In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Mr. `Ali `Abdullah Salih, President of North Yemen,
I received your message of condolence on the tragic martyrdom of the beloved president and the prime minister of our country. I appreciate your sympathy and kindness. These heinous crimes which are committed by the agents of the superpowers reveal the true image of the great Satan, help spare us the need to respond to the accusations leveled against us which have gone so far as to brazenly accuse us of buying weapons from and having ties with the occupying Israel and uncover the dirty, anti-Islamic nature of America to Muslims all over the world so that they are not taken in by the propaganda of the enemy.
May God's peace be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Shahrivar 30,1360 AHS