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0F SENATOR KENNEDY HAS BEEN GENERALLY ONE OF ShOck, GENUINE RE=
GRET, AND PERPLEXITY As To why MURDERING 0F POLITICAL FIGURES HAS
BECOME S0 COMMONPLACE In Us NAME IS WELL-KNOwN HERE AND PEOPLE
CONSIDERED HIm CHAMPION OF UNDERPRIVILESED AND MINORI Ty GROUPS'
2' PRESS COVERA GE HAS BEEN BROAD AND MIXTUREI Of STRA IGHT REPORTS
CARRIED In BOTh UNITy AND DAILY MAIL AND SCURRILOUS' IRRESPONSI BLE
EDfTOR IALS IN UNITy_ LATTER HAVE BEEN EXTREME In THEIR ATTACKS on
UN I TED STATES (SEE FREETOwN 191| OF JUNE 7 ) AND HAVE: USED KENNEDY
2 ASSASSINATION AS DEPARTURE PoINT FOR BLAMING US FOR EVERYTHING
FRaM LUMUMBA ' S DEATH To GANGSTERISM AND DECLIININg MJRALS In S[ERRA
LEONE ' THEY EVEN SUGGEST THA T CARE: SHOULD BE TAKEN; ThAT' WEST
AFRICA DoESN ' T BECOME ANOTHER VIETNAM WITh; "AMERICAMi BOOTLEGGERS
AND MARINES TAKING PLACE OF PEACE CORPS, " TORTURED REASONING IN
THESE EDIfOR IALS DOES NOT REFLECT MAN ON_ STREET WHOSE GENERAL
REACTtON WAS AS MENTIONED ABOVE '
3, PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND Acting GOV - GEN ALL
EXPRESSED CONDOLENCES To ASST, SECY, PALMER DUR I NG HI $ CALLS ON
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S0 UsiA NSA The City of Amsterdam and the private John F_ Kennedy Foundation held a
34 10 3 memorial service for Robert Franci s Kennedy on Saturday June 8th at the
John F Kennedy Memorial 0n KennedyIaan in this city. Despite a driving
rain at least one thousand persons were in attendance_ with hundreds
more standing on roof tops and observ from open windows in the
ne ighborhood.
Wreaths were laid at the monument by Mayor Samkalden, the Director of
the Netherlands-America Institute, this Consul General and groups of
Ansterdam school chi Idren. Speakers Were: the Mayor this Consul
General a Protestant Minister and a Rabbi . A Catholic priest led 2
the assembled group in prayer _
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Free Un iversity of Amsterdam were read at the services _
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wreaths in a s i lent march _ Later_ hundreds of those in attendance
visited the Consulate General to 5 ign the register express ing condolences
to the Kennedy fami (Inci dentally, a steady stream of visitors to
the Consulate Genera| throughout Thursday, Friday and Saturday s igned
the register fimi several books which wi)i be inc luded among
those to be sent to the Kennedy fami ly from the Embassy. )
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TEXT OF SPEECH HELD BY CONSuL GENERAL HAROLD E HOWLAND DUR NG
COMMEMORAT IVE SERVIcE FOR ROBERT FRANC |S KENNEDY On SATURDAY ,
JUNE 8 1968 in AMSTERDAM
Mi jnheer de Burgemeester , Dames en Heren :
Voor mi jn aanstel l in Ansterdam woonde ik dicht bij de Robert
Kennedy fami | ie_ De trag van zijn dood is voor mij een persoon| i jk
verl ies. Ieder van zijn tien kinderen betekent iets voor Ons _ Hij
was een goed, mede |evend en trouw dienaar van ons volk. En nu is
Robert Kennedy dood in de kracht van zijn leven .
ik een telegram voorlezen, dat ik van Pres ident Johnson ontving
en dat naar mi jn Men het beste uit geeft aan wat er in onze
harten leeft:
"This is a time of tragedy and Ioss . Senator Robert F _ Kennedy
is dead .
"'Robert Kennedy aff i rmed this country aff i rmed the essent ial
decency of its people, their long for peace , their desire
to improve cond i t ions of Iife for al) .
"During his life, he knew far more than his share of persona|
tragedy _
he never abandoned his faith in Amer ica_ He never lost
his confidence in the tual strength of ord inary men and
women _
""He bel ieved in the capac ity of the young for exce | Ience and
in the right of the old and poor to a ife of dignity.
