of tante de la Compania de Segu- W Europe 2-'3 the Far East. The ros Y Reaseguros "El Pacifico program will include both pp- estara a su disposicion duran-' ular ana serious music _ te tres horas de 1O:0Q a.. The price of admission is S125 . a aOQ_Eo-' en la Oficina de Tickets are available Erom Tom Personal de la Embajada , el Roesch , Room 109 extension 151, dia vdernes 7 de_junie. and Rudolph Jonke AID , exten- Esta es su oportunidaa de sion 160 , Or at the door inscribirse le rogamos no esperar el @ltimo momento, EL CORO DE LA UNIVERSIDADDE WITTENBERG_ACTUARA EN LIMA AMATEUR RADIO TO BE JNIOR_CHAMBER TOPIC El coro ide 65 voces de la Ini- versidad de Wittenberg de Spring One of Peru '9 leading experts on field, Ohi6 , dara; un concierto amateur radio will speak at the en el teatro del Colegio Santa next meeting of the Liqa Interna - Ursula, Salamanca 125 , San Isi- tional Junior Chanber 0f Commerce I0 dro , el 20 de junio a la8 8 pm = The topic "Ham Radio in Peru will Este concierto es parte de una be' presented by Dr _ Luis Calaeron por America del Sur. El Valle; Vice President of the Ra- coro se ha presentado anterior- dio Club of Peru , at the regular mente en Europa y Asia. El pro- Jaycee meeting at the. Hotel grama incluira musica clasica Country club, Wednesday , June 12 Y musica popular _ El precio de at 7 :30 p.m . All young men la entrada es de 8/25 . Los bole- under the age of forty (40) are tos se pueden obtener de Tom invited to attend this dinner Roesch; Of _ 109 , anexo 151 y de meeting which will cost S/14o. Rudolph Jonke AID , anexo 160, 0 a la entrada del teatro. 5 gira ================================================== Page 2 ================================================== MISS ION BOWLING LEAGUE TeamStandings 2nd Round) Position Tean # Name Captain Won Lost 2 Los Miserables Charles 18 lo 2 12 Trampositis Ross 17 11 3 8 Los Matadores McCardell 16 12 Los Locos Gonzalez 15 13 5 12 Los Naufragos Alarcon 15 13 3 The Shufflers C.Ellis 14- 132 6 Los Fantasmas Quiroga 14 14 ; Fighting Five Martin 14 14 9 Los Resbalosos Ibarra 14 14 1o Los Relampagos Ortega 12 16 11 13 The Pendowners Joyce 11k 167 12 Los Invasores Callejas 7 21 HIGHLIGHTS June 4 , 1968 MEN High_ Ganes High_Sets Aa Gonzales 234 A, Gonzales 586 Ea Gutierrez 192 Ra Lege 513 R_ Lege 191 Mg Trevor 508 WOMEN B . Henry 166 Be Henry 472 V. Gutierrez 164 R Schriefer 438 E_ Camilloni 158 E Camilloni 424 R, Schriefer 158 THEATERS CQUNTRY Hipolito Unanue CQLMENA N. de Pierola 519 "Al Borde del Terror 0 AMBASSADOR Pumacahua 2550 Lince (Alfred Hitchcock) "The Anniversary" 18 & over. (El Aniversario) Bette Davis EL BACIFICQ 5 Av . Pardo 121 21 & over, In Cola Blooa" (A Sangre Fria) 18 & over, ================================================== Page 3 ================================================== ARRIVAL TEMPORARY APARTMENT AVAILABLE IN ARLINGTON VIRGINIA We are happy to welcome Mr Frank W DeLano , Economic Officer, who Young married couple coming to arrived May 3Oth for a tour of Peru for one month (October 68) in Lima in.replacement of woula like to exchange apart- Mx - Frederick Cavaliere: ments with someone going to the Best wishes for an enjoyable Washington , D.C. area during stay in Peru: the 8ame period of time . Write to Mr Charles L_ Updegraph , DEPARTURES Apt. 1024 , 2300 S _ 24th Road , Arlington , Virginia 22206 , or Our farewell this weekgoes to contact Mr Herrick on ext, 162 . three members 0f our Embassy : Miss Cecilia Mufoz , who has been VACATIONHOUSE transferred to Rome 1 Italy, and will be departing post on Friday Fully furnished , two bedrooms 1 June Jth; garden 1 all conveniences rea- Mr Fiederick Cavaliere , trans - sonable rent , in nice quiet ferred to the Department and de- area_ For information call parting post on June 7th; and Mr Chatterton at 75150 Mr Wesley Parsons who will also Address : Carlos Grana Elizalde be departing on June 7th for an 335 assignment in the Department Of San Isidro State. VACATIONHQUSE NEW HONE ADDRESS In San Isidro, available July Ernest Gutierrez: lst thru January lst , or for Avenida Tacna 863 less time if desired_ Owners Third Floor seek couple who will take care Miraflores of it ag if it were their own Attractive , comfortable , with COOK[MAID AVAILABLE fireplace _ telephone_ 2 excel- lent maids _ Reasonable rental. Excellent cook/maid available Call 20081 _ very soon _ Contact Mr Lininger _ 1 Valle Riestra 855 , tel. 27199. FOR RENT FURNISHED ROOM AVATLABLE New fully furnished lovely apartment with telephone_ 3 bed - With private bath. Breakfast rooms 2 baths Upper floor only- For further information overlooking Lima Golf. Owners call Mrs . Luz at 20847 _ speak English. Address : Petit Thouars 4083 Call 29222 or 80396 . San Isidro duty ================================================== Page 4 ================================================== LUXURY APARTMNT FOR RENT FOR RENT With telephone_ garage , living/ 4 bedroom house with ample car- dining room 2 bedrooms l bath- port, 2h baths excellent gar- room_ electrical appliances _ Ful- den area , balcony and other ly furnished with European fur- conforts Contact owner at nishings _ For rent to couple Murillo 216 , Urb. San Borja. with no children nor pets _ For Adaress : Van Gogh 626 information call Sr . Hugo Ferre- Urb. San Borja _ to at 44844 from 8 to 1o ana from 2 to 3 pm _ HOUSE FOR RENT Address : La Paz 549, Apt. 201 Miraflores 4 bedrooms 2h baths telephone , Rent: SI8 500 . 2 car garage _ To rent unfur- nished starting in July. Loca- HOUSE FOR RENT ted in Sznta Cruz Miraflores Call 83965 or 25569_ Semi-furnished. Three bedrooms study Near the San Isidro Muni- HOUSE FOR RENT cipality and by the pond in the Olive Grove _ Call 28308 Available one year completely Rent: s200. furnished , three bedrooms garage _ maid, TV and all ap- UNFURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT pliances _ Rent:Slo,00O One story three bedroom house Address : Mr Gus tavo Casanova with two baths , back garden and Lord Nelson 171 coverea terrace with closed Miraflores garage _ For information call Dr Belmont at 27208 FOR SALE Address : Lola Pardo Vargas 181 San Antonio. In Dollars or Sol equivalent_ Early American Maple dining room HQUSE FOR RENT table 6 chairs and hutch; early American secretary; end table; One story house , 3 bedrooms bedroom double bed _ chest 0f living room , dining room , 2 bath- drawers and vanity; boy' s oak rooms servants quarters_ 1 garage , bedroom set, single bed , chest inside and outside garden. Loca- of drawers with mirror 1 desk ted a block from Bosque de San and chair; baby stroller; solid Isidro. For information call maple chest of drawers; nylon Jorge Gallegos at 24648 rug 9 ' x 12' For information Rent : S250 or its equivalent. call Major Harry Niggle , 4O1lO Aadress : Av. La Republica 855 _ ext. loo or can be seen after- San Isidro. noons or evenings at Juan Bielo- vucic 1498 Lince _ 8 " ================================================== Page 5 ================================================== FOR SALE FOR SALE In dollars or soi equivalent) _ Singer gewing machine in blond B.B, pellet & dart revolver with cabinet , model 328 zig-zag trap target , S18; Co B.B , Pistol atitching ana fashion discs , with CO powerlets and B.B.S , s25; llov s200; circular outdoors Bronze fireplace set , s25; Sears clothes line Slo; craftsman Silvertone clock-radio with tool box & tools s55; card transformer S30; large toast- table 58 ; Westinghouse elec- master electric frying pan , 825; tric roaster 1lov; electric Regina Eloor polisher 525; and bathroom heater llov ; 87.50_ living rOOm & bedroom mirrors Contact Ra Fields 71915 during and furniture or see at Roca: Y Bolona Call Mr york, 86000 ext. 213 678 _ Miraflores or at hone 51553 _ FOR SALE FOR SALE 3 female Cocker Spaniel puppies , 1 Zenith Transoceanic short wave tan, Sll,OOO each. Revere mono- radio_ 0 battery operated , S150; ral tape recorder , s120 or Sol set of golf clubs 4 woods 8 equivalent _ Telefunken Hi-Fi airons 1 putter with bag, S40; console_ ANFM, shortwave S225 RCA clock radio with automatic or Sol equivalent_ Television, alarm, S22; Sony tape recorder 19" portable , S120 or Sol equi- S160; General Electric vacuum valent_ cleaner, $30; miscellaneous Items may be seen at 354 Av. stereo records S1 each: Airiquipt del Sur 1 Chacarilla del Estan- magazines for Blide projector 1 que s1.75 each. Will take Sol equivalent of FOR_SALE above Dollar prices _ Contact Ray L Garison at 27976 1965 Chevy , Biscayne 4 door; or see at Prolongacion Arenales Saber Saw; 64" power saw; h " 423 1 San Isidro. power drill; aluminum lawn fur- niture; sofa; large desk; ste- FOR SALE reo eape recorder; 35m slide projector; combination super 8 Violin_ youth size (3/4) with regular eight movie projector; case, shoulder rest_ ana music Kenmore washer and dryer stand S75; set of 22 Tom Swift Can be seen afternoons or eve- science fiction books for boys nings , Av. del Bosque 128 San s/30 each; barbecue grill and Isidro , or call Ltcol Brooks smoker , heavy cast aluminum_ 39090 ext, 97 during used only twice with accessories , S60. Phone 23467 or 86000 X 157 . ~ 9 ~ day , day. ================================================== Page 6 ================================================== FOR SALE FOR SALE KLH Stereo #24 with speakers llov 1 Oster blender 1 llOv , s20 or movie camera Mangfield; maid's equivalent; Fox stole two years bed and mattress; chila's sports old , in perfect condition, best car (good condition) ; chila' s offer; ice crusher crushes in tricycle (good condition) ; car two sizes , slo or equivalent _ seat. Call Donna Gallahue at 86000 , Call G . Flood at 86200 X 129, Or ext. 160, see at Santo Toribio San Isidro, tel. 29620. FOR SALE FORSALE 1966 Chrysler station wagon , 8 passenger , air conditioned , Frigidaire refrigerator 1o cu, power steering_ 1 power