BLEASED PER P L 102-526 JFK ACT DATE 11 DEPARTMENT OF STATE OFFICE OF LANGUAGE SERVICES Translation Division LS no 069206l-19 Russian handwrittenz 1087 26 illegible numbers TOP SECRET CIPHER TELEGRAM 4 REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED - Copy no 12 WASHINGTON 54414 11 7 25 26 x1 63 54415 Special no 2000-2001 HIGHEST PRIORITY CC CPSU Immediately after the requiem at Arlington Cemetery I and other foreign representatives who attended Kennedy s meral went to the White House where the late president s widow Jacqueline Kennedy had arranged a reception The guests were greeted by members of the Kennedy family but Jacqueline herself did not show up until the end of the reception Those 1n attendanCe led by the late president s spouse and shook her hand It struck us that Jacqueline Kennedy who exchanged only tvvo or three words with the persons introduced to her looked very calm and even appeared to be smiling However when we were presented to her and when we conveyed our heartfelt condolences to her on behalf of Nina PetroVna N S Khrushchev and Rada and Alyosha Adzhubey as well as on behalf of the Soviet government the Soviet people and myself Jacqueline Kennedy said with great emotion and nearly sobbing am sure that ChairmamKhrushchev and my husband could have been success Jl in the search for peace and 1 ELEASED PER P L 102-536 JFK ACT sans-W DATE they were really striving for that Now y eu mest continue this endeavor and bring it to completion We replied that we illy shared her opinion and agreed that both sides should continue striving to develop iendly relations between our countries for the bene t of peace throughout the world We emphasized our sorrow over the misfortune that had befallen her In conclusion Jacqueline Kennedy expressed her sincere gratitude to NS Khrushchev and us for our sympathy and for the special trip we had made to the United States to attend her husband s meral i i She said all this with inspiration and deep emotion During the entire conversation she clasped my hand with her two hands trying to convey as convincingly as possible her feelings and thoughts regarding the cause of peace to which her husband had devoted his efforts and her own desire that our countries complete this endeavor Her fortitude is most impressive '4 A Mikoyan November 25 1963