[Released June 17, 1962. Dated June 13, 1962]
Your Beatitude:
Your visit here has been a source
of great pleasure to me and to the people of the United States. It has
given us a new appreciation of the challenges you and the Cypriot people
face in building a stable country with expanding opportunities to lead
richer and fuller lives. Our discussions have enabled us better to understand
each other's problems, and have underscored the fact that we have many
common objectives.
I am happy to reassure you of
my Government's intent to help with the implementation of your program
of economic development, and I look forward to the prospect of increasingly
effective cooperation following your return.
May God grant you a safe journey,
and a happy and prosperous future for you and the people of Cyprus.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
[His Beatitude, Archbishop Makarios, President of the Republic of Cyprus]