Suggested Farewell Message 
Dear Mr. President: As Iµ:-epare to leave cffice, I wan~ 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 cf our recent lunar flight suggest, this shrinking globe is rapidly becoming a single neighborhood. Even the most distant nations now live closer to each other than villagers in a single nation did only a few centuries ago. Countries are learning that they must work together for connnon ends if any are to survive and prosper in the new world of interdependence which science and technology are helping to create. We have made some progress to this end in recent years. New forms of 
international cooperation are evident in many areas. I believe that this progr ess will continue and that one day an international community will come into be ing which is solidly grounded in common interest. 
Despite my retirement from the Presidency, my interest in Czechoslovakia, my hope that its future will brighten and my friendship for its people will remain strong and undiminished, as will my dedication to the goals which the peoples of our countries share. 
Sincerely, 
Lyndon B. Johnson 
His Excellency, General Ludvik Svoboda , President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Prague .