113. Telegram From Secretary of State Rusk to the Department of State0

Secto 55. Personal for the President from the Secretary. No other distribution. Just before my departure Chairman Khrushchev telephoned from Sochi and asked me to convey his personal distress and his condolences to you and Mrs.Kennedy.1

Rusk
  1. Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204. Confidential; Priority; Eyes Only.
  2. A son born to the Kennedys on August 7 died 2 days after his birth.