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MRS. JOHN F. KENNEDY
DISTRESSED AND SHAKEN BY THE DEATH OF YOUR HONORABLE PARTNER I TENDER YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN MY HEARTFELT SYMPATHY FOR THE IRREPLACEABLE LOSS WHICH HAS OVERTAKEN YOU IN SUCH INCOMPREHENSIBLE FASHION IN THIS HEAVY HOUR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND THE ENTIRE GERMAN PEOPLE FEELS ITSELF CONNECTED TO YOU IN DEEP MOURNING IN REVERENCE AND THANKFULNESS WE BOW BEFORE PRESIDENT KENNEDY WHO SHALL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AMONG THE GERMAN PEOPLE
LUDWIG ERHARD
PAGE 36 OF THE BOOK
"DEAR MRS. KENNEDY, THE WORLD SHARES ITS GRIEF LETTERS, NOVEMBER 1963"
BY: JAY MULVANEY AND PAUL DE ANGELIS