"Our public Iife is diminished by his loss _ Mrs . Johnson and
extend our deepest sympathy to Mrs . Kennedy and his fami ly.
have issued a procIamat ion cali upon our nat ion to observe
a of mourn for Robert Kennedy _
En vandaag, hier in Amsterdam, sluiten wij ons aan bij President
Johnson_ Mevrouw Kennedy en het Amer i kaanse volk in hun rouw over
Robert Kennedy. Ik dank allen die aan de voorbereid = van dit
herdenk ingsuur hebben meegewerkt a/ onze Hol landse vrienden die
hun condo leances hebben aangeboden, en al de inwoners van dit Iand ,
waarvan wij weten dat zij in ons zware ver| ies delen
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SENATOR KENNEDY
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INTERNATIONAL SI TUATION, AND NOTABLY ON THE INCIDENT whichi
Just PLuNGE D AMERICAN SOC [ETy INto MOURNING WIThI THE ASSASS [ <
NATION OF SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY .
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AT ThIs OUTRAGE AnD REAFF IRMED ItS COMPLETE CONDEMNATIoN (ABOVE
BEYOND ANY IDEOLOGICALIMPLICATIONS of POLITICAL/ ASSASS INATION
AS A MEANS To PERMIT THE RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS THAT GAN BESET
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REPUBLIC UNHAPP IL Y TURNS To THE EvIDENCE' ONE MORE TIMES ThAt
PO [CE AND HANGMAN 'S ATTITUDE ADOPTED BY' THE UNITED: STATES
OF AMERICA VISe AeVIS OTHER PEOPLES 0F THE WORLD IS THE SADLY
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40 QTE' THE GOVERNMENT NOTES WITh DEEP CoNcERN That' AdvanceD:
TECHNOLOG[CAL DEVELOPMENT COEXISTS, ALAS, Withi AnGuish-CAUBINGi
SCORN FoR MAN, who SHOuLD BE AT THE CENTER; of ALL EFFORTS: TowARD
THE SOCIAL' DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETIES' THEREBY PLACINGi DANGEROUSLY
In PERIL' THE PEOPLE 'S- EfForts TOwARD PEACE:
5 0 THE GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES Its: CONVICTION THAT' PRofoUNd
CHANGEs wiil COME About IN THIS MENTALLY SICK= CounTRN ThaNKS;
TThTHE NEW REVOLUTIONARY VOICES THAT WILL; CALLi FpRthb FRomi The
AWRENESS QF THE ASHES Of THEIR SONS FALLEN; YESTERDAy: AND TOdAY
FOR THE STRUGGLE: To THE DEATH, ALAS' FDR THEe ADVENT 0F SOCIETy
WHERE MAN WOULD BE The CENTER 0F: EVERYTHING'
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2 ' GOVERNOR GENERAL TELEPHONED CONDOLENCES. HANDFUL OF OtheR:
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INT LA B TAR SUBJECT Vie:.6 0z tloo : G_blanca Left on the :ssassination 0
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use trc Istiqlal Porty (omesticnlly and virulently pro-Irab 3rouns abroz Tsc[
na y make of the affair nenbeis of the Casablnnca Left i?ve srarec a
Geep sorro: and concern over the assa3sination 0f Senator Robert F_ Kennedy _
Ihc sorro;; reflects thcir profounc and longstandinz Sense of iGentification
:ith the Kennedy familj- 'ey sreatly admirec the late Presicent KennecJ,
were imensely flattered Nhen Senator Edward Kenlecy visited Casablanca
in late 1966 and met witn leaders 0f the local Left, and took a Cirect
and per'sonal interest in tic presidential candicacy 0f Senator Robert
Kennedy (a small but typical ezample has been a secretary at the Union
Marocaine cu Travail (u) Tho {s repcatedly told the Grafting officer
tha t she prayed eachi nignt Zor Senetor #ennedy 5 election) _
The impact of the muruers of Senator Kennedy anc Dr _ King coupled vith
the press accounts of racial and student cisorders lave raised concern
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safety of any Anerican political leadier like thc Kennedys _ I
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American presicential election is of Erave conse juence for the worlc
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outcorc and its eonseruences mi_nt be and , inceed , hnve displayed
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for the presicency.
