Message to Hugh Desmond Hoyte on the Death of President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham of Guyana
August 07, 1985
Dear Mr. President:
It was with sadness that I learned of the unexpected death of President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham. Please convey my sincere condolences to President Burnham's family and to the people of Guyana at this time of grief.
Sincerely,
RONALD REAGAN
Note: First Vice President Hoyte succeeded to the Presidency on the death of President Burnham.
Ronald Reagan, Message to Hugh Desmond Hoyte on the Death of President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham of Guyana Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/260341