FOR PRESS: P.M. NO. 39/1969 - DEATH OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA - TRIBUTE FROM TEH ACTING PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. JOHN MCEWEN
FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 39/ 1969
DEATH OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA
Tribute from the Acting Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. John McEwen
The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. John McEwen, has
sent the following message to the Prime Minister of India, Mrs.
Indira Gandhi, on the death of the President of India, Dr. Zakir
Husain:-" IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT I LEARNT
OF THE SUDDEN DEATH OF PRESIDENT ZAKIR HUSAIN.
TO YOU, TO YOUR GOVERNMENT, AND TO THE PEOPLE
OF INDIA MAY I ON MY OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF
OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA
EXPRESS OUR SINCEREST SYMPATHIES FOR THIS
SUDDEN LOSS. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD
CONVEY OUR SYMPATHIES TO THE LATE PRESIDENT'S
FAMILY."
CANBERRA May 1969
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