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Prime 'inister Thrahim) tnat Senator Kennedy nd already won Denocratic
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nomination. The 0 ther Democratic candidates have been scarcely klown and
heldl in low regard: Vice Presicent Humpnrey because ke is locally believec to
be Je:ish and Sena NcCarthy because ne is thought to he related to the
latc Senator Josepr % cCartly a,nd his views _ On the Republican side, X1_ Uixon
is slic tlj better koim bu:t only in the historic conte -t 0f the isenhower
Presidlency_ Ihe personal backgrouni and particular vic;:S of each of these
candidates , 25 well 3s othcr Cak norse presidential aspirants are unknowm
to the Casablanca Left_
If the astonishing ignorance of persons, policies, and politics in the current
U.S _ presidential election by the leaders and members of the Casablanca Left
is typical of olitical ficures in othcr countries, there is an evicent need
for considerable backgrounc material, translated into local lanzuages, on the
election anc its candidates_ Tne Consulate Ceneral woulc particularly
recomrenc the translation and use of camaizn biogra-hies, 01 e:cernts thereof _
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Osd USIA NSA Public and private reaction within the Republic of Korea' to the
assassination of Senator Kennedy was highly emotional and such
substantive comment as did appear was devoted largely to questioning the
ability of the American society to surmount the challenges it faces at
home and abroad Amidst all these expressions of doubt a columnist
for the Choson Ilbo saw fit to use this occasion to express in eloquent
terms a reaffirmation of Korean faith in the United States . Text of this
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ANOTHER PRAYER
By Korean standards_ few seemed more blessed than Joseph P Kennedy
was To speak of longevity , he has lived eighty years _ As for wealth,
he is one of the wealthiest men in the world 5 richest country_ He
has nine children and tens of grandchildren _ He himself was once the
Ambassador to England_ and his sons have been or are the U.S, President ,
Cabinet member and U.S, senators But a storm of misfortune is
blowing against his family _ His eldest son was kiled in World War
his second son was assassinated at the summit of glory; and his third
son has just been shot down while campaigning for the presidency _
What the old man must feel now is apprehensible enough to anybody _
But we should note that his way of thinking is entirely different _
in some aspect = from that of ours Faced with a similar tragedy some
of us might feel like ascribing it, say , to the geomantically unlucky
situation of their ancestral tombs Others might let the rest of their
sons wash their hands of politics_ But the Kennedys apparently would
not yield to a11 these mi_ The younger brother rose where his big
brother had fallen . If the younger brother is also downed his little
brother will come forth _ If should fall his sons and grandsons
would show up This is the pioneer spirit of America _ It is the die-
hard Will of American struggle _
In the Kennedys we see a symbol of the American spirit _ Their
country has been blessed--blessed with wealth prosperity and power _
But she has come to face serious troubles of late More than once ,
the Goddess of Liberty has shed tears _ staining her clothes But
America never resigns nor falls down for She will rise
and spring out of the quagmire of violence, plot , and depravity
her liberty and peace always overwhelm the forces of injusticel So
pray all her allies _
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|~ 0 I AGREE WITh REFTEL COMMENTS AND CAN CONF IRM THA T
S[ TUATION HERE REGARDING KENNEDY ASSASS I NATION WHICHI MANY
SEE AS PART OF A CONSPIRACY Is SIMILAR To: THAT IN SENEGAL '
2 0 RAD I0 CONAKRY YESTERDAY CARRIED StoRy 0F ARREST SIRHAN !S
BROTHER IN IRAQ FOR ESPIONAGE STATING NETWORK FOR WHICH: HE
OPERATED HAD HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON AND WASHINGTONio THIS
Is KIND 0F REPORT WHICH EXCITES FURTHER SPECULATION &
3 0 AS REPORTED To US IA JUNE 16 (CONAKRY 1804 ) PEOPLE: HERE
HORRIFIED A T IDEA ASSASS I N MIGht BE RELEASED On BAIL AND
WE SUGGESTED VOA D0 ITS UTMOST EXPLA IN LEGAL AND PROCEDiRAL
ASPECTs OF THIS CASE'
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SUEJ , REACTION To KENNEDY ASSASS INATION
1Vv, AMONG LITERATE PORTION 0f FrEEtown REACTION To AsSASSINATION
0F SENATOR KENNEDY HAS BEEN GENERALLY ONE 0Fi ShoCK, GENUINE RE
GRET, AND PERPLEXITy AS To Why MURDERING 0F POL ITICAL FIGURES HAS
BECOME S0 COMMONPLACE In US _ NAME Is WELL-KNOWN HEREi AND PEOPLE
CONSIDERED HIM CHAMPION 0f UNDERPRIVILEGED AND MINORITy GROUPS .