brakes , ft., gooa condition, S1o,OOO . automati transmission , luggage Call 22578 or see at Av. El Rosa - rack, wh__ce and powder blue rio San Isidro. free , available June loth_ See at Lord Nelsor 295 , Miraflo- FOR SALE res , or call 22231 , 29914 Amateur radio equipment; SB-34 FOR SALE TO PERSON WITH IMPORT Ratheon sideband engineers trans - PRIVILEGES ceiver with crystals for Cw por- M tions of 15 _ 20 and 40 meter 1965 Rambler 4-door 1 automatic, bands installed; SB-2 microphone; new tires _ excellent condition_ SB-2Y crystal calibrator; SB2-CW For further information call codapter; SB-ZLA Linear amplifier MSgt _ Hollander X 108 Ratheon sideband engineers _ 1,000 watts PEP ; standing wave FOR SALE radio meter; Volt-Ohm meter; 5 ,0OO watt G.E, transformer suf_ A large open front cabinet with ficient capacity for entire house; partitions 1 suitable for maga- G.E= automatic iron; electric zines or an excellent form heating pad; metal buffet trays; storage for office. Also a fireplace screen and andirons larg- mahoganny desk (antique) Call 23539. for home or office with book shelves on one side must see FOR_SALE to appreciate_ 155 Camino Real , Pension Astoria or call Mary at General Electric solid state 24406 or 24794 _ portable record player; Kenmore electric dryer 1 very reasonable_ WANTED Can be seen anytime Saturday or Sunday (June 8 & 9) at 232-234 car seat. Contact Mrs_ Rene Manuel Augusto Olaechea , El Rose- de Gonzalez , PC extension 185/ dal 1 Miraflores 183_ 10 483 , 260 , duty Baby ================================================== Page 7 ================================================== FOR SALE FOR SALE 1 radio transistor Zenith trans - Electrix mixer (hand model) oceanic , AWFM #3000; 1 portable Hamilton beach mixette, 1oO tape recorder 5" reels 2 track , watts , needs transformer Sl6o0 - battery or outlet tapes; Electric iron (steam 6 dry , 1 Aladdin kerosene heater; 1 different fabric settings) Frigidaire refrigerator; 1_ 220/ Sears Kenmore, 1ooo watts 1lo transformer; clothes ; kit- needs transformer S/650 _ Elec _ chen utensils including Presto tric fry-pan , Sunbeam vista, pressure cooker and electric thermostat controlled , completely pot; complete set with bag immersible , 1150 watts , needs Louise Suggs McGregor tourney mtl transformer , Sl5s0_ woman S clubs; set of man ' s Electric Eloor polisher (2 rota- Spalding clubs 1 3 woods tor model) Hoover with polish and 8 irons and Wilson applicat_ vr and all pads 200 Staff irons 2-9, non-slip pro- watts naeds transformer 1 Sfl , 500 . fessional grips 1 all excellent Set of everyday dishes (12 condition_ place setting) ana dinner plates , Please call exta 184 and leave dessert plates soup bowls 1 message and name for Scott large heat plate, 1 vegetable Warner. plate , salt & pepper shakers butter dish, sugar bowl , sauce FORSALE boat with ladle} white with border of blues & greens 8/3 , OOO . 1 new lady Pepperell "Nap Fan - Set of everyday drinking tastic" thermal blanket loof ses (five sizes eight glasses acrylic, blue, 72 X 90 for each size) 3 missing S/350 _ twin or double bed , slo or its 1 insulated picnic box Sh175. equivalent. 2 utility bookcases (3 shelves 4 packs Kodachrome II color each) S/350 each movie film for double 8MM roll 1 kitchen stool (all wood) ,S/lOo . cameras 25 feet each , $2 each 1 canary 6 cage , Siso0. Or its equivalent. Miscellaneous paperbacks main- Call ext. 227 . fiction S3 , Si5_ Sllo each _ FOR_SALE For further information phone Bob Van Slooten, ext. 297 or Must sell now? view goods at Calle Erie 155 freezer; set Of white dishes ; (off Calle Michigan) Rinconada child 0 s car seat _ del Lago, La Molina. Auto 1964 Chevrolet Chevy II_ Call Lininger at 27199 Or see at Valle Riestra 855. 11 plus golf golf bag; glast ly ================================================== Page 8 ================================================== ================================================== Page 9 ================================================== Recuer do de la Misa de requiem celebrada por ROBERT F. KENNEDY Parroqjuia de Sta. de Lima (Padres d Maryknoll} Eince 8 de Junio de 1968 APGENTA Bp41M {mtt [04 17'# Rosa ================================================== Page 10 ================================================== 62e EL ARZOBISPADO Y CARITAS DE LIMA OFRECEN UNA : "MISA DE REQUIEM" CFLEBRADA POR EL ALMA DEL SENOR : ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEdy 8 de Junio de 1968 PARROQUIA SANTA ROSA PADRES DE MARYKNOLL LINCE ================================================== Page 11 ================================================== -MISA DE REQUIEM INTROITO: EXEQUIAS Dales , Senor el descanso eterno y alumbre tu P: Senor ten piedad luz por siempre sobre ellos A ti, oh Dios , se T: debe la alabanza en Sion, en tu honor se cumplen Cristo, ten piedad _ Sehor, ten piedad los votos en Jerusalen; escucha mi oracion, tu Padre Nuestro. a quien se dirige todo ser de carne Dales , Se nor P= Libra 9 Senor ) su alma T De las penas del infierno ORACION P Descanse en paz T Amen Oh Dios de quien es propio compadecerse siem- pre y perdonar; humilderente te rogamos por el alma de tu siervo Robert Kennedy, que has hecho P Senor escucha nuestra oracion salir de este mundo; no la dejes caer en lzs ma T = Y 1legue a Ti nuestro clamor nos del enemigo para olvidarla Por siempre- an- P = EJ Senor este con vosotros tes ordena a tus &rgeles la reciban y la intro- T % con tu espiritu duzcan en su patria el paraiso, de suerte que, habiendo puesto en ti S' esperanza y su fe, no ORFMUS : tenga que sufrir los castigos del infierno ) sino que entre en posesion de la alegria eterna Por Absuelve Senor de todo vinculo de pecado Nuestro Seior _ el alna de tu siervo Robert & fin de qu2 , en la resurreccion gloriosa sea contado en OFERTORIQ: tre t"s santos y elegidos_ Por Cristo Oh Senor ) Jesucristo de Gloria libra las Por Cristo Nuestro Senor alnzs de todos los fieles difuntos del castigo Anen - del infierno y dlel profundo abismio; libralas de las fauces del le6n Nc las suma el abismo ni Wo seas severo, Sefor, en tu juicio con tu caigan en 1a noehe si o cue San Miguel ei 3- sic w'? Fobert 9 puesto que nadie puede ser banderado Jas intrcduzca 2n la santa luz , que decla.-.o justo en tu presencia_ si Tu mis - en otro 'tlem;o has PL Oatido a Abraham y a su ~10 no le perdcnas todos sus pecados _ descendencia 18 ofrecemos Seror 9 este sacri- ficio ; estas preces de zlabanza Recibelas en Te pedimos } pues 2 que no afligas con una sufragio de ias alMas cuya memoric celebra- sentencia rigurosa a quien te recomiendan moS Haz , Sefor , que pasen de la muerte 3 la vi las sinceras suplicas de la fe cristiana; da , que en otro tiempo has prometido a Abraham antes bien, con la ayuda de tu gracia pue 3 su descendencia da escapar del castigo este que en vida es tuvo marcado con el sello de la Santa Tri- COMUNION nidad Brille 9 Sefor la luz eterna sobre elios Con que vives y reinas por los siglos de tus santos en la eternidad porque eres bueno _ los siglos _ Dales Sefor , el descanso eterno y alumbre tu luz por siempre sobre ellos on tua santos en la e ternidad porque eres bueno Amen Rey hoy Tu, ================================================== Page 12 ================================================== ROBERT FRANCIS KENNEDY (1925-196 8 ) El Sr _ Robert Francis Kennedy nacio en Masa - chusset el 20 de Noviembre de 1925 , hijo del financiero millonario y diplomatico Joseph_ P . Kennedy y su esposa Rose, miembro de una ilus tre familia catolica de origen irlandes En 1951 , se graduo de abogado en la Escuela de Derecho de Virginia y despues de colegiarse en Masachussets,fue a Washington 9 donde"ingre s6 en el Departamento de Justicia como aboga- do especializado en casos de corrupcion y lacion del pago de impuestos Durante el Gobierno de su hermano John F . Ke - nnedy , "Bobby desempenaba el cargo de Procu - rador General (Ministro de Justicia) y parti- cipaba en el Consejo de Seguridad probando sus grandes cualidades como abogado, investi- gador y habil interrogador y polemista En el ano 1964 fue elegido Senador por el estado de Nueva York. El 6 de Junio de 1968 , Robert Francis Kennedy muris asesinado a la edad de 42 anos Hace Po Co , comentando sobre el asesinado del lider negro Dr Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy afirma solemnemente y de manera profetica: "El sufre cada vez que la vida de un hom bre es suprimida sin necesidad por otro hom- sea en nombre de la ley 0 sea contra la por un hombre solo 0 por un grupo a san fria 0 en el fuego de pasion , en ia vio- lencia 0 en respuesta de la violencia Todos sufrimos cada vez que destruimos el hilo de vida que otro hombre habia trenzado con pena y sacrificio,para e1 mismo y para sus hijos_ 01 vie pais bre , ley, gre ================================================== Page 13 ================================================== Geu/ 3 THE CHURCH OF 'TEZ GCOD SHEHTRD LINA _ Ff RU 9 IN KROPT,M ROSzl "? ZS@cDy United S*ctes Senator died 6th 1968 E.