</s>Doc ID: 6879032 Doc TOP SECRET UMBRA- DATE: 10/09/98 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM PAGE:1 IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY NUMBER : NSA AGENCY INFORMATION RECORD NUMBER: 144-10001-10350 RECORD SERIES : RECORD FILE NUMBER :: AGENCY FILE NUMBERS : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : NNA FROM : NSA TO : HFCF 3/0/TUD/TU/T306-63 REACTIONS IN PRAGUE TO KENNEDY MURDER TITLE : [RJ] DATE : 12/06/63 PAGES : SUBJECTS : ASSASSINATINATION JOHN KENNEDY DOCUMent TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : PAPER_TEXTUAL DOCUME CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/24/98 OPENING CRITERIA : ORIGINALATING AGENCY : DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED DRV FM: NSA/CSS Manual 123-2 Date: 24 February 1998 DECL ON: X1,X3,X5,X6,X7,X8 TOP SECRETUMBRA Released pursuant to Executive Order 14176, DECLASS. OF RECORDS CONC. THE ASSASSINTINATIONS OF PRESS. JFK, JFK. SEN. RPK, AND THE REV. DR. MIK, JR. JR.

Summary: This document details reactions in Prague following President John F. Kennedy's assassination on November 22, 1963. It describes public grief and anxiety, with newspapers selling out quickly. A crowd gathered outside the American Embassy, requiring civilian police intervention to disperse. Over 4,000 residents signed a special book expressing condolences. A religious ceremony at an embassy-arranged church was well-attended despite government reluctance to show overt mourning. The Foreign Minister visited the embassy but did not attend the service, while only the Minister of Health, Chief of Protocol, and Director General of the American Section participated. Press commentary criticized the assassination as a crime against world peace and expressed concern about potential policy shifts under extreme rightist influence.  

Key People: President John F. Kennedy, Foreign Minister (unspecified country), Minister of Health, Chief of Protocol, Director General of the American Section  
Key Locations: Prague, Ankara, Embassy (location unspecified)  
Key Events: Public mourning in Prague, newspaper sales, crowd gathering at American Embassy, religious ceremony, government response to assassination, press commentary on global implications  
Key Organizations: Foreign Ministry, Embassy, American Section (likely a diplomatic unit)

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