2, PRESS COVERAGE HAS BEEN BROAD AND MIXTURE 0f STRAIGHT REPORTS
CARRIEd IN 8oth UNITY AnD DA ILY MAIL AND SCUrRILous0 TRRESPQNSIBLE
ED[TORIALS In UNITY , LATTER HAVE_ BEEN EXTREME IN: THEIR ATTACKS_ oN
UNI TED STATES (SEE FREETOWN 1911 Of JUNE 7 ) AND HAVEI Wsed KENNEDY
ASSASS INATION AS DEPARTURE PO [ NT FoR BLAMING US FOR EVERYThING
FRom LUMUMBA ' S DEATh To GANGSTERISM AND DECLINING MORALs IN SIERRA
LEONE' THEY EVEN SUGGEST ThAt CARE ShOULD BE TAKEN ThAt' WEST
AFRICA DOESN T BECOME ANOTHER VIETNAM WjTh 70 AMERICANI BOOTLEGGERS
MARINES TAKING PLACE 0F PEACE CORPso " TORTURED: REASONING IN
THESE EDITOR IALS DOES Not REFLECT MAN ON STREET WHOsE GENERAL
REACTJON WAS: AS MENTIONED ABOVE '
3 0 PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND ACTING GOV - GEN ALL'
EXPRESSED CONDOLENCES To ASST , SEcY' PALMER DURING HII S CALLS QN
FRIDAY , JUNE 7 ,
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KENNEDY ' S DEATH, STATEMENT REFERS To KENNEDY' AS PRESIDENT-DESI GNATE
CALLs MURDER "PLANNED" WITH TRAILS LEADING "UNMISTAKABLY To
WHITE HOUSE" AND "OTHER CITADELS 0F CTAPMILITARY-INDUSTRIAL =
POLITICAL COMPLEX In WASHINGTON, V0 STATEMENT S[ GNED BY MONTY COLEP
SECGEN OF PEACE CONGRESS) SAYS: PEOPLE FOR Whdm KENNEDY' FIGHTING
HAS- BEEN ALIENA TED BY "AGRESS ] VE: POLICY ofi A MAN: ANDI HIs BAND
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SENATr KENNEuY ,
A < US FLAGS FLowN A T HALF-STAFF A T CIv ILiAN AND
2 AJLITaR: INSTALLATIONS ThROUGH JUNE 9 0 TURK ! Sh
OOVERNMEN ORDERED TURKISH FLAGS SIMILARL Y LOwERED
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AGR com FRB FROM Amcongen LOURENCO MARQUES DATE: June' 1 , 196 8
INT LA B TAR SUBJECT Local React ions and Events Concerned with Assass inat ion
of Senator Kennedy
TR XmB AIR REF Lourenco Marques 772, 6 /7 /68 ; State 176747 , 6 /5 /68 .
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NSC cusses the c lass i fied aspects of the assassination _ excluding
as much unc lass i fied material as possib / e without sacr ificing
coherence_ A separate unc lass i f ied airgram wi | | be trans -
mitted short ly .
Whi /e Ioca/ news coverage of the assass ination was extra-
ordinari ly extens ive_ editorial comment has been meager and
on /y one editorial used the tragedy for an unqua | i fied attack
on the U.S, Condo | ences from officials and private citizens
have been sparse, with most such expressions com from
:
consular corps co | /eagues and the Ang lophone commun ity _
thought it best not to not ify official /y the host government 1
of our condo | ence book or our modest memor ia | service_
a Ithough the latter was advertised in the funeral not ices 4
section of the Ioca | press The Ioca | cit izenry has been
intensely interested but very few share our sense of loss
or regret our troub /es _
NEWS MED |A
As noted in our reftel Iocal press coverage of the attack
on and death of Senator Kennedy was extraordinari ly extens ive
and essent ially factual No editorials appeared unti | June 7
and there have been on ly three s ince then On ly one edi
toriai--
that in the June 7 edition of Diario, the Church-owned dai Iy
in Lourenco Marques
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express ions of sorrow to announce the final fai lure of
democracy and raise the spectre consp i racy as a ref lection
of a "sick nat ion" Thi s editorial on the left-hand s i de
of the page , was s i gned on |y with the initial "A"
Sign i ficant ly , the editor (and second-in-charge) of Diario
made a condo |ence cai | on me on ly a few hours after the paper
appeared_ stayed for some thirty minutes _ and was especial ly
sympathet i c. 7 asked h im who wrote the editorial and he
said that he did not know but that he wou ld find out and let
me know. He has not cal ed back 1 think it probab / e that
the editorial was written either by the director of the news -
paper , by the Archbi shop , or by a sen ior official of the
Banco Naciona | U itramarino (co-owner of the paper with the
Church ) as these are the on |y peop | e outside the secu |ar
government whom the editor could neither edit ncr ident ify
to me v i ew the editor' s visit as an attempt to personal ly
disassociate himse | f from the editoria l
Trans lat ions of these editorials and any more of substance
that may come in , wi | be transm itted as enclosures to the
subsequent unclassi fied a irgram
HOST COUNTRY OFFICIALS AND PROTOCOL
Most of the elite in Lourenco Marques no doubt have been
hop ing that Kennedy wou ld not be the next Pres i dent i f for
no other reason than that he has been closely assoc iated in
their m inds with Pres i dent Kennedy' s African po | icy and with
Governor Wi | iams It is a |so a reasonab le assumption that
most of them read the extensive factua| coverage of the
assass ination as further ev idence of the weakness of our
system of government and the dangerous 1 mmaturity of Ameri cans _
Under these circumstances and of course Iack ing precedents_
the Consu late Genera | sought appropriately to ref lect nationa|
sorrow, cohes ion dign ity and faith without violat ing Ioca |
protoco | embarrassing host country or forei gn consu lar
officials or risk ing Ioca | rebuff We opened 3 condo | ence
book without pub/ic or official not ice, even to the Dean of
the Consular Corps_ a lthough the entire Consular Corps was
made aware
informai Y of
its ex i stence= As we received no
condo ences or expressions of regret from any Portuguese
c lergyman and as there was no Amer ican Cathol ic pari sh
priest here we felt it inappropriate to request a memoria |
serv i ce (which wou | d have been in Portuguese) that cou |d
CONFLDENTAL
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have placed the Ioca | Catho | ic Church in the position of
turning uS down or at Ieast m i ght have caused the Iocal gov -
ernment to feel it appropriate to tel | its own officialdom
rot to attend.