__P. @FINIT SUNBAY 9th JUNZ 1983 June ================================================== Page 14 ================================================== ORDER O SERVICE For Ail who have cousht thc public good,_ working to HYN 370 verses 1,2 & 4 only O1d 1 Oth iprevc the lives of C Ommon men : Wc' 'GuUK THEE , 0 GOD _ "Before Jehovah" S awful throne" For ll who havo dcsired social justice &rd better unde ~standing X tween tleir fellows: WE THAK 0 GOD _ Exhortation: C this cet &pert b; the rresident of the ted Statez of America to bc 3 of National For ?11 who have bzen urdismayed by the evils of the times, Mnurning for tic Ajericzn people iet remenber bcfore God JBSRP KNEDY U.5,Senetor for the thc 7 ' ~gedics of life and thc hostility of others: WE THANK THZE= 0 GOD , Stcte of Ncw fork, and inbcra tionally zucpcctcd For ol1 who have resistcd falsehood end wrong; for all who sblix Sozv.lt, heve scorncd the way of ccfety; for &l1 who have been Tribute of Silence filled with high idecls, end heve not bcen' disobedicnt to t'1c heaven ly vision 8 WZ THANK TAEE , 0 GOD . Preyer_of Commendation: 0 Alnighty God before whos;e fece the generations rise end snd We hunbly pray Tnce to help to live 8s those who psss 9 WC cornend the s0ul of thy servant; Robert Ilicvc cnd trust in the cOmmunion 02 guints , thc forgivc- Kennedy, our brothei , into hands , 33 into hands of 2088 of sins 9 and thc rcsurrestion to life cverlosting 2 feithful creator and most merciful seviour, humbly i1 thc assuranc € that cur labcur is not in vain in the Kord. besecching 'Thec thnt it mey p0 precious in sight _ _NEN _ Rest c ternal gront &nto 0 Lord LEs J J from the Book of Job clspter 29 ct al- 7 (Respois ) And let ligkt p-lp- tucl shina u; onl him. FYMV '18 T 1 0 Lord, to Whor] tke spizits live Tune : 202 ilinister: Givo reut_ 0 L rd, {0 3.rvint wiihb Sain Ewzy" aid Of' al1 thu fsitlful pcsscd whcrc sczro; [ain Erc no IOze , neither sighing , kut life evcrl-a 'ting . FROT THE COSFSIL OF ST . JOIV_ chapter 5 , voraea 24 through 29 9 {Gzdpohayf #ercy upon Hin HYi] 1u0 "vesus lives , th; terrors now Chrizt, have Ie rcy upon him; no more 0 death, appal uS M 2 Zord 9 kaVe Wercy upon kim. M _OxZSS by thc llovil . Cenon Ronald W Pick:rd, i.L,C,D_ Libeny_of tily_Eaithful Ministcr: 0 'GOD _ ctorncl iizcrti:l invisiblc_ beforc PRiYzZ$ for 8n to violence , for those who mourn, & for pecce. ) arc the soulg 0f' the living ard of tb deed, For &l1 whj have Served {ileiz' 6enertion with zeal and HY2N 533 "Alwigiriy Futhef, who dost givc Tune: 84 courage 2 WE TEiIX TIZE , 0 GOD . 'Tne €ft of life to el1 who livc" "C annons" (4In Offcrirg will he rcccived) For &l1 who heve labourcd for freedom, government; The Bcncdiction just laws , and respect *0 hunan lifc and honcs regard- Recessional -less of colour creed or class 8 WE THANK 'TEEE, 0 COD . Tune : TTEEZ , day , Cai Day us us ewzy ihy the Thy him, Amen thy tiyy tS , Cen erd Wlom good Organ ================================================== Page 15 ================================================== NOTICES OF TH; WEEK Pleese reel, 28 will not be announced during the se-ice . THZP WIS_ BE NO HOLY COMUNION SERVICE 4@ 8 &,m , TLXI SUNLiY _ The Chaplain will be officiating at Ian `ifn Ye MORNIIG PRUYER 4T 10 8 +M , will be conducted by } Earve: Reader. "NORROW NJNDZY: 4 pam . h in the Hall for all :dies wh with the care of the SNC'fUiRY 9 or i would like to do S0 . Please eccept this invitationa 60 TOMO ROW at 6.30 p.ma: CHURCH CCTNNCIL MEeTS . J LDIEV GUILD meets Tuesday et 2.30 pam. onwards , The nxt project i8 & BOOK SiLz _ PLuASE BRZNG US YOUR DOka NO LONG@R NEEDED & We can turn tlien into egh to support our Church k it8 activities _ ORSHIP WIH MOTHEE" the pre-Kindergarten cless for iny chilu-en will be held on WEDiESDiY ONLY in Ji8 C omin; week. D_WEEK HCY COMUNI ON: St .Barnabas, Apostle: 5.15 pam. (after th:: Cuild meeting _ Wedlesday evening 6 p.m, Thuesdey: CORPUS CHRISTI DAY, 9 & .m , in the morning EBLz STUD GROUP: Tuegday 7.15 P.m. XOIR PRCTCL: Wednesday evening 7.30 p.m. they Weeks , Ley Tea help Tucscay , ================================================== Page 16 ================================================== Buec 4 Gncargade de interi m de tos Gstados de hnevica desea ehresar & QUd. su sincena fox ta mdalencit que je ha dignado Qlld. fresenetax em ocasion de l txdgica Jeisa ricion det q"e Foe Yenador Iokeyt 9 Kennedy: 44V Soin- ehronecha lat ohortunkd [ara yeiteray ( Od. el testimonia de sut ransidleracign % estima Boma , 4h dejunio de 1968. Negocios 3a Onidos gratitd ================================================== Page 17 ================================================== LIMITED OFFICIAL USE ~Resewuh U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Mkemcumnune DIRECTOR OF INTELIIGENCE AND RESEARCH RSB-92 June 13, 1963 To The Secretary Through S/s From INR Thonas L. Hughes Il Subject : Moscow S Reaction to the Robert Kennedy Assass ination ABSTRACT 1 The Soviets have reacted to the killing of Senator Robert Kennedy with an outpouring of anti-US propaganda The propaganaa has tried to show that American society is no model for the world and deserves no influence abroad; that the US is rotten and 1s declining; and that the US is ruled by bloodtnirsty reactionaries who oppose everything new and progressive The Arab origin of Sirhan is awkward for Soviet C ommentators , and Mayor Yorty' 8 com - ments about Sirhan' s alleged pro-c ommunist sympathies seem to make Mos € OW uneasy . As for the Soviet leadership, we suspect that the leaders are concerned over the shooting a8 a possible warning sign that violence the recent student actions in Poland and Yugoslavi for example , having already given MoscOw pause may be on the up- 2 swing in the world at large To a leaser extent , Mosc OW presuma woula al80 be troubled by the a8sa8sination as widening the margin of unpredictability in the US Presidential election picture, thus probably creating uneasy feelings for the Soviet regime _ An unc lassified appendix containing excerpts from Soviet com- mentary is attached I. m'i #;s produt edl by the Bureau Exempted from automatic deconbol Infeihs'm and Rescarch_ Aside {u;t; "ma suhstantive exchainge with LIMITED OFFICIAL USE AT i;'T '0`jo$ {it the wrking [evel, [t*; 3"t hu('n (Uord/ ated eIsewhere . #xk J bly ================================================== Page 18 ================================================== LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 A Plo: by Reactionary Circles Soviet media within hours of the shooting began hammering away at the idea that it was the result of a plot They have been careful not to identify the supposed_plotters with any 1 prec ision, generally referring s imply to "reactionary circles Some commentaries have lumped several groups togetner under this rubric Southern segregationists ) rabid anti-communists , arms manufacturers and big financiers The plotters frequently are Ti deseribed as being bitterly oppoged to Negro eivil rights , pro - Mi gressive movements , ending or even limiting the Vietnam war , ard aid to the poor Tied to t he plot against RFK invariably are the a8sa3sinatio: < 0f President Kennedy and Dr Martin Luther King, and occasionally the killing of eivil rights leader Evers and the trial of' Dr Benjamin Spock are mentioned . Sometimes the plotters are said to m1 enjoy the support of the reactionary ruling cireles of Washingto: , giving the impression that the plot group stands beyond 3 or pernaps above ) the Federal Governnent Dissenters from tne views cherished by the plotting ultra-rightists are punished through paid assassins if nec essary because they stand in the way , and that Mi Vi the rightists along with the public shed crocodile tears Jonli Kennedy in this connection 1s called the victim of the "military- M financ ial monopolies and espec ially a clique of Texas millionaires Connivance by US Authorities A few propaganda blasts have gone far In the direetion of implying official connivance One early broadeast said that 11 "irresponsible official connivance made the shooting of RFK 1 M possible The thrust of this remark was that local authorities nac not prcvided proper police protection_ Elsewhere, Soviet propaganda has charged that the police in Los Angeles just as in "i Dallas and Memphis_ were erless , 1mplying through this eynieed note that Zocal authorities let the three leaders be killed intentionally Connivance on the part of the Federal authorities was suggested ir the comment mentioned above tnat the ruling cirela in Washington support the extreme rightist forces which carry out inese politieal crimes This idea was refired two days later by 8: c ommentary which explicitly stated that connivance on the part of local and al3o central officials , and even their sympathy helps rightist organizations to operate and thus constitutes a factor contributing toward polltical crimes carried out by sucn rigntict organizations LIMITED OFFICIAL USE "powe ================================================== Page 19 ================================================== LIMITED OFFICIAL USE A picture 0f Federal involvement in the JFK and RFK assassi - nations has als0 been painted by describing the US as a police state under the control of the FBI and CIA, by recalling alle - gations at the t ime of President Kennedy 8 assassination that tnese agene ies s omehow played a role 9 and by asserting that the Robert Kennedy shooting reintroduces the same set of questions It has als0 been suggested that RFK had to pe eliminated beeause ne knew as former Attorney General_ the real story behind the killing of his brother and was going to release this information upon being elected President 9 when the guilty ones would no lonser have protection. Sirnan' s Arab Origin Twenty-four hours passed before Pravda broke the ice for Soviet media on Sirhan S Arab origin_ Tnis news item was buriea on a back page , separated from the paper 8 2 ommentary on the RFK shooting_ Later that Izvestiye dealt more boldly with the Arab-origin factor 9 dec lar that any US media which stressed that Sirhan was of Arab origin were trying shield the true culprit 9 the American way of life The next June 7 , Soviet media acknowleaged that Sirhan was detained at the scene of the erime and that he was of Arab origin, but added, variously , that the Attorney General had ordered ar investigation to see 1f there was not a conspiracy , 0423 that Sirhan was a naturalized US citizen_ Pravda June 8 said triat Sirhan, a Jordantan immigrant _ was at first described in all of ficial announcement s of' the police and other investigative bodiez as a fanatical nationalist who had been operating on his own, and that Attorney General Clark had stated officially several times tnat there was no evidence of the existence of a consplracy _ Hov ever eye-witness accounts had now been released indicating Siriar nay nave had at least one and probably several ac complices _ When these stories did not pan out , Pravda June 9 turned to the lame contention that US media were talking about Sirhan 1 3 Arab origin for the purpose of sharpening the already tense Arab-Israeli situation. LIMITED OFFICIAL USE day Ing "to only; day ? ================================================== Page 20 ================================================== LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 3 Anti-ommunist "iysteria" in the US While not going S0 far as to suggest that US reactionaries had RFK &ssassinated for the purpose of whipping up anti-communist hysteria 1i the US , Soviet media have been asserting that Ameriean ultra-rightists have exploited the tragedy for this purpose Ix the proce83_ 9 the Soviets have attacked the FBI for allezedly Mi 11 persecuting progress ive groups and individuals instead of @ Oni - batting the mount ing US crime rate, and have added ominously tnat political crimes in the US like the RFK killing 50 unpunished . In the course of' describing the US as a society aevoid of ideal, as s hown by the Robert Kennedy murder one commentator stated tiai US reactionaries sought to fill the void with "anti-eommunism and M arti-Sovietism Another C ommentary renewed tne @ harge that J . TI Edgar Hoover invented the "slander" that 3 c ommulnist conspiraey laj behind Dr King 8 murder when in fact Hloover nad inst [gated tne assassination _ The use of the RFK assas8ination as a pretext to whip up anti-communist hysteria has been deseribed as a cove1 for a campaign against the anti-Vietnam, civil rignts and povert; movement s And the Soviets have denounced Mayor Yorty' s referer:e;: to Sirhan ' s alleged DuBois Club connection and pro-c ommunist I1 M sympathles as an absurd invention. RFK' s Stand Coneerning Vietnam Soviet propacanda has repeatedly asserted that Robert Kenned; 11 W recently had come around to a s omewhat realistic view on the subject of Vietnam and was hated for it by the reac tionaries , tnig havi contributed 8ignlficantly to the decision to have nim assassinated _ As part of this line, it 18 pointed out that RFK was under no tnreat to his life when he worked for Senator Josep Mc Carthy or 3erved as Attorney General, but only ater he ehanzed ~13 Vietnam po3ition_ Soviet media add that the (:' hange 1nl quest ion was hardly a radical one since the Senator altnouzh iie f'avored an uneonditonal halt in US bombing of North Viet- had rot; c ome out in favor of unconditional US withdrawal Pravda ha3 gereralized that botn JFK and RFK were eliminated at that poiu:i wher they dared disagree with "the reckless foreign course of imperialist reaction_ LIMITED OFFICIAL USE ng nam , ================================================== Page 21 ================================================== LIMITED OFFICIAL USE US Claim to Worla_Leadership In villifying US society and institutions in connection with the Robert Kenneay assassination, Soviet propaganda has frequently adaed the comment that this is the same C ountry which poses as a world leader or tries to act as a moral mentor and democratic example to the world Izvestiya, for example exelaimed righteo - M_ that this soc iety, which uses terror in its election struggle _ dares # proclaim that the 2oth century 18 the century of Americanigz" #10 Anot her C ommentator stated that the US has no inspiring national aims_ 2 no Ideals which can capture the minds and hearts of people _ A blatant Soviet effort to exploit the RFK tragedy to show that the US allegedly has lost all moral authority in the world has been a feature as much of domestic as 0f international Soviet propaganda since the assassination As such, it may offer insight into the kind of obstacles which Soviet propagandists feel they face in improving the image of the USSR both at home and abroaa _ Possible Tnoughts on Mos € QW S Mind The gros8 nature of Soviet propaganda about tne Robert Kennedy a88a8sination should not obscure the likelihood that the Soviel leadership is disturbed by this development If Mosc OW 8 cautious c omme ntary 80 far this year on US Presidential election developments 1s any indication, the Soviets saw in RFK' s candidacy the least among evils and were hoping he might win_ (At the same time_ 9 it 13 likely that Moscow was not counting or a shift in US Vietnam poliey to a direction desired by MoscOw _ } regardless of who won the election The Soviet leaders probably view the as3assination with s ome apprehension because they see ft a8 feec- ing a tren toward violence In the world which coula directly 2 f _ fect trie USSR _ Thu; , the Polish student riots in March with their bloody turn, and the Yurgoslav unrest this month which spread to a11 centers of higher learning, have undoubtedly given the Soviets pause 9 as they revealed that the communist world is by no means Immune from violeni revolutionary spontaneity Czechoslovak developments have a i8o been a case in point ; aithough they have not involvec violence , student pressures contributed substantially to the bringing down of a regime _ Even if these event s in c omiru nist countries nad not taken place , Mosc Ow might be alarmed by t;: violent revolutionary actions of youth recently in West Germany LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 13 ================================================== Page 22 ================================================== LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 5 and France , s ince the communists had a disconcertingly hard time understanding and adjusting their line to these movement s The restiveness of' youth in both Western and Eastern Europe has been 1i marked by a clear disdain for "establishments , and the Sovlet authorities fear of contagion can only mount with each new out 5 break_ Soviet leaders are undoubtedly also disturbed by the fact that t he removal of Robert Kennedy from the US Presidential contest increases for them the unknown factors in trying to project possible future trends in US policy_ Although Soviet leaders may have welcomed the propaganda windfall for purposes 0f maligning US society, they must also be sensitive to any event: that could increase unpredictability in US policy, which heightenz the feeling of insecurity of the Soviet regime LIMITED OFFICIAL USE ================================================== Page 23 ================================================== LIMITED OFPICIAL USE 6 7 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE ================================================== Page 24 ================================================== Append ix UNCLASSIFIED 1 - SZZTE SQVIS? COMENTS 01; T ROBERT KENNEDY ASSASZINATICN Mos C OW Dome stic Service in RussIan 1200 GMT 5 Jun 68 V [Text ] Another political crime has been committed in the United States , the country whicn boasts about its democracy, its system--the system of free enterprise The assassination attempt in Los Angeles was possible because of the irresponsible connivance on the part of the authorities and the notorious freedom of a capitalist society, the freedom to kill. It 1s noteworthy that the extreme rightwing forces in the United States enjoy the support of the reactionary ruling circles in Washington and exert a growing influence on the pol iiical life of the country. They oppose the granting cf equal civii rights 10 the Negro pcpulation. They are in favor of a militarization of the country and of the arms race t,o please monopolistic capital_ The hawks demand a extensijc of che war in Vietnam, threatening those who dissent from them with punishments ard at times ufe the services of paid assassins This happened In November 1963 when Presidert Kennedy was killed in Dallas _ This happened on 4 April thls year when Martin Luther King was killed in Memphis Thls Is happening today In Boston , at the shameful trial of five represertatives of the U . S , intelligentsia led by Benjamin Spock, who openly opposes the azgression in Indochina MoscO1 TASS International Service in English 1330 GMT 5 Jun 68 L Crlov commentary] What strikes the eye Is that the huge and lavishly financed ma chinery of the FBI is directed not S0 much at combating crime and political and criminal gangsterism--the latter are interoven as a rule--as at persecuting progressive organizations and 2ctive mbers of mass antiwar and anti-imperialist movements , al1 those who are opposed to the country' s present # establishment _ Moscow TASS International Service In English 1610 GMT 5 Jun 68 L Comnent in IZVESTIYA on the new crine in the United States , M, Severov writes: "The end to violence that sweeps the United States from coast to coast is not in 5 ight . More and more often revolver shots accentuate the events in the modern history cf the Urited States Severov writes further that the soc Ioeconomic sys tem upon Whicn the United States rests unleashes the basest ins tincts of an indiv idual . This system, that tries to inpose its rule on the world through the use of arns pay s heav ily for 1t3 crimes vict ims are not only Vietnamese women and children, not only campes inos in the Duninican Republic or the Arab fellahs but also its own citizens no matter whetne - they arc Boz ton milliona ires or itical leaders brothers John and Robert Kennedy, the Negro leader Ma Icolm X, or champion of nonviolent action Martin Luther In 2 word its victim is every nan lucky to be born In the coun under the stars and stripes UNCLASSIFIED (1Eor me- ing "Its Pol_ King. try ================================================== Page 25 ================================================== UNCLASSIFIED ii iiat uses terror as the usual