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l• FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF FAREWELL MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
TO THE PRESIDENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA. LETTER WITH PHOTOGRAPHS 
BEING POUCHED FOR DELIVERY~ 
2• BEGIN QUOTEa DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: AS I PREPARE TO LEAVE OFFICE, l WANT NOT ONLY TO SAY GOOD-BYE BUT ALSO TO EXPRESS THE HOPE THAT THROUGH COOPERATION BASED ON THE SPIRIT OF FRIENDSHIP AND MUTUAL RESPECT THE PEOPLES OF BOTH OUR NATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE AND A BETTER LIFE• 
AS THE ENCLOSED PHOTOGRAPHS OF OUR RECENT LUNAR FLIGHT SUGGEST1 THI ~ 
SHRINKING GLOBE IS RAPlDLY BECOMING A SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD• EVEN THE MOST DISTANT NATIONS NOW LIVE CLOSER TO EACH OTHER THAN VI LLAGERS IN A SINGLE ATJON DID ONLY A FEW CENTURIES AGO• 
COUNTRIES ARE LEARNING THAT THEY MUST WORK TOGETHER FOR COMMON 
ENDS IF ANY ARE TO SURVIVE AND PROSPER IN THE NEW WORLD OF 
INTERDEPENDENCE WHICH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ARE HELPING To 
CREA.TE a 
WE HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS TO THIS END IN RECENT YEARSo NEW 
FORMS OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ARE EVIDENT IN MANY AREAS• 
I BtLIEVE THAT THIS PROGRESS WILL CONTINUE AND THAT ONE · DAY AN 
JNTERNATlONAL COMMUNITY WILL COME INTO BEING WHICH IS SOLIDLY 
GROUNDED IN COMMON INTEREST• 
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ES PI TE MY RETIRE MEN T FROM THE PRESIDENCY, MY INTEREST IN CZEcH• QSLOV AKI A AND MY FRIENDSHIP FOR ITS PEOPLE WILL REMAIN STRONG AND UNDIMIN IS HED • IT IS MY HOPE AND ACUTE CONCERN THAT THE FUTURE QF CZECHO SLOVAKIA WILL BRIGHTEN• I SHALL REMAIN DEDICATED TO THE GO ALS WHICH THE PEOPLES OF OUR COUNTRIES SHA.RE• SINCERELY1 LYNDON B• J OHNSON UN QUO TE 
3Q WHITE HOUS E DO ES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE MESSAGE BUT HAS NQ OBJECTIO I F RECI P I ENT WISH TO DO SO• 
4• DECON TROL UPON RECEIPT. RUSK 
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