His Excellency Lyndon Baines Johnson Austin, Texas 
My dear Mr. President: 
Accept, please,· my thanks 
,
for your New Year s Greetings and best ·wishes 
extended to the Czechoslovak people and allow 
roe to reciprocate sincerely my best wishes to 
you. I also share the hope that in the New Year 
the relations between our two countries will 
contribute to the cause of stre~gthening peace in the world . 
• 
Ludvik Svoboda President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic