In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful
His Excellency General Hafiz Asad, President of the Republic of Syria,
I have received your kind message in hospital. I am grateful for the inquiry you have made in my health. I hope that the Islamic countries with unity to combine together and cut short the hands of the imperialism, that of the East and that of the West, in particular America from their countries. I wish God bestow all of you prosperity and success.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini
Rabi` ath-Thani 2,1400 AH