November 26, 1969 
Mr. John Seago 
c/o Barclay's Bank 
Box 30011 
Nairobi, Kenya 
Dear John, Tony, Thelma, Wineki, and 
all the Bongos: 
Greetings and salutations from your non-letter-writing companion. 
it seems that time gets by me, the days roll on consumed in minutiae, 
committee meetings, real and imaginary crises, etc. I honestly 
believe the world is getting more and more complicated, or at least 
the brand of civilization that we practice here in Washington. 
We have been following with a great deal of interest the developments 
in Kenya since the assassination of Tom Mboye. It is funny how one 
looks at the problems from here. My first concern is the saiety of 
you all; the second is my concern for the bongos; and the third is 
wondering what will happen in relation to all the national parks and 
the wildlife in Kenya; lastly I get around to being comcerned with the 
plight of the country and the inhabitants thereof. I suppose if I were 
a better Christiaa I would put my concern for the inhabitants and the 
nation a little ahead on the list. I do hope that things are stable. I 
presume that you are less alarmed about the situation than we are 
here. 
We in Washington have just gone through this big Moratorium Day 
march and you probably have gotten all sorts of newspaper accounts 
as to how exciting it was. Really it was very peaceful. It was 
variously estimated that there were between 250,000 and a million 
people participating in the various demonstrations. There was only 
ene evening of disturbances and that was by the very radical left. 
Not more than 1,000 of them were involved, and the hard core was 
thought to be not more than two or three hundred. So percentage-wise 
it was not all bad (that is if you don't mind that many people whether 
they are demonstrating or not). Frankly, that much humanity turns 
me off. Actually what this demonstration did show was that the 
leadership of the students has shifted from the radical extremist group 
to the more moderate ones. It also fairly conclusively demonstrated 
that the large majority of the young people are opposed to the Viet Nam 
involvement. 
