LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA TO PRESIDENT BONGO

UNCLAS STATE 025551 E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: AMGT OPDC GB SUBJECT: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA TO PRESIDENT BONGO REGARDING THE DEATH OF FIRST LADY EDITH LUCIE BONGO ONDIMBA ¶1. PLEASE DELIVER THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA TO PRESIDENT BONGO ONDIMBA. THE WHITE HOUSE DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE THE TEXT OF THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY BUT HAS NO OBJECTION IF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GABONESE REPUBLIC WISHES TO DO SO. THERE WILL BE NO SIGNED ORIGINAL. ¶2. BEGIN TEXT. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF YOUR BELOVED WIFE EDITH LUCIE BONGO ONDIMBA. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE JOIN MICHELLE AND ME IN SENDING TO YOU, TO YOUR FAMILY, AND TO THE PEOPLE OF GABON OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON YOUR LOSS. SINCERELY, BARACK OBAMA END TEXT. CLINTON