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DRAFTED BY•EUR/EE&MAWENICK 
APPROVED BY: EUR/EE -· RAYMONDE· LISLE 
EUR • MR• SPRINGSTEEN 
S/S • MR• BRO~~-­
WHITE HOUSE ~ MR. NEWMAN 
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R 310tl3Z DEC 68 
FM SEcSTATE WASHDC 
TO AHEMBASSY ~RAGQE 
LIMITED OFFICIA~ ~SE STAT~ 29~758 
l• PL EASE TRANSMIT FOLLOWING NEW YEARS'S MESSAGES FROM THE 
PRES I ENT TO PRESioENT SVOBODA AND , PREMIER CERNI Ka BEGIN
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Q~OTEa DEAR MR• ~R~SIDENT1 ON THE OCCASION OF THt NEW YEAR, 
I EXTEN D PERSO~AL GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE WEL~·BF.ING OF THE CZECHO~LOV~K PEOPLE IN 1969• ­
IT IS MY EARNEST HOPE THAT THE NEW YEAR WILL SEE GREATER
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TRANS QUILITY I N T~E WORLD AND A CONTINUED G~OWTH OF UND~R· STANDING AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN ouR TWO PEOPLES. SJNCERELY1 LYNDO N B• JOHNSON ~ND QUOTE. BEGIN QUOTE1 DEAR MR• PREMIER• I EXPRESS TO you AND TO THE CZECHOS~OVAK PEOPLE CORDIAL GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR PEACE1 HAPPINESS, AND PROSPERITY IN THE ­NEW YEAR• IT IS MY HOPE THAT 1969 WILL SE£ A STRENGTHENING OF PEACE THROUGHOU! JHE WORLD AND THE FURTHER DEVE~OPMENT OF FRIENDLY RELATION~ BETWEEN au~ TWO COUNTRIES· SINCERELY, LYNDON B• JOHNSON END QuqrE• 
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