• 
EEA886 Received: Wa:shington ConmC en 00 WTE 10 J:Ol PM EST Saturday 28 D~ 1968 DE WTE 4 701 
Received: LBJ Ranch ComrrCen FR0~1 WALT ROSTOW Br 00 HI CST Sautrday 28 DID 1968 TO THE PRESIDENT CITE WH82939 
UI~ClASSIFIED
UN CLAS 
DECEMBER 28, 1968 
FOLLOWING ARE THREE SETS OF DRAFT NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS TO CHIEFS OF STATE OR HEADS OF GOVERNMENT: 
EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC 
NO MESSAGE HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR PR INCE NORODOM SIHANOUK, DUE TO THE LACK OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CAMBODIA. IN THE CASES OF JAPAN, LAOS AND VIETNAM, STATE RECOMMENDS THAT PAST PRACTICE BE FOLLOWED, AND THAT PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES BE SENT ONLY TO PRIME MINISTER SATO OF JAPAN, KING SRI SAVANG VATTHANA OF LAOS AND PRESIDENT NGUYEN VAN THIEU OF VIETNAM. 
DEAR LORD CASEY: 
DURING 1969 WE HAVE TAKEN IMPORTANT STEPS TOWARDS PEACE ON THIS EARTH. WE HAVE ALSO TAKEN A GIA NT STEP INTO THE UNIVERSE THAT LIES BEYOND OUR EARTH. IN BOTH OF THESE HISTORIC ENDEAVORS, AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE PARTNERS. · YOUR CONTRIBUTION HAS BEEN INVALUABLE. LET US CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE 1969 A YEAR OF EVEN CLOSER PARTNERSHIP AND FURTHER PROGRESS TOWARDS THE GOALS WE SHARE. 
WARMEST BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR TO YOU AND TO ALL AUSTRALIANS, 
SINCERELY, 
HIS EXCELLENCY THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD CASEY, P.C., G.C.M.G., C.H., GOVERNOR GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA. 
DEAR MR. PRIME MINISTER: 
YOUR FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE HAS BEEN A YEAR OF FRUITFUL COLLABORATION BETWEEN US. I HAVE ENJOYED OUR ASSOCIATION, AND YOUR VISIT TO THIS COUNTRY LAST MAY WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED. I AM CONFIDENT THAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AUSTRALIA WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUT ITS DESTINY AS ONE OF THE GRiAT FREE NATIONS OF THE PACIFIC. MRS. JOHNSON JOINS ME IN SENDING YOU AND MRS. GORTON OUR WARM PERSONAL REGARDS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR. 

Ot TH~' 0 1'"'C ...,
· .... v .~~ION OF THE NE'-V YEAR I EX...,..1\.-ND
T0 YOU A1 D 1 O -r HE B ' '-1 
FOFl p;-AC~ H i::i ULGARIAN PEOPLE MY BEST
.. WISHES 
-.... , APJ INESS, AND PROSPERITY IN 1969. 
SINCERELY, 
HI~ EXCELLENCY 
GEORG I T~AY~\OV, 
CHAIRM AN OF THE PRESIDIUM 
OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, 
SOFIA. 

MY DEAR GOVER 10R GENERAL: 
WE SEND ONCE MORE TO YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF CANADA OUR \'AR.·i.i:ST GRI<..ETINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR. I HAVE T.C\KEN I ..SPIRAT ION FRON THE CLOSE TIES WHICH UN !TE OUR TWO PEOPLES AhJD IT IS A SOUl\C!: OF GREAT SATISFACTION THAT DURING ' ~y TENURi AS PRESIDENT WE WERE ABLE TO STRENGTHEN THESE HISTORIC BONDS. 
SINCERELY, 
hIS EXCELLENCY 
THE RIGHT HONORABLE 
Rol •1

~ ...... 11: ... ,...H~'·1ER P C Q C 
...... [·J 1.Lv t.1'4 • ' • •' · • •' 
GOV~RNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA, 
OTTAWA. 

DEAR ~'R. PRIME MIl I STER: 
MRS. j0Hf1SON JOINS ME IN SENDING TO YOU AND 
T:-1~ ,•1Eft.BERS 0. YO UR GOVERNMENT OUR BEST WI SHES FOR 
1969. ~E HOPE THAT THE YEAR AHEAD WILL SEE FURTHER 
?::?OGRESS ~01 '.' HD ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR COMMON GOAL--A 
f£AC~FUL, PROSPEROUS WORLD. 

SINCERELY, 
THE RIGHT HONORABLE 
PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU, P.C., 
PRILE 1~I-JISTER , 
OTTAWA . 

DEAR ~R . ?RESIDE "T : 
O~ THE OCCASION OF THE NEW YEAR, I EXTEND ~RSONAL GHZETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK PEOPLE IN 1969. IT IS MY EARNEST HOPE THAT THE JEW YEAR WILL SEE GREATER TRANQUILITY IN THE WORLD ;... JD A CO.lT I\ U~D GROWTH OF UNDERSTANDING AND FRIENDSHIP 
ET EE: OUR T~JO PEOPLES. 
SINCERELY, 
, HIS EXC£LLE 1CY L UD V I K SV 03 0 u A , PRESIDE T OF THE ZECHOSLOVAK SOCIALIST t~i?UBL IC, PRAGUE . 
DEAR ~·1R .. 

I EXPr2SS TO YOU ,ND TO THE CZECHOSLOVAK PEOPLE CO Dif.L S E!:.THG::J AND BEST WISHES FOR PEACE, hAFPI~Es;, .'1 'D PROSPERITY IN THE NEW YEAR. IT IS MY 
TIPE ·HA: 1969 WILL SEE A S1RENGTHE ING OF PEACE . RC~Gh_UT TP.i 110 LD AND THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT o-FR IE.. ..1L y RE LAT I or s £TWEEN 0 UR TW 0 co LJNTR IE s. 
SINCERELY,