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1.Sanders HS department OF STATE 2. Bet asap Washington, D.C. 20520 S/S-17364 January 17, 1969 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE OR MEMORANDUM FOR MR. WALT W. ROSTOW Hits THE WHITE HOUSE SUBJECT: Farewell Message from the President to the People's Republic of Southern Yemen Because of the present cool state of our relations with the government of the People's Republic of Southern Yemen, the Department recommends that no farewell message be sent to President Qahtan al-Shaabi of that country. No other radical state will be receiving a farewell message, since PRSY is the only one with which we presently have diplomatic relations. OWDANS Benjamin Executive Secretary LIMITED OFFICIAL USE lash