Documents / FOIA release
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) Santo Domingo 2766 6/7/66 Unclass. Dominican President Balaguer, Bolivian President Barrientos, and Nicaraguan President Somoza have made statements expressing their condolences on the death of the Senator. Balaguer and Peruvian Pres. Belaunde have sent telegrams to Mrs. Kennedy and Balaguer has declared Saturday a day of national mourning. The first act of new Chilean Ambassador to the US, Domingo Santa Maria, after the approval of his nomination by the Senate, was to call on US Amb. Korry and offer condolences. Santo Domingo 2767 6/7/68 Unclass. Managua 1837 6/6/68 Unclass. La Pas 4823 6/6/68 LOU Lima 5451 6/6/68 Unclass. The assassination dominates media attention in Latin America. The media contain many statements of revulsion at the assassination (some directed at US society in general) as well as eulogies of Senator Kennedy. He was especially fondly remembered in Brazil and Peru which he visited two and a half years ago. There has been much press speculation about conspiracies and plots involving the left, the right, and other groups, including the teamsters union. A commentator on Cuba's national TV network went so far as to say, "There are some groups that do not want any Kennedy in the presidency and they may be found in Washington and the White House." UPI-136 Havana 6/6/68 Unclass. Rio de Janeiro 8621 6/6/68 Unclass Rio de Janeiro 8639 6/6/68 LOU Asuncion 1826 6/6/68 Unclass. Kennedy's and were particularly gratified by the late Senator's strong interest in their part of the world. Many assumed that some day he would become President and US policy would then become more "liberal" politically and more generous economically. The Cuban comment was not unusual. Port-au-Prince 919 6/6/68 LOU Caracas 6138 6/6/68 Unclass INR OFFICE RAR BRIEFER Watson EXTENSION 4976
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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.