means of the el2ction struggie , "And this soc icty of the revolver, that pra ises the tkat swea s by the green dollar and the s teel tC dares say throuzh its prophets tha + 1t 1s called upon of g4in and vinlence 2oth certuy the century of 7 leadership to the world_ and proc la Lns tne give Mor; Arcricanisn, Russian 1626 C#r 5 Jun 66 L Moscow Domest ic Service in Society of Fear Viol ] [Yuriy Babich comnentary : Wno Euided the hand of the assassin? How could this new crime have been comlm: t:ec ? How Is it possible that in a country that pralses its freedom and denocracy a Yuile: more and nore is bec oming the most important "argument in a political strugsle 7 Proninent politician, Sen William Fulbright _ called America a sick society _ Tnes: are just words The Amerlcan bourgeois society is in fact incurable sick 6 profound crisis has long affected the entire U.8 _ social systeri in al1 its aspceis Its entire ideology ec onomy and politics _ to f1l1 this political ari Ior Tre American reactionary ruling classes are trying oellicos e , reactiot.a ; with anticommunism and anti-Sovietism What car tn: vacuum young ones who on the very Ideology sive Gillions cf Americans particularly 1on across the cult 01' of tneir consc ious life, come across profound dissatisfact of bus iness the root in the country across the cults profit that is taking dollar and violence? Mos cow TASS International Service in English 0600 GMT 6 Jun 68 L [Text ] Moscow-~The assassination attempt on Robert Kennedy is in the focus of attention of today S Soviet newspapers _ 8 Vishnevskiy , answe ring the quest ion was Senat?r Kennedy Shct?n writes in PRAVDA: "No one planned any attempt on his life when Robert Kennedy , early in his political career , served as adviser to the inquisitorial commission of the nctorlous Sen Joseph McCarthy. No one was aiming a gun at him when he faithfully served the rul class as attorney general extreni e ultras came to hate him only when Robert Kennedy , yielding to public pressure made a certain not very confident step toward realism and critfcized the most aggressive and reckless aspects of U . S _ forelgn policy by derouncing the escalation of the dirty Vietnam war without demanding_ however an unconditfonal withdrawal of interventfonist troops from Indochina _ SOVIET RUSS IA has 3 comme ntary by Genrich Borovik , New Ycrk NOVOST I correspondent entitled "Crime in Ios Angeles _ He calls attention che fact that the "police which should have protected Kennedy_ proved once again powerless as in Dallas 5 jears ago and Memphis 2 months ag0 _ 1t "I do not kow Lf this t 1mle the crime will be solved _ The only tning clear is that the much-vaunted American freedom is a freedom t0 kill those who think differently_ The much-vaunted American way of life 18 one of vfolence That has become an Inevitable companion to capitalist socie Aleksey Leontyev writes in RED STAR: "Apparently , this time al50 certain gentlemen of the United States will weep and hypocritically express condolences Spilling the blood of tneir victims and shedding tears over their fate have be come favorite occupations with tne bosses of America They are steeped in crime and are trying to save face whe ther in Vietnam or the United States _ Eut these are vain attempts _ god: ence" ara "A not such and "Why ing "The to ty- ================================================== Page 26 ================================================== UNCLASSIFIED Iif Paramonov in LIFE ABROAD Mos &OW TASS Interna-i(inal Service in English 1418 GMT 6 Jun 68 L {Text ] MoscOW Conmenting on the assass1nation of' U . S . Senator Robert Kennedy 1r Los Arseles_ 8e writes that a "country lauded by bourgeois propaganda as a citadei of freedon arid denocracy' is Increasingly becomlng an arena 0f political banditry For the second time in 2 months a Itical murder has been committed in the United States The author says that "the gunshots in Los Angeles bring to the fore again with new force the s inister role played by the FBI and the CIA_ the mainstays of U.8 _ circles Whatever the present murderers may say , or whether they ;ay notning at a11 the FBI and CIA remain a grim embodiment of the poli-e state which America hzs be com? --the admission even of many bourgeois leaders The CIA and FBI many fore ign researchers say , we re implicated in the assassination of President Kennedy _ It was the FBI head , J. Edgar Hoover , who prompted the assassins calling Martin Luther King a liar_ and who after King' $ assassination, invented 3 slarderous version that behind this murder was a "communist conspiracy_ Victor Glazunov Commentary Moscow i.1 Englis: to South As ia 1600 GMT 6 Jun 68 L The p0le a world gendarme is turning American society into 3 gaigster 2 t hone So it is that America, lauded as an example of Western denocracy , appears be fore the world as a socicty 0f brutality and inhuman- It is rooted in the very essence of the social system in America , in the very foundations 0f the society based on the dollar and stamp out such notions as honor , justice legality, and huanity Capitalism is fraught with violence Just as clouds are fraught with rain The sys ten of violence and lawlessness , moreover Omes more and more rotten as political power concentrates in the hands o f an ever smaller handful of monopolists _ Valentin Zorin Commentary Moscow Domestic Service in Russ ian 1900 GMT 6 Jun 68 L The fire of revolver shots which 5 ounded in the Los Ange les Ambassador Hotel have exposed like Iightning the disgusting reverse s ide 0f the political life in the leadlng state of the modern capitalist world People nave been seriously shaken by the realization of the danger brought to then by the state wbich 1s pretend ing to play 3 leading part in the world and has raised violence to the level of a state 43c^ : Violence reigns suprene In the America Of Qur t imes not Jus t because any scoundrel there can easily buy weapons and have then na j led to his home but above all because the whole atmosphere in that country is mbued with a spirit 231 violence More than that--this atmosphere has been planned and cultivated for many years Anerican art consisting of horror books and films; s clence full of theories justlfying tne right of the strong; and above a11 the practical policy of the Amerlau staze wn] uses violence and war plunder as a state icy Such is the bree:dnn the po1sonous weeds includ ing the systematic assassinations ef poltlcians fcr some reason regarded as undesfrable by the extreme Anerican reactionares UNCL; SSIFAZD pol_ rul ing 0f ity. ing bec pol - s01l cn ================================================== Page 27 ================================================== UNCLASSIFIED iv Vladimir Afonin Comment:ry to Eastern North America 2300 GMT 6 Jur 63 L Moccow in English tried to depzc+ as 1 I2nC of demo - In the country that the mass media has tirelessly t0 ballot $ , and frenzied that there are forces that prefer bullets cracy, it now appears the lone 4s9assin, the ie: who action to sensible (edivisions of opinion ) Unlike and the prospect ive century are bound to be s Ome ne I $ agerts; corimit the murders of the Never before in U.S history have organizations to employ them are quite nuerous . legal _ These are a nizations semilegal , or ever there been 50 many terrorist orga Little wonder traces are product 02' the U.S social system , a policy of weapons _ those: who (? corimit } attempt is made to find the conspirators and left When the political crimes _ leadership a country can give if it i5 It remains to be asked what of moral s ination. To the world the its own political figures from assas unable to protect ?rather ) like the American Wa y of death. American way of life now looks ( Orlov Conmentary Moscow TASS International Service in English 1635 GMT 7 Jun 68 L Characteristically, the victims of these crImes are as a rule leaders who in one way or arother express their opposition to rabid militarism anj racism and are therefore not suitable to extreme reaction. The murder of Robert Kenneay , says weil- known Brazilian professor of law Varisto de Mois Fillo_ shows that in the United States there is apparently a movement of rightwingers who are connected with military circles which are interested in continuing the war in Vietnam. Tne chief aim of this organization, he says , is to destroy prominent democratic and liberal political leaders As is Jus tly observed by many commentators connivance and even sympathy on the part of certain officials of central and local authorities facilitates tne operation of these organizations and is a contributing factor to political crimes T 0 judge by quite evident symptoms _ the reactionary circle s have decided now to use Robert Kennedy' s assassination as a pretext for whirping u; an anticommunist In the country to camoufiage the launching of a campa1gn azainst a11 hysteria progressive ani liberal movements includ the antiwar movement the civil rights rovement the Poor Feople 5 Campaign _ and S0 forth. The tone for this campaign was Set by certain Iccl government 0fficials in Los Ange les , whe re this villainous crime Wa S committea May?r Yorty hurried to state that the man charged with the nuzder 4 1rertly nad contact: with the local Dubois Club, a progressive youtn organizatior_ and tkat he allegedly showed sym pachy for the conmunists A U,S communist Pa rty 5 pokesmar denfed tkis ansurd inveni ion ana desc ribed Yorty' $ statement as a crude attenpt to mls_ead the pubiic 15 41 ef'fort t2 prevent a real Invest lgation of this dirty affalr and tne plot behiza it_ After the Bejro lezder Martin Luther King Was assa58 inat ed _ Fobe rt Kenne dy rany tizes called for feasures CO alleviate the plignt of Negroes ir tne Un_ted States _ fie ssed *0 say ~hat ~here w1ll be no peace in the country until this acu+e 2blen 15 set+ied. H1s siatenents