323. Telegram From the Department of State to the Consulate General in Dar-es-Salaam0
177. Ref London’s 1007.1 If feasible Consulate General should transmit following message to Kaunda: [Page 512]
“President Kennedy has asked me to let you know that he has received your message and regrets to hear of the loss of life resulting from the recent violence in Northern Rhodesia. It is his hope that law and order can be restored in such a way as to be mutually advantageous to all concerned. As you are aware, Assistant Secretary of State G. Mennen Williams has recently visited Northern Rhodesia, and the President will be particularly interested in receiving a full report from him.”2
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 745C.00/9-861. Confidential; Priority; Verbatim Text. Drafted by Dunham, cleared by Korn, and approved by Wight. Repeated Priority to London and Salisbury.↩
- Dated September 8. (Ibid.)↩
- Telegram 201 from Dar-es-Salaam, September 16, reported that when Kaunda returned to Dar-es-Salaam on September 15 en route to Northern Rhodesia, the White House message was given to him. (Ibid., 745C.00/9-1661)↩