West Indies ‑‑ Presidential Correspondence (Trinidad, Jamaica, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda)

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Beconda DIPARTMENT OF STATE ORIZING STATES OF Department of State TELEGRAM UNCLASSIFIED 042 PAGE 01 HAMILT 00247 272241Z 82 ACTION EUR 20 INFO CPR 02,GPM 04,NSC 10,P 04,RSC 01,SS 20,USIA 12,SCI 05,RSR 01, 1079 W 126579 R 272214Z DEC 68 FMI AMCONSUL HAMILTON TO SECSTATE WASHDC 238 INFO NASA UNCLAS HAMILTON 247 FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY LORD MARTONMERE, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF BERMUDA RECEIVED TODAY: QUOTE IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT I WRITE TO YOU TO OFFER VERY SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SAFE RETURN OF THE THREE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY CIRCLED THEI MOON. THEIR COURAGE, FORTITUDE AND SKILL HAS BEEN ADMIRED BY ALL I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE THE WISH OF ALL IN BERMUDA THAT I SHOULD SEND TO YOU THE SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS OF OUR PEOPLEION THIS WONDERFUL BREAKTHROUGH IN THE SPACE FIELD. IT IS: A TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT WHICH REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT ON THE UNITED STATES AND ON ALLI THEIR CITIZENS WHO HAVE PLAYED THEIR PART IN THIS OUTSTANDING EFFORT. END QUOTE MANNING UNCLASSIFIED 43