However the rector of the Ioca | Ang! ican Church , a British
subject who by chance is the sen ior Angl i can clergyman in
Mozambique at the moment in the absence of the Bi on
June 7 vo lunteered to give a memorial service - [ accepted
and we p laced a b lack-bordered adverti sement among the
funeral notices of both Iocal newspapers on June 8 for a
service on June 9 Aga in 1 thought it best not to bring
this formal ly to the attention of either the Ioca | govern-
ment or the foreign consu ar corps through its dean However ,
we did not ify by telephone or in person a| | members of the
sma | Amer i can community who were in town at the time The
service wh ich wil be described more fu | ly in the subsequent
unclass i fied airgram was in good taste attended primari ly
Amer icans and Brit i sh with a few South Africans but
virtual ly no Portuguese_ Fortunately the church was sma | | ,
holding on /y about 8 0 peop and it was therefore ful / _
The few host country officials who have either si gned the
book or sent written condo | ences T
most ly the latter ~ - are
among those whom 1 m ight have expected to do so out of
courtesy to me as they are most /y peop le 1 know quite we | |
Perhaps more s i gn i f i cant is the fact that Many other officials
with whom and/or other officers have frequent official and
soc ia/ contact and v i rtually al | the Ioca / citizenry who are
supposedly ant i-establ i shment _
1
have made no gesture or remark
whatever Inc luded in this group are severa | peop | e who have
talked to us on other matters s ince the assassination On ly
two ConGen Ioca / emp loyees (out of 9 ) expressed their con 5
do /ences to me or otherwise One was the Consu | ate Genera1 's
African recept ionist /chauffeur , whosought me out and spoke
to me a lmost immed i ately after the Senator' s death and the
other was our most junior secretary (of Greek rather than
Portuguese origin) _ who attended the church serv i ce _ Con-
verse lY , our ent i re household staff
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did
give us their condo lences
CONCLUSLONS:
The typ ica | persona | react ion of the el ite here no doubt was
about what one m ight expect : Great interest_ further support
for the Portuguese be | ief that theirs is an older and more
civilized society that has no ob / i gation to listen to uS or
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to sympathize with our troubles and somewhat mproved hopes
that the next U.S. Administration wil at Ieast not be sti||
less sympathet ic to them Many of our persona | acquaintances
are obvious less courteous or Iess hypocritica | than
wou ld have expected.
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1. WILE MUNDA Y PAPERS PRE-OCCUPIED W Ith CABINET
ChAnGES' COVERAGE QF KENNEDY TRAGEDY CONTINUED -HEAVY
WIth MANY DJAKARTA PAPERS PUB ISH ING NUMEROJs PICTURES
Not OnL Y 0F A WOUNDED KENNEDy BUT ALSO HIs FAMIiY
Bur IAL CErEMOn Y <
29 HARIAN KAm I[ (STUDENTS ) PAPER IN CORNER COLUMN UNDER
NEADING 'AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY ' DESCRIBES IMAGINARY
ARRIVAL OF 803 KENNEDY IN HEAVEN AND MEETING BRJTHERI
6 JOhN AnvD M,L' KING TheRE , "0 BuBBY , ' EXCLA IMED JJhN,
'[ 0[0 NOT EXPECT Yuu To BE HERE S0 SooN. Don ' T
CRY, A KENNEDY NEvEr CRIESe ~HAT I3 ACTUALLY AAPPENII NG
ThERE IN OUr COUNTRY7 ' 0 I DO,v Q T KNw, ANSWERED
808Y, 0 [ DOiv ' T KNU' , FULLBR [Gnt Tuo WAS ASkING ThE
SAME #UESTIOn WHEN 1 WAS Shut , 9 THEN DR, KING SA ID}
1 HEAR JOHNSON HA$ FORMED A COMMITTEE AMERICA IS
IN THE DARK, PEOPLE ChOUsE OULLETS INSTEAD oF BALLOTS& 0 W
ARTICLE GOES UN 10 THE TAREE MEN Stoud In SILENCE' TRM ING
