Letter from Pope Paul VI to the President Lyndon Johnson Regarding Peace Initiatives in Vietnam

To His Excellency Lyndon B. Johnson President of the United States of America We thank you most cordially for Your Excellency's thoughtful letter of October 12th, and for your kind words concerning Our visit to the United Nations and to New York. Deeply touched by your assurance that our purpose of peace is the same, We promise Our full collaboration and unstinted efforts to attain this great goal in friendly and open cooperation with you. Be assured of Our prayers for Your Excellency's rapid and enduring return to full health and activity after your recent operation, and Our sincere greetings and good wishes to Mrs Johnson and your Daughters. Upon Your Excellency, your family and the beloved American people, We invoke choicest Divine graces and blessings. From the Vatican, October 16, 1965 Paulus P P. VI recent operation, and Our sincere greetings and good wishes to Mrs Johnson and your Daughters. Upon Your Excellency, your family and the beloved American people, We invoke choicest Divine graces and blessings. From the Vatican, October 16, 1965 Paulus P P. VI To His Excellency Lyndon B. Johnson President of the United States of America We thank you most cordially for Your Excellency's thoughtful letter of October 12th, and for your kind words concerning Our visit to the United Nations and to New York. Deeply touched by your assurance that our purpose of peace is the same, We promise Our full collaboration and unstinted efforts to attain this great goal in friendly and open cooperation with you. Be assured of Our prayers for Your Excellency's rapid and enduring return to full health and activity after your