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    "ocrText": "EXECUTIVE\nMEMORANDUM\n/\nCO304\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nPR18\nWASHINGTON\nFG296\nx\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT\nJune 27, 1967\nof\nSUBJECT: Possibility of Visiting Washington Mosque with Hussein\nTomorrow is the Tenth Anniversary of President Eisenhower's\nopening of the \"Washington Islamic Center. He made a general speech\nabout our hopes for a future of \"peace under one God. 11\nIt has occurred to us that you and King Hussein might make\na quick swing by the Mosque after your talk tomorrow. This would\nbe a dramatic pro-Arab gesture. Since the Mosque is the receiving\npoint for private American contributions for refugee relief, you\nmight in your remarks recall the USG emergency relief program\nbeing announced this afternoon and urge private Americans to show\ntheir usual generosity to people in distress.\nIf you like this idea, we would lay it on informally and\ntentatively. We might want to sound out Hussein or alert the Arab\nambassadors to be there. We would want USLA and press coverage.\nBut we would like to know tonight in order to turn the necessary\nwheels.\nMac Bundy thinks this is a good idea.\nRostow\nApprove\nDisapprove\nApprove tentatively; I'11 decide with Hussein\nfor 3 the"
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