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le PLE ASE TRANSMIT FOLLOWING NEW YEAR•S MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT TO HIS MAJESTY AND PRIME MINISTER BAUNSGAARD: BEGIN QUO TE I YOUR MAJESTY a IT Is· wI TH SPEC I AL PLEASURE THAT I JOIN WITH ALL AMERICANS TO · EXTEND TO YOUR MAJESTY ANO TO THE DAN I SH PE OPLE OUR E,VERY BEST' WI SH FOR THE NEW YEAR o MAY THE YEAR J 969 BRING TO OUR TWO , PEOPLES, AND TO MEN OF GOOD WILL THROUGH OUT THE WORLD1 THE PEACE AND WELL BEING FOR WHICH WE STRIVE AND PRAY· SINCERELY, LYNDON B• JO HNSON END QUOTE. BEGIN QUOTE & DEA R MR• PRIME MINISTERS AS ! HE NE W YEAR DAWNSP IT IS A PARTICULAR PLEASURE TO NOTE THAT 1968 SAW ~URTHER GR OWT H OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING WHICH HAVE TRADIT IONALL~ CHARACTERIZED THE ' RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DANISH AN D TH E AMERICAN PEOPLES• MRS, JOHNSON AND I JOIN AL~ AMERIC ANS IN EXTENDING TO YOU AND TO THE DANISH NAT I ON EVERY BEST WI SH FOR 1969• SlNCERELY1 LYNDON B• JOHNSON END QUOTEo 
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