August 03, 1968
Dear Mr. President:
The thoughts and heartfelt sympathy of the American people are with you and the people of the Philippines, and especially with the families who have lost their homes and loved ones in the earthquake. Would you extend my personal condolence to all those who have suffered injury, bereavement, and loss in this tragedy.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
[The Honorable Ferdinand E. Marcos, President of the Philippines]
Note: The text of the telegram was released at Austin, Texas.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Message to President Marcos Following an Earthquake in the Philippines. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/237731