To GUeSS THEIr FATE PERHAPS In A ShORT TIME SJMEROdY
ELSE WILL Knock On DOOR To HEAVEN, NOT JNL Y SOLDIER
DIED In VIETNA Mp BUT PERHAPS ANJTHE? PRJMINENT MIA N o "
3. Ii FRIDA Y EDITORIAL S INAR HARAPPAN (PROTESTANT UNDER
HEAD ING OTHERS WIll CARRY ON ' OPENS BY SAYING "80B KENNEDY 'S
ASSAS: I NATION FOLLOaING THAT PRESIuENT KENNEDY AND DR, MARTIN
LUthER KING, AAKEs #ORLu mONDzR 13 This AmERICA NHICH Is
SUPPOsED To BE ASP [R ING TU UPNOLD PEACE In NORLD AND Toi
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US OF AMERICAN BY NAME OF JOHN RANDOLPH 0F ROANOKE whO RE =
AMRKED THAT 'I LOvE LIBERTY But I HATE EQUALITY ,
AMERICAN PRIDES ITESELF ON BEInG CHAMP IJN Ofi DEMDCRACY , YET
AMERICA FAILS To REAL IZE THAT DEMOCRACY caNnOT BE FERFECT
wthout EQUAL ITY. WORLD Knjws THA T THESE THREE MEN weRE
KILLED BECAUSE THEY WANTEd To ENDOw DEMOCRACY WITh THE
EQUALITY FoR mhIch COLORED AND POOR In AMERICA ARE
STRUGGL ING S0 TENACIOUSL Y, "
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SUBJECT} REACTIONS To SENATDR KENNEDY'S ASSASS INATION
1 , CONSULATE AND OTHER UsG OFF ICIALS CONTINUE RECEIvE
EXPRESSJONS SYMPATHY ON DEATH, 0F SENATOR: KENNEDY BUT
CONSP IRAcy THEORY LINKING HIS ASSASSINATION WITh Those
6 0F OTHER FRoPUNENTS OF CIVIL RIGhTS BELIEVED: BY MANY-
INcLUDING RESPONSI BLE OFF ICIALS LIKE PETER ODumosu 1
HEAD OF WESTERN NIGERIAN CIVIL SERVICE' ON OTHER HAND,
SAm ASAB IA, PERMSEC MIN, 0F FINANCE, RECENTLY IN US: AS:
LEADER GRANTEE, SA [ D DUR ING SYMPATHY CALL ON; VICE CONSUL HE
DSBEL IEVES CONSP I RACY BUT ATTRIBUTES KILLING To_ WORLD-
WIDE ATMOSPHERE OF VIOLENCE'
2 ' CONDOLENCE BOOK IN US I 5 LIBRARY S[ GNED BY NUMBER
0F N[GERIANS INCLUDING NOvosty PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
NIYI ONI' CONDOLENCE LETTERS RECEIVED FROM VICAR GENERAL
IBA DAN CA THOLIC DIOCESE AND SMALL UNI BADAN_ STUDENT- GROUP ,
vojCE VOTE 0F CONDOLENCE ADOPTED BY IBADAN DIINING CLUB
(NIGERIANS AND EXPATS ) ,
3 0 HOwEVER, HARSH COMMENT CONTINUES
IN PRESS , COLUMNIST IN SUNDAY SKETCh CONS IDERS
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AGR com FRB FROM
Amembassy MONTEVIDEO
DATE: June 10, 1968
inT LA 8 TAR SUBJECT
GOU Senate Message on Shooting of Robert Kennedy
TR XMB AIR REF
ARMY CIA NA vY
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Enclosed for transmittal to the United States Senate is the
original and an English translation of a message from the
M Senate of Uruguay expressing the latter' 8 'horror and shock"
over the shooting of Senator Robert F_ Kennedy. The message
was delivered to the Embassy to Senator Kennedy's death:
It is signed by Alberto E. ABDALA, President of the Senate and
Vice President of Uruguay.
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1 Message from Uruguayan Senate
2. English translation
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UNCLASSIFIED Enclosure No. 1
A-757 from Montevideo
9171
CAMARA DE SENADORES
Seior Presidente del Senado de los Estados Unidos de America
El Senado de la Repdblica Oriental del Uruguay manifiesta
su horror y desconcierto ante el doloroso atentado contra el Sena-
dor Robert Kennedy, Y transmite sus expresiones de solidaridad
en esta tragica circunstancia.
ALBERTO E. ABDALA
Presidente
JOSE PASTOR SALVANACH
Secretario
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UNCLASSIFIED Enclosure No. 2
A-757 from Montevideo
THE SENATE
To the President of the Senate of the United States of America
The Senate of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay expresses its
horror and shock at the lamentable attack on the life of Senator
Robert Kennedy, and transmits its expressions of solidarity on
this tragic occasion.
