Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume VI, Kennedy-Khrushchev Exchanges

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

Bonn, August 10, 1963, 2 p.m.

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

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