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1 • Fy I PRES I DENI RECE I V~D F'~LLOW I NG MESSAGE FROM· PR I ME MINISTER QUOTE ON BEHALF OF THE DANISH GOVERNMENT AND THE DANIS H PEOPLE . I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE Y0u MR• PRESIDENT AND THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE EPOCH MAKING TRIUMPHS OF AP OLLO 8 STOP THE EXPLOIT~ OF THE COURA~Eous AND DEDICATE6 CREW oF THE SPA~ESHIP HAVE FI~LED us ALL wI!H THE HIGHE~T ADMIRATION• HILMAR BAUNS~AAR~ PRIME MINISTER 0~ OENMAR~ UNQUOTE• END F}I 
2• PLEASE TRANSM~T THE FOLLOWING MESSA~E F~OM PRESIDENT TO PRIME MINISTER ~UOTE DEAR MR• PRIME MINISTFRs ON HEHAL~ OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE I THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMPLETI~N ·a~ THE APOL~O VIII MISSION• 
THE ACHIEVEMENT O~ APOLLO VIII AND ITS GALLANT CREW I~ AN HISTORIC STEP rN MAN'S SEARCH FOR KNOWLEDuE OF THE UNIVERSE IN WHICH HE LIVES1 AND HERALDS A BRIGHT NEW ERA OF FXPLORA!ION ~ND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION• COL• BORMAN1 CAPT• LOVELL, AND LT. COL. ANDERS JOIN ME 1N .THIS EXPRESSION OF APPRECiATION FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. SINCERE~y, ~YNDqN B • JOHNSON UNQUO!E 
3• WHITE HUUSE DOES NOT PLAN TO RE~EASE BUT HAS NO OBJ~CTION 
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