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This is a compilation of Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) briefing notes to the Director of INR, mostly dated June 12, 1968, with some from June 6, 1968. The notes cover world events, including student riots in Paris, East German passport and visa rules for West Germans, a UN resolution on South West Africa, a change of Komsomol leadership, Sino-Nepalese relations, and the Colombian presidential resignation crisis. Unrest in Senegal and Somalia is also covered. None of the notes discuss UFOs.
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SOURCE(S) CLASS./CONTROL(S) FEIS 19 (Havana) June 6, 1968 Radio Havana compared the shooting of Senator Kennedy with that of the late President and Rev. Martin Luther King. It attributed the shooting to a conspiracy, possibly directed from the White House, which was intended preventing certain changes from being made in the US power structure and society. It was said that these men favored the negro and intended to cast doubt on the myth of North American superiority. It concluded that Sen. Kennedy was clearly the front running candidate for president and would have easily been elected in November. Therefore, those who wanted to keep him from the presidency had to have him killed. INR/RAR Comment: The Cubans have been very much influenced by the conspiracy theory of the death of Pres. Kennedy and have avidly followed the publicity of James Garrison. It conveniently explains the shooting in terms which fit into Cuban propaganda about the "power centers" in the US and the sickness of US society. There has been some indication that the Castro Government saw some hopeful signs for Cuba in the election of Sen. Kennedy and possibly saw a possibility of tensions in that event. F (Buenos Aires) June 6, 1968 The official Mexican government party (the PRI) and that of the principal opposition (PAN) issued statements deploring the shooting. The PRI called it another blot on the development of democracy and the PAN said it served as an example of how freedom degenerates into licentiousness and violence when persons lack moral support. The leftist parties supported the idea that it was part of a conspiracy and a sign of US cultural degeneration. BHIS (Bogota) June 5, 1968 The Colombian Foreign Minister German Zea Hernandez issued a statement for the GOC, deploring the attack on Senator Kennedy and stated that the new act of violence has increased the consternation of mankind that is confronted by a critical international situation. He added that the crimes of this nature have had and will have serious repercussions on the rest of the world. Santiago 3929 June 5, 1968 In Chile and Venezuela the US Embassies were swamped with messages of sympathy for the Kennedy family and for the US people. President Frei of Chile issued a statement deploring the "new worldwide phenomenon" but added that violence in Chile is very superficial and localized. Caracas 6098 June 5, 1968
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 132 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.