received great res ponse among Negroes _ Sj , Jy a31833 inating Rober: Xerinedy , racialist elements have shown tnelr resolve to a0 4way Witn pe?son ic: 1s in their UNCLASSIFXED no sort ing any way. ================================================== Page 28 ================================================== UNCLASSIFIED Korionov PRAVDA Article Mosccw TASS Internat ional Service in English 0552 GMT 8 Jun 68 L [Text ] Moscow- assassination of Pre s Ident John Kennedy and nis brother _ Sen Robert Kennedy vividly demonstrate the foul essence of the worid of modern capitalist America political analyst Vitaliy Korionov writes in today' $ PRA VDA "How far the disintegration of the very system of American Imperialism has gore when even the remotest symptoms of the appearance in the Whfte House of a pe rson who dared to timidly express his disagreement with the re ckless foreign political course of imperialist reaction including escalat ion 0f the Vietnam war and other forms of violence bring forth paroxysms of fury In certain quarters and set in motion the me chanism of political killings The directed political crine penetrates the entire 1ife of decaying capitalism Just as salt has embued the ocean waters Robert Kennedy' s murder is added proof of thfs Korfonov writes. tt Political killings _ whlch are shocking America with growing frequency , are the direct result of the well-planned course of monopoly circles aimed at turning the country and the na tion into an obedient tool of their far-reaching avaricious intentions It is now clear to everyone Korionov writes m1 that the shots in Dallas = Memphis_ and Los Ange les were not the work of individual: terrorists They were possible first of a11 be cause forces are governing the country which stop at nothing in theIr intention to d0 away with everything that does not suft them. Gennadly Gerasimov _ the NOVOSTI political analyst , writes in TRUD that "American history is spattered with blood Every ninth president wa s killed Indians were annihilated_ workers were shot "witches " were hunted ana hysterical fear of comnunist implanted "A1l this has taken place and still exists Vadimir Zhukov Commentary Moscow Domestic Service in Russian 1550 GMT 9 Jun 68 L A person who 1s even slightly familiar witt the practice and Ideology of German fascism would hare much difficulty in Seeing in the actions of the nilitant American reactionaries the cust;oms of tha Nazis . And 1t is oniy a matter of the murder of politiual opponents ; i+ 1s 3 matter Jf the direct; inclination of the Amarican racists , ultras , and milftarists toward -a50 Lom. n1e Iamiliar sme 11 of Hitlert s "writings_ "the atmosphere of the burning of the R?fchs and the night of the long knives come from these leaflets and other ncivecent 1iterature 4:d one nust stress that the "program For the suppressfon of disorders" _-that n> vlolence against Negro denonstrations and those by their sympathizers the rogran set out In the deaflet of the Amerian ultras--found its application in -1e bloody outrages against Negroes following the murder of Martin Luther Tie army and police authoritles acted VIrtually 25 one wIth the racists _ Vs SG "The not not; ~ag, iS , King - ================================================== Page 29 ================================================== UNCLASSIFIED vi Mobcow in English to Eastern North American 0100 GM 10 Jun 68 L [Tert] Mikhall Strogovich , eminent Soviet lawyer has an interestIng theory on why Robert Kennedy was a881ss1nated _ Here 15 hls reoorded statement_ The murderer has been caught It now remains to discover the mainsprings of the crime The Same task now arises to find the organlzers of the assassination, for this second murder in similar cIrcums tances was , beyond a doubt, actuated by the same motlves The 1dea here was to get the brother of the assass1nated President out of the way It cannot be tho accIdental deed of an unbaianced person acting on his own , murder of Robert Kennedy throws 5 ome 11ght On the murder of the President Had he been elected to the White House it 1s certain that he would have taken energetic steps to find his brotherts real assassins We mus t now Walt and see what WIll happen . UNcLASSi;T Tno ================================================== Page 30 ================================================== LIMITED OFFICIAL USE LIMITED OFFICIAL USE ================================================== Page 31 ================================================== Po L 6 W- KENE) (8 2 2 5 7 OUTGOING TELEGRAM Department of State 3 INDICATE: COLLECT 9 CHARGE To LIMITED OFFICIAL USE /6 8 Classification Amconsul SALISBURY 2 Orioin ACTION: Jun 68 15 |32 Into: STATE SUBJECT Condolence Message On SEnator Kennedy PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT To GOVERNOR : 1 0 QTE The tragic and untimely death of Senator Robert F _ Kennedy has come a8 a great shock to all Americans _ On behalf of the people of the United States , I express my deepest appreciation for your words of sympathy . UNQTE 2 J QTE I shall transmit your message to Mrs. Kennedy and members of the Senator S family. Lyndon B Johnson UNQTE 3 White House does not plan to release message but has no Objection to release by Sir Humphrey Gibbs . DECONTROL 8/31/68 . END IuSa 1 Drafted by: Tel . Ext _ Telegraphic transmission and AFSE :TAFain;chr 6/11/68 6261 classification approvod by: AF-Thomas EBxquink)} Cloarancos: AF Mt Holmes s/5 Mr . Parkel AF ~ M, HALt EUR Mr_ Wallerthu LEMITED OFFICIAL USE FORM Classification 8-65 DS-322 ================================================== Page 32 ================================================== Pol 6 Uslkenne IHY , KoBErt F OUTGOING TELEGRAM DejaftnehtoHStaesieef Of X; g274A INDICATE: COLlECT Bishhet , 7 CHARGE To CONF IDENTIAL 8 Classification 8 Origin ACTION: Amembassy AMMAN IMEDIATE Amembassy BEIRUT IMMEDLATE LLA Hunbb 2| 0z Info: Amembassy TEL AVIV IMMEDIATE Amconsul JERUSALEM IMEDIATE USINT CAIRO IMEDIATE Amembassy JIDDA IMEDIATE Amembassy KUWAIT IMMEDIATE Amembassy ADEN IMEDIATE Amembassy TRIPOLI IMEDIATE 3 Amembassy TUNIS IMMEDIATE Amembassy RABAT IMDIATE Amembassy LONDON IMEDLATE STATE 3 Reuters item datelined London June 13 reported unidentified Arab government developed startling information on Senator Kennedy assassination and giving details to FBI Report ASAP any information available on origin and veracity this story. End 'RUSK & 7a NEAeARN 8 MWiley:psw 6/13/68 83236 Ex: Telegraphic transmission ad NEA 6 xoccr Hendley classilication approved by: Cloarancos: o/sy/PRS T.J_ Shea M WY UAR 8 Mr _ Johnstone 3 CONFIDENTIAL FORM Classification 8-65 DS-322 NICMQFILNE 8 W ================================================== Page 33 ================================================== 6 1L 5 'Znrelj Op TzLctee Department of State TELEGRAM of p 985 TES UNCLASS IF IED 760 PAGE 0 | LONDON 09869 1318432 8 | Actron EUR 2m INF 0 AF 09 2 NE4 13,SS 20,GPM 04 p SP 02,L 032 H 020 P 04,US I A 12#NSC 10 2 I NR 07 , C IA 04,NSA 02,DODE 004RSR 01@ RSC 0 ! ,FB [ 0 [ 0 / 115 W R 1317167 JUN 68 FM AMEMBASSY LONDON C SECSTA TE WASHDC 4[58 INFO AMEMBASSY AMMAN AMEMBASSY BE IRUT AMCONGEN JERUSALEM AMEMBASSY TEL A V I V US INTERESTS SECTION SP ANISH EMBASSY CA I RO UAR 1 AMEMBASSY KUWA I T AMEMBASSY TRIPOL [ 4 UNCLAS LONDON 98 4 9 SUB J 9 KENNEDY ASSASS INA TION REF $ LonDON 9621 . 0 FQL IS TEXT JOHN KIMCHE ARTICLE ENTITLED QTE BOBB Y $ BRIDDLE OF TRIPS BY SIRHAN UNQTE IN JUNE 13 EVENING STANDARD ? 2 c QTE - STARTL ING NEW EVIDENCE ABOUT THE IDENTITy OF THE MAN CHARGED WITh KILLING ROBERT KENNEDY HAS BEEN PRODUCED By ARAB GOVERNMENT 0 THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN MAKING AN INTENS I VF INVESTIGA T[ON INto THE BACKGROUND OF SI RHAN B I SHARA 0 THE NEW INFORMATION , WhIch IS BE ING COMMUN ICATED To THE UNITED STATES AjThCR - TIES, MA Y OPEN UP AN ENTIREL Y NEW LINE OF YNQuiRy Into THE MOTIVATION AND ORGAN IZATZ ON OF THE A TTACk ON KENNEDY ~ 11" Aiso :NDICA TED CONS IDERABLE VARIATION IN THE ACCOUNTS So FAR G [ VEN OF S I RHAN ' S PAST AND MOVEMENTS. HIS FULL NAME I5 G I VEN AS SiRAAN BISHARA SIRHAN ABU KHA TAR HE WAS F IRST BROUGHT To THE UNITED STA TES AS A FOUR - YEAR-OLD CHILD In 1948 --NOT IN 1957 , HE RETURNED To JORDAN IN 1957 AND THE RECORDS Skow THAT HE WAS MA RRIED IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH A T ES SALT , :5 MILES WEST OF AMMAN ON JUNE 27 , 1957 2 WHEN HE WAS ONL Y 13, To LEILA YUSSEF' MIKHAEL FROM ESS SALT ' LATER THA ? YEAR S I RHAN RETURNED To THE. UN ITED STATES A ND TAREE MONTAS LATER His UNCLASSIF IED QtPARTMENT 3 J 1 STA 1 79 AN ================================================== Page 34 ================================================== Op Department of State TELEGRAM TES Of UNCLASSIF IED PAGE 0 2 LONDON 9869 1318 432 WIFE WAS BROUGHT To AIMa THE RECORDS OF AIS JOURNE Y NO? VERY PRECISE AND PROBABL Y Not VERY IMPORTANT 0 A S BoTh HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE LITTLE MORE THAN CHILDREN , THER MORE INTEREST CENTRES ON THREE LATER JOURNE YS WAICH SI RHAN MADE p ESPECIALL Y ON THE LST Two WhICH, ACCORDING To ThIS INVESTIGATION p WERE MADE 1N 1964 AND 1966 , In 1964 SIRHAN , ACCORDYNG To THESE RECORDS , RETURNED To THE MDDLE EAST FOR SE VEN MONTHS 2 FOUR OF WhIch HE SPENT IN DAMASCUS WHERE HE WA S FOR TAE REST QF THE TIME IS No STA TED , I 1966 HE IS SA [ D To HA VE SPENT AN EVEN LONGER PERIOD IN THE MIDDLE EAST p INCLUDING A STRETCh OF FIVE MONThS IN CA I RO & HE RETURNED To THE UNITED StATES0 ACCORDING To THIS REPORT , A T THE BEG I NNING OF 1967 ThE ARAB GOVERNMENT IS CONV INCED THA T ItS RECORDS A RE ACCURATE BUT THEY ARE BE ING SENT To THE UN I TED STATES S0 TAAT' ThEy CAN BE CHECKED WITh THE INFORMA TION A SSEMBLED RY THE FB< 0 THERE IS A N EVIDENT AND INCREASING DIS INCL INATION, HOWEVER , FOR WITNESSES To TALK AND EVEN THOSE WHO SPOKE A T F[RST e 5 SUch AS SIRHAN'S F A