Message to Hugh Desmond Hoyte on the Death of President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham of Guyana

August 7, 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.