KIKUYU FUNERAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81B00401R002800020060-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2001
• Sequence Number: 60
• Content Type: NOTES

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I will keep you informed as we move along.
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On a more personal note, you may wish to mention to the
President that the participation of Jeff Carter in the d
to the Kenyattu funeral has touched the Kenyans deeply.
a Kikuyu leader and close to the Kenyatta family, expresse is
feelings to mu yesterday. He pointed out that it is traditional
in Kenya to sLnd a son to another man's household to demonstrate
deep trust and affection. Thus Jeff Carter's visit here was read
1~e.~.?yi:: as being; the most personal sign possible by the
President he trusted the Kenyans completely and wanted to
show his own deepest affection for the Kenyatta family and the
nation in a t ee of sorrow.
Good luck to you in your efforts to build the Organization fo
the future. Please give my regards to whC255 Aalso
an old Africa hand.
EMORArm';M FOR:
in a just-arrived letter from
i`'aJrobi, ccnveys a message which you may wish to pass on to the I rr,sicient on the l8tho
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