January 03, 1964
1 AM deeply shocked at the reported attempt on your life, but relieved to know that you are unharmed. Please convey my condolences to the family of the guard who fell in your behalf.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
[His Excellency Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana, Accra, Ghana]
Note: The message was read by the Press Secretary to the President, Pierre Salinger, at his news conference held at the White House at 3 p.m. on January 3, 1964.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Message to the President of Ghana Following an Attempt on His Life. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/242307