In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Mr. Shadhli Bin Jadid President of the Democratic Republic of Algeria,
I received your message of condolence on the tragic martyrdom of the beloved president and prime minister of our country. I appreciate your sympathy and kindness. You who have fought against the bloodthirsty colonialists for many years and have offered thousands of martyrs in the way of victory, independence and freedom are well aware of our situation in the fight against the criminal America and you well know that in order to maintain their domination over the oppressed nations and to loot their resources, they stop at nothing and use any trick to suppress them. Definitely, you know that lately the Great Satan, has accused us, besides its other plots, of buying weapons from and having ties with the occupying Israel. By this disgraceful plot they plan to isolate us from our `Arab-speaking brothers and from the Muslim world.
May God's peace be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Dhu'l-Qa`dah 7,1401 AH