ALBERTO E. ABDALA
President
JOSE PASTOR SALVANACH
Secretary
UNCLASSIFIED
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Form 'Ds;} 56, DEPARTMENT OF STATE
conrof? . € |T
12-03 EXECUTiVE SECRETARIAT
Action SLIP 9171
(To Remoin With Correspondence)
To DATE
ARA IMifarBeler so 'July 2, 1968
SUBJECT
Message from Uruguayan Senate on the Assault on Senator Robert F,
Kennedy
ACTION
Prompt handlingis essential. Return basic correspondence with reply. If delayed call telephone extension below.
For appropriate action.
For direct reply: Comeback copy required
response for signature by the
Prepare reply.
Clear with
Prepare to
Refer to White House request of
Due in S/S by
For your information.
REMARKS
Suggest referral of underlying message to H for transmittal to
the Senate.
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QQyic Ztt BRINGS A TERRIBLE PriCE To THE KE NNEDY FAmLy FOR
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DA IL Y NEWS JUNE 7 Eo[tion FEATURED ExtRACTS FROM THE:
SENATUR:S SPEECHES DUR ] NG AJS 1966 ToUR OF south, AFRICA
whick REITERATED ThE SENATOR' $ VIEW TAAT It WAS NOT ONE MAN
ONE VotE THAT IMPORTANT , BUt AN IndfCATIJN Jf A CHANGE
JF D"RECTIoN IN South AFRICA 0 POLICIES THAT WoJlD HELP To
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CONF IokNCE iN THEM ThA t EvoKED A WARM RESPONSE ' 0 0 vHIS
SUPpCnt FOR ThE PuOR AND UNDERPRVILEGED GAVE HIM A MASSIVE
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aouTh AfRJCANS To 80bb Y KENNEDY . HE WAS WELCOMED AnD:
RespeltED 3y THE YouNG 2 By THE: STUDENTSD dy THE UNDER -
PRIV"LEGEL' AtvD 8Y ALL South AFR ZCANS WKo OPPOSED APARTHE ID
ANn NhA TT STANDS FOR 0 HE WAS D J SL IKED? EVEN HATEDB BY
ThOSE 4ho RECOGNI ZED In Aim A LIVING CHALLENGE To PREJUDICE
AND JSCRIMJNATION , Nuw HE IS DEAD: TAE VIctim JF 4 V!OLENT
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4 TrAjig REPROACK To A WGRLD SOURED AND CORRUPTED B Y- ZNTOLER -
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THAT IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE To REALIZE OUTSI DE 0F US THE
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LUTHER KING FORMED 00 PART 0F ONE GREAT CONSPIRACY ," FREQUENT
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INACTIVITY, PAPER ALLEGED THAT SIRHAN WITh AIS ANI [ ~JEWISH
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OuTPOURING OF GRIEF AND BEWILDERMENT . PEOPLE OF ALMpST ALL
Poi ITICAL PERSUASIONS AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE INCLUDING HIGH
sChOoL STUDENTS, COMMON LABORERS' AND MEMBERS OF THE; ESTABLISHMENT
CALLED A T CONSULA TE To SI GN CONDOLENCE b00k AND ALMOST FILLED
CATHEDRAL WHERE MASS WAS SA ID FOR SENATOR KENNEDY . THEIR GRIEF IS
FOR THE MAN, FQR WAA T HE REPRESENTED To THEM AS SPECIALI FRIEND OFi
JAPAN AND A5 ARTICULATE SPOkESMAN OF CHANGE' AND FgR: A FAMILY ThAT
HAS SUFFERED UNPRECEDENTED TRAGEDY , THEIR BEWILDERMENT' And
CONCERNe EXPRESSED PERSONALLY AND In PRINT, HAS BEENI OVER WHAT
THEY FEAR To BE OR HAVE ALREADY JUDGED To BE A SICK} VIOLENCE-
PRQNE SOCIETY, MOSt VIEw ASSASS INATION NOT AS FANATIC' S ISOLATED
AcT But RATHER AS LINK In CHA [N BEGUN BY PRESIDENT KENNEDY '5
ASSASS INATION_
0 IN THIS VIEW, NEGRO PROBLEMS, POVERTY SYNDROME,
VIET-NAM GAR, EASE OF 08T A INING GUNS, AND EVEN IMMIGRATION FROM
FORE IGN COUNTRIES HAVE CAUSED Uo S , SOCIETY "To G0 CRITICAL" AND
HAVE SPAWNED THREAT OF ENDEMIC VIOLENCE.
