President John F. Kennedy Remembered, 21 Nov 1983

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JFK REMEMBERED

On 21 November, 1983 tributes were offered at the United Nations to John F. Kennedy at a ceremony sponsored by the Meditation Group marking the twentieth anniversary of his assassination.

Note “Above Photo from White House provided to Meditation Group member Rituta Tooker and her students

Ambassador Sir John Thompson, United Kingdom: “I was most impressed on many occasions at his capacity to listen, to be silent, to take in what was being said and to turn it over and evaluate it and discuss it with some of his colleagues. It was partly a readiness to think, a readiness to consider, a readiness to listen, that combined together to give his Administration a quality of hope. It really did seem as if a lot of problems could be improved, not necessarily solved. I’m talking of the whole gamut from Civil Rights to negotiations on nuclear matters. On all these questions and many others the Administration brought to international affairs a quality that was very American and that was very much the President’s own.”

Mr. Orville Freeman, President, UNA-USA: “He felt keenly, he understood and he reached out all- over the world wit a depth of feeling and commitment and sensitivity that just communicated. And so every place I go today, that is why Jack Kennedy comes up. Now on this 20th anniversary the need is great and the reaching is profound. He more than any other person today epitomizes that need in the hearts and minds and feelings of people around the world. He also transmits a certain courage, a certain confidence and a certain recognition that we can and will adjust ourselves to these profound changes through which we have gone.

– report from A Moment’s Peace – Newsletter AMP/1983-05 Sep / Dec 1983

Also Father Thomas Hartman,