TAER 9 -HA VE NOw ADJUSTED THEIR RESPONSES 0 LAST WEEK S ] RHAN 'S FA THER CURSED HIS SON YESTERDA Y HE WAS DENOUNC ING KENNEDY AND PREPARING To G0 To Los ANGELES To STAND B Y HIS SON UNQTE 0 BRUCE UNCLASSIF [ED Q PARTMENT 3 1 1 STA ARE RA ================================================== Page 35 ================================================== W SJS Pending DEPARTMENT OF STATE Washington, D.C. 20520 Reply should g0 from Mr _ Bundy . Cleared by Mr Wright per June 13 , 1968 EA Birdsall to Andrea Long 6/17/68 _ eic F som_ EAl Bun /8 MEMORANDUM FOR MR _ WALT W ROSTOW THE WHITE HOUSE Subject: Condolences on the Death of Senator Robert F_ Kennedy Enclosed: is a message to the President from Indonesian < Ambassador Soedjatmoko in Washington expressing condolences with regard to the tragic death of Senator Kennedy _ 6 It is proposed that Assistant Secretary Bundy reply to the Ambassador on behalf of the President and a suggested 6 reply for White House clearance is also enclosed If you agree that this is appropriate, Mr Bundy will respond directly to the Ambassador s message along the lines of the enclosed draft. Benjamin H. Read J Executive Secretary Enclosures: 1 s/s 1 _ Message from A True Copy Ambassador Soedjatmoko 2 _ Suggested reply . A er EA/ IND RGRichJr: jen Clearances: EA/ IND Mr _ Und lerhili; EA Mr _ Duemling S/S-S Mr _ Parker Kay Fff "~OFILHED ASMJ Y 4/ ================================================== Page 36 ================================================== Uj 8572 MDIORANDU BOR M. walt V, ROSTOW TF WHITz HQUST Subjoct: Gondolences O0 the Death of Senitor Robort [ , Kcnnedy Encloved 10 Dobul8e to the PrarIdent Kron Ironestan Aqbaeeedor_Sadtatroko L0 Hethlaston expreoetog condolencos WLth regard to the traglc death 0f Benator Kennedy . It 1' Propoted tbat_Ase1otant Secretery Bundy reply to the Abaatador on behalf ot che Fres-deat, end euggeoted reply for Mhite Kouse elearenco 1' Alt encloted . If You egree that thts 1 "PProprLato, Mr . Bundy VILI roopond directly to the Anbagador 0 Dobtage aLong che 1Inae Of the encloadd draft. Benjento, H. Read BxecutIve 8ecretary Encloburoo: 1 Meeeabe Eroe Ambaaeador soedjatroko . 2 _ Suesested reply . EA/ IND:RGRichJr: jem Clearances: EA/ IND Mr _ Underhi 1iy FA Mr _ Duemling S/S-S Mr Parker 4p ================================================== Page 37 ================================================== Ihe Prebldent The Whtte Houso Our hearto are fIlled DIth bortov at che tragedy that has struck the AnerIcan mtlon . sanator Robert Kennedy ' 0 u- tlpely and oruol dealoe 18 grIevol} Iovo not Only to AgerIca but to the enttre vorld . On betalf of the mtlre Indonaetan dLplonatic @Leson and the Indoncnlan comnlty In the Untted 8tatee, I axtend our deopost byepathle to you and] throueh you co the govornacat and people of the Unlted States: Soedjatnoko , Anbagtador of Indonesla _ 4 Fm |/ 0 $ 22 ================================================== Page 38 ================================================== Dear Mr_ Aabegeador: Ie Prestdent hae acked Do to eprORD hte deopott OP- Prcclatlon for your038t380 of"syepathy on che occatton Of tho tregle and untteely deneh 0 Senator Robort $ . Kennedy . Ao you uto bave been In Our_aLdot during thle e tleo Ore aware} thlo tregedy bab Codo 08 great 'ptoak to all Aport - can8, Your @obearr Lo 0 sourco 0[]_ confort and]contolatlon, and et the Presldent' request I W trenealttlng It to Mrs. Kennady_and de_bero of the lato Benator' , Ecetly . Stncerely, WILAte F. Bundy ================================================== Page 39 ================================================== DEPI,DISIRIBUIION ORIGIN/AC TION DEP ARTMENT OF STATE 4z tpoz 6 Us]KenNesy #A:_1O RG RAM ROBERT F Rm/R REP AF ARA Original to be Filed in Decentralized Files: FILE DESIGNATION EUR FE NEA Cu UNCLASSIF IED A-74 INR I0 HANDLING INDICAtoR NO. To Amembassy GUATEMALA Fbo AID Bi Ju IJ Iq 37 AH '68 AGR com FRB INT FROM Department of State DATE: LAB TAR TR XMB SUBJECT Message of Condolence on Death of Senator Robert AiR ARMY NAVY OSd F Kennedy from Roberto Rendon REF USIA NSA CIA INse The White House has received the following message from Roberto Rendon, President of the Interamerican Committee SUGGESTED DISTRibUTioN of the Partners of the Alliance: I In the Name of the Interamerican Committee respect- present our sympathies for Senator Robert Kennedy' s death_ The Embassy is requested to reply to this message in POST BQUTING whatever manner it deems appropriate _ To: Action Info. Initiols AMB/ Po DCM RUSK POL ECON CONS ADM AID UsI5 e FIlE Action Token: Doto: UNCLASSIFIED Department Use Only FORm Initfals: 10-64 DS -323 In Out Drafted Draning Oaie Phonc No.: Contents and Classiffcation Approvede ARATCEN G:GAWiggins C 6/12/68 3024 ARA/ CEN-Amb C.Ra Clcorances: ARA Miss R. Eltz (subs) Re(m` LA/ PALP Mr - G Kincaid (subs) C Cn SVS LMr A ParkerO fully 0d' "LaEd EM For Buz ================================================== Page 40 ================================================== out81n1 Action DEP ARTMENT OF STATE P6 L 6 U- [xenicoy , Af-s RM/ R REP A F AIRGRAM Rorser F FOR RM USE ONLY ARA EuR FE A-308 WCLASSIFIED NEA CU INR No AANDLING INDICA Tor To Department of State 10 FbO AID IFO Amembassy PARTS Jw I5 Rshes s]s # U AGR com FRb FROM Amembassy DAKAR DATE: 13 June 68 INT LAB PTAR SUBJECT Meuritanian Coverage of Kennedy Assessinetion TR XmB AIR REF ARmy CIA NAvX OSD UsI A NSA The official daily information bulletin of the GIRM, Info-Nouakchott 3Y 10 3 moderate coverege to the assa8sination of' Senetor Kennedy . Info-Nouakchott's June 6 issue, in addition to describing the circustences surrounding NJc Senator Kennedy' 8 death, reported On Arthur Schleginger S June 5 speech 6 at New York City College _ The article on Schlesinger contained hib state- 01 ment that Americans are the most frightening people On thi8 planet _ Other quotee from the gpeech were those which ettacked U.8 _ Vietnam policy &nd which cleimed that the history f white America wes character- ized by violence and racial prejudice _ 5 The bame issue of Info-Nouakchott carried the following editoriael Embassy' s translation): 1 "The American Regime_Wants to Misleed Public Opinion 4 "According to an Agence Frence Presge report datelined Ios Angeles _ the Americen police have TdentIfied Robert Kennedy' 8 essas8in as a PalestInian who has resided in the United States since 1957 - The police have even supplied his name : SERHAN SERHAN' "This accusation can only be incorrect since Palestinians involved in their just struggle do not aim [their gung et progressive leaders in the United States Their problem remains the liberation of their home- land, 8 problem limited to the area of the Middle East "Even if the fideyins were disposed to hunting down American pro-Zionists their first victim would be Johnson _ UNCLASSIFIED FOR DEPT USE ONLY FORM DS-323 In Out 4 - 62 Dralted by ontents and CTI Vation Approved by: FOL:AEFeirchild:mv: 6/10/68 DM:_ ZLL5er8 Clearaoces: POL:GRAndrews CRK "CFWVED 223Phkj: gave ================================================== Page 41 ================================================== Daker A- UNCLASSIFIED 2 "Robert Kennedy could only have been assasginated by the same hand which struck down his brother and Pastor Mertin Luther King Without pity_ Thls hand, as Williem Menchester pointed out in hig book Death of a President Vt 18 none other then the American regime _ BROWN UNCLASSIFIED ================================================== Page 42 ================================================== 1 { ================================================== Page 43 ================================================== origin/ ActiOn DEP ARTMENT OF STATE 6 US/Keniveby, H 3" RW R REP AIRGRAM Ro8ert F For Rm USE ONLY Ara EuR FE 5 A-1138 UNCLASSIFIED_ nEA CU inR No. HanDLiNG INDIcAToR To Department of State 10 '2 21Pii + Ry ` K Jx |u Fbo Aid pepk AgR Com Frd FROM American Embassy Vienna DATE: June 13 , InT LaB TaR SUBJECT Austrian Reaction to the Assassination of Senator Kennedy TR XmB Air REF ARmy Cia navY 2a Beginning on the day of the shooting of Senator Kennedy, OSD U3i ^ NSA Austrian information media gave what can only be described I 3 as "total coverage 18 to the tragedy and subsequent WSc developments _ Not since the assassination of President Kennedy have the Austrian press , radio and television devoted their resources so exclusively to one event Radio: Radio and TV were the ckest to react Inter- ruptIng scheduled broadcasts with bulletins on develop- ments June 5 and 6, Austrian radio devoted its major scheduled newscasts ("noon journal 11 and "evening journal" ) exclusively to coverage of the tragedy_ plus the life history, policles and accomplishments of Senator Kennedy (with frequent references to his close association with President Kennedy) _ Following the announcement of the Senator S death_ Austrian radio observed a minute of silence and altered schedules to broadcast serious music as a token of respect 8 Television: Austrian television coverage relied heavily on satellite transmission and analysis by its chief commentator_ Hugo Portisch, who set the tone for a mood c 8 of sympathy with the American people and the advocacy of a_ world-Wide spirit of tolerance In both radio and 3 TV , this priority coverage continued through Sunday June 9 Press: Vienna and provincial dailies devoted page after page to coverage of latest developments , with many human - FQR DEPT_USE ONLX FORMDs- 323 INNCLASSIFTED_ AKl Io Out 02 Drafred Ey: Contcato Qad Cnooincoriod Approved 5Y: POL-JRendabLre_6/12/68 RHWhite JRkJ Clearances: PoL ~~ahvi qui ================================================== Page 44 ================================================== UNCLASSIFTED Vienna 4-1138 Page 2 interest features both on the basis of international wire service copy including speculation of a possible conspiracy) and