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Robert F. Kennedy

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Robert F. Kennedy

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Auction Date:2013 Feb 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
ALS signed “Bob,” one page, lightly-lined, 8 x 10.5, no date. Short letter to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. In full: “Many thanks for the discussion. You have carried the burden so well for so long. And for this we are all grateful–and I speak especially for my children and the others like them.” McNamara has made several pencil notations to the page including “5/30/67” in the upper right, “Kennedy” next to Kennedy’s signature, and, after the word “discussion” in the first line: “Mid-East & Gulf of Aqaba SVN–my 5/19/.” In fine condition, with a bit of scattered light toning and creasing. On May 22, 1967, Egypt had announced the blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba, Israel’s southern outlet to the sea, to all Israeli ships. This action was the immediate cause of Israel’s preemptive attack on Egypt on June 5, 1967, the beginning of the Six Day War. Making this letter more interesting is the fact that the discussion also concerned the Vietnam War. In late May, in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam, “SVN,” American forces intercepted North Vietnamese Army units moving in from Cambodia.