CONDOLENCES FROM - HERVE' ALPHAND, - FRENCH AMBASSADOR, & HIS WIFE, NICOLE; TELEGRAM, IN FRENCH

WASHINGTON DC 22 401 P

MRS. JOHN F KENNEDY

DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS OF THE TRAGIC DEATH OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY, I OFFER THE EXPRESSION OF OUR MOST SORROWFUL CONDOLENCES IN THE NAME OF NICOLE AND MYSELF. THE PRESIDENT ... AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS KEPT THE MOST OPEN AND MARKED WELCOME TOWARDS NICOLE AND ME, FRIENDLY FEELINGS WHICH WE SHALL FOREVER CHERISH IN MEMORY.

ALLOW ME TO TELL YOU HOW DEEPLY WE ARE SHAKEN BY THE IRREPARABLE LOSS THAT HAS HIT YOU, YOURS, AND YOUR COUNTRY. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU ...

HERVE AND NICOLE ALPHAND

PAGES 55 & 56 OF THE BOOK

"DEAR MRS. KENNEDY, THE WORLD SHARES ITS GRIEF LETTERS, NOVEMBER 1963"

BY: JAY MULVANEY AND PAUL DE ANGELIS