of U.8 ~based correspondents stories Some papers even dispatched special correspondents to the U.8 for on- the-spot coverage Initial editorial reaction to the news of the attempt on Senator Kennedy S life was marked by shock and doubts about America s moral qualifications for free-world leadership. This attitude soon changed = however_ with more balanced comments pointing out that America is certalnly II no nation Mt of assailants that one should guard against arrogant generalizations exempllfied by a "wholesale condemnation 1 of America, and that violence is not unique in the U.S but exists in many countries _ Official Reaction; On the morning of June 5 Chancellor Klaus commented via an Austria News Agency release on the "terrible attempt" on Senator Robert Kennedy S life, expressing If "regret and grief at this evil deed He availed himself of the opportunity to condemn Ii the physical annihilation of a political opponent , no matter how hard polltical M differences may clash , a8 wholly unjustified Chancellor Klaus cabled messages of condolence to Mrs Ethel Kennedy , President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey on June 6 assuring them of the Government S sincere Sympathies wIth the cruel loss sustalned by the United States and the Kennedy family, and extolling the late Senator S fight for the noble causes of humanity, peace, freedom and Justice _ In another public statement on June 6 Chancellor Klaus delivered the following eulogy: In the past few hours we Austrians have enter- tained grave fears for Senator Robert Kennedy s life and we are now mourning the major loss suffered by his family and the whole American people _ Like his brother, Robert Kennedy represented for the youth of the free world the ideals of democracy and of progress With profound reverence we bow at the bler of this great cosmopolltan _ as friends of the American people Hoeeveoiehearteand we wish that the reputation of this biggest democracy be not tarnished by acts of violence We do hope that the grave UNCLASSIFIED ================================================== Page 45 ================================================== UNCLASSIFIED Vienna A-1138 Page 3 sacrifices by a single family w11l not have been in vain but will be instrumental in a return to those assets all of us wIll have to defend irrespective of political antagonism The grieving sympathy of millions of Austrlans these days amounts to a major demonstration of condolence On June 7 Chancellor Klaus 9 in speeches in the provinces, pralsed Robert F Kennedy 5 espousing of genuine democracy_ 0 of the modern law-abiding and social-welfare state and of the cause of peace . He reminded the Austrians that law and democracy must be uphela and defended agalnst disrespect and abuse at a time of fundamental-political change _ In a prevlously scheduled speech to the Austro-American Society to report on his recent official visit to the U.8 he opened with an expression of sympathy and a eulogy _ Messages of condolence were also sent to Mrs _ Ethel Kennedy and Secretary of State Rusk by Foreign Minister Waldheim and SPOe chairman Kreisky _ On June 5 Krelsky went on record a5 deploring the Incomprehensible shooting 9 and stating that In order to prevent the world from going agaln through a phase of violence In political life, all people active in public life, 1.e both politicians and all others engaged in the shaping of the views and character of man , should live up to thelr Increasing responsibility toward disseminating a climate of tolerance Reaction of the_Man-In-the-Street: Austrians reacted with a sense Of Bhock and personal Ioss as well as a wave of spontaneous sympathy to the news of the assassination which was a constant topic of conversation Restaurants turned on television sets for satellite transmissbns from New York and Washington (a rarity usually reserved for news events touching Austria and Austrians directly)_ Americans In Vienna were left with the impression that Austrians were reacting as though 11 had lost one of their Own Amerlcan Activities: The Embassy opened books of condolence at €he Chancery ana at the Consuler Section whlch were signed by a steady stream of Austrian officlals, the diplomatic corp and ordinary cltizens The Embassy was also deluged with telephone calls of condolence _ The Vienna Community Church held speclal prayers during the regular service Sunday June 9 and Christ Church Anglican) neld a memortal service on Monday June 10_ IRVING UNCLASSIFIED they ================================================== Page 46 ================================================== @@iglxt-AcTION DEP AR TMENT OF STATE Poc PSLP Rw R NEA-L0 REP AF AIRG RAM KeneEsyet F , 2 2 FOR RM USE ONLY ARA EUR FE A-1195 UNCLASSIFIED NEA CU INR No KANDLiNG INDIcATOR RFCFVYED To Department of State I0 FBo AID INFO BO MBAY CALCUTTA 1 MADRAsy li 2 15 PH1i H Hslcee 2 Acr com Frb FROM Amembassy NEW DELHI DATE: June 13, 1968 inT LAB TAR SUBJECT Embassy Tribute to Robert F_ Kennedy TR XMB AIR REF ARMY Cia NAvY 20 O3D USIA NSA The EmbasSy invited public participation in its memorial tribute 10 3 to the late U.S. Senator Robert F_ Kennedy by lowering the flag to half staff from Thursday through Sunday_ and opening a condolence book for three days in the foyer of the Chancery _ The Charge received high COI officials including the Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi and chiefs of diplomatic missions . An Embassy circular suggested that Mission personnel attend church services of their choice on the of mourning 1 June 9 _ as a mark of respect_ A Solemn Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart 5 Cathedral was attended by representatives of the COI various mis sions and members of the American community . I More than one thousand people signed the condolence book , 4 including the Prime Minister (in the Devanagari script) Minister of State for External Affairs B _ R Bhagat_ the Chief of Protocal many chiefs of mission and diplomatic colleagues , including two Ambassadors from countries with which the USG does not have diplomatic relations LN / Syria and Cambodia A large proportion of the Signers wrote tributes to the late Senator in glowing and affectionate terms UNCLASSFIED FQR_QEPI_USE QNLY FoRM 62 DS - 323 Io Out 'rafted by: Contcaro Qad Clooiicarion APproved by: AMBIX:TADineicg CHARGE: WHWheathersby la Clearances: Ferfrvo ,"t8-E7zeocz 37/.2 6/o/8 ~41 Zh? day ================================================== Page 47 ================================================== New Delhi A-1195 UNCLASSFIED Page 2 Letters of condolence continue to pour into the Embassy , and appropriate acknowledgments are being sent in reply. Assume Embassy will be informed of any particular desires of Kennedy fa in regard to letters received and disposition of condolence book_ Jwvz WEA THERSBY 2 0 A Wm ( t/ An H_ UNCLASSFIED 6w 7an mily Potl @x/ Oewl / US U ================================================== Page 48 ================================================== T OF 7 Department of State TELEGRAM TES 0f 2 ls_6 'K4uzl UNCLASS IF IED 002 PAGE 0 ] DAR ES *3557 1314552 43 Ac:ion Af 15 INFo bSE 00#ciAE 00s DODE 66 2CPM 04 ,K 02 , INR 07-L 03v NSA E 3 0 v NSC 10 2 A4,RSC 6],SP 02p SS 20 EUR 1S,RSR; % 1vCPR 222 /086 W 6 ~ 20;3:v"2 JUNE 68 ( F AMEMEASSy DA R ES SALA A m 68 ~ To SEcS)ate WASnDC 4462 LnciA9 C 4* 7S SALAAm 3557 8 suaJ' REACTiOn 7o KENNEDy AS3ISS I NA TION REF : VaR 34*9 " 3466 vJin? Emb:SSY-lSiS MESS 4 GE 3 1 6 MEMosIAL REQUIEM MASS WAS HELD A T ST . JOSEPH ' S CATHEDRAL IN JA R JUNE 11 ANC WAS ATTENDED B Y APpRQX:~ATELy #(v PEOPLE DIPLOMA TIC CORPS WAS WELL REPRESENTED, AS WAS AMERICAN COMMUN [ Ty c ON: T4:R TJ ONE HALF OF CCNGREGATION WAS TANZAN [ 4N NO QPT 4'i U?PER-LEVEL TANZAN [ AN GOVF RNMENT F [GURES WERE REcJGN?TED AMJNG THOSE A TTENDING SERVIcE , ThouGh Em3ASSY XFE REPORTS SHE SA w JUNIOR HEALTH MINISTF R LuCv LA~ECk c 2 - JUNE 12 ISSUE QF 10 NGURUMO" CARR TES ARTICIcE 8itTERLY DENQUNCING 4MERICA , AMERICAN POLICY , AND AMERYCAN SOCIETY FCR ItS ROLE In I{ 3EST IAL"MURDER OF SENA TOR KENNEDY . 3 , FMFASSY CONDOLENCE 30k AS OF JUNF 12 HAn 4 [? ENTRES 4 EiGhtEeN DIPLOMATIC MISS I ONS ARE REPRESENTED Among SI'NATURES , INCLUDNG YUGUSLA V I A , POLAND ) AND U,S ,S.R. ZANU AN? FRELIMO OFF IC I ALS HA VF; SIGNED 3cck , 4S HAS ONE TANZANIAN Mo oP 0 A 0 S . MASKINI , AN? AREA SECRETARY OF KISARA WE DISTRIcT UsiS PQo< HAD 322 ENTRIES AS 0F JUNE 12& NINE AFE NCN-TANZANTAN ) NCLUDING ONE EAST GERMAN } , WiTh 4LL OthERS BEING NaMES JF JRD INARY TANZANIAN PEOPLF , PLUS ONF UNCLASS IF IED Fat = 1 1 7 1 STA UsL 8 ================================================== Page 49 ================================================== V7 Jp Department of State TELEGRAM TES 08 3 2 UNCLASSIF IED PACE 02 DAR ES 3557 1314552 Mc P 0 Jo KASELLA BANTU BURNS UNCLASSIF IED QEPARTA 1 1 1 STA ================================================== Page 50 ================================================== QlOH; ACTION DEP ARTMENT OF STATE Pol 6 us] KENNEDY , RM/ EulL R REP A F AIRGRAM Rsbeet F. 32 FOR Rm USE ONLY ARA EUR FE 4-78 UCLASSIFIED NEA CU INR No HANDLING INDICA TOR To Department of State P 10 INFO: PARIS (hectograph) Fbo AID Jw sjcfe h AGR Com FRB FROM Anconsul MARSEILIE DATE: June 13, 1968. INT LA B TAR SUBJECT Mass for Senator Kennedy TR XmB AIR REF ARMY CIA NA vY OSD Usi A NSA A requien ma8s arranged by the Congulate General was held at Marseille '8 10 Abbaye de Saint Victor on Sunday , June 9, at 5.00 PM: The archbi of Margeille presided. Some 2000 very sad persons attended including Mayor Defferre and most of Marseille '8 ranking officials. 72 Oou HOLLIDAY 8 3 4 1 UNCLASSIFTED FOR DEPT USE ONLY FORM 323 In Our 4 - 62 Drafted by: Contents and CTassification Kpproved by: RHHollidey 6/13168 Clearances: ~CivcO Mnb" ^ -shop

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