2' EDITORIAL COMMENT IN THIS DISTRICT HAS BEEN MORE' REBTRA INED
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AMERICAN SOCIETY WILL PERMIT To OVERCOME WHA T IS UNIVERSALLN
VIEwED HERE AS A DEEP CRISIS' STTLL' THERE IS NO EscAPING CONCLUs Ion
MADE PRIVATELY BY ONE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND FRIENDLY JQURNALIST Whp
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DEATh'BUT IF THEYONLY GRIEVE IT WILL NOt BE EnOuGh; AMERICANS
MUsT ALSO Act To REFORM THEIR SOCIETY,"
3, SOME QUESTI ON I NG 0F OUR SOCIETY'S VALIDITY HAS;, COME: FROM: THOSE
whO DISPLAY INDECENT EAGERNESS To SEIZE UPDN; ASSASSINATION AS
SOMEHOw PROOF 0F CORRECTNESS 0F PRIOR IDEOLOGICAL STANDS AGAINST
U,s0 POLICy OR JAPANESE ALIGNMENT WITh; U.S. Much, HOwEVER, COMES.
FROM THOSE Who HAVE thought AMERICA SOMETHING 0F A MDDEL' DEMOCRATIC
SOCIETY WORThY OF EMULATION BY JAPAN AND OTHER_ NATIons' Most
JAFANESE HERE WISH FOR SPEEDY RECOVERY of OuR Body PDLITIC AND:
FEAR CONSEQUENCES To THEMSELVES AND WORLD SHOULD THEI R FEAR COME
TRUE BUt ONE GA THERS THEY WILL BE HESI TANT In FUTUREI Toi GRANT US
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DEAThaEVT IF TXEMONL Y GRIEVE It WILL NO; JE EnouGh# AMERiCANS
MUSt ALSo ACT To REFORM THEIR SOCIETY + "
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NAmE CATHEDRAL, VALERIAN CARDINAL GRAC IAS, CATHOLIC PRIMATE
OF INDIA, OFF IC IATED' IN CONCLUDING A SHDRT EULOGY In WHICH
HE PA ID TRIBUTE To RObERT KENNEDY ESPECIALLY AS MAN 0F
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1 0 GRATEFUL YOUR TALK WITH AMBASSAFOR BANDA,
2 0 ALThOUGH KAUNDA SPEECH (LUSAKA 2026 ) REPLA YED
ON RADI0 ZAMBIA SUNDAY , THERE HAVE BEEN NO MORE
ZAMB IAN REACTIONS OF NOTE, VICE PRESIDENT KAPWEPWE,
FOREIGN MINISTER KAMANGA AND NATIONAL RESOURCES
MINISTER KONoso ATTENDED MEMORIAL REQUIEM MASS HELD
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OVER 430 ENTRIES IN CONDOLENCE
BOok WHEN CLOSE D SUNDAY NOOn INCLUDED WIDE VARIETY
LOCAL PEOPLE' NO SIGNS DEMONSTRAT ION AND; SINCE
ATTENTION MOst PARTYOFFICIALS DRECTED AT CURRENT
VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN AND YESTERDAY !5 SABOTAGEI
OF LUANGWA BRIDGE ((REPORTED SEPARATELY)' NONE EXPECTED,
3 0 AMBSSSADOR ISSUED STATEMENT FRIDAY REFUTING
SUGGEST ! ONs OF USG COMPLICITY (TEXT SENT UsINFO,
wTL ALSO BE POUCHED ) AND EXPRESSED OFFICIALi
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1 9 ALL PUBL ICATIONS BENGHAZI THIS WEEKEND CARRIED AS; THEIR LEAD
FRONT PAGE STORY SENATOR KENNEDY AND THE EXPRESSIONS' OFi SYMPATHY
TRIBUTE FROM WORLD LEADERS,
2 0 THE ENGLISh DA ILY ThE LIBYAN TIMES In ONE OF Its RARE COMMENTS:
StA TES IN FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL' ASSASSIVATION OF ROBERT KENNEDY
wILL Now BE USED BY ANTI-ARAB ELEMENTS: IN Ua Se To SHATTER
REMA INING TIES ARABeU,S, FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERA TION' ONE
PARAGRAPH STATES THAT "DWELLING ON THE FACT THE ASSASSIN CAME
FROM JORDAN, MANIPULATORS 0F U'S' PUBLIC OP INION- HOPE To CREATE
A WAVE 0f EMOTIONAL HYSTERIA To LIQUIDATE WHATEVER IS Left' of
AMERICAN GOOD WILL TOWARDS THE ARABS AN EASY TARGET DUE To
TREMENDOUS ZIONIST INFLUENCE IN THAT Cojntry, " EDITORIALi
CONTINUED "IT INCONCEI VABLE, EVEN MONS TRdus To THInki ANi ARAB
COULD do Such A ThING= AS A MATTER OF FAcT, ThE PLOT' WAS AS Much
ANTI-KENNEDY AS ANTI-ARAB' WE HOPE AND PRAY OUR AMERII CAN FRIENDS
WILL NOT FALL Into THE TRAP OF THOSE whot SEEK T? WIDEN THE SHISM
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