FWIW Parkes is typically very careful and proper about messages. A brit message touching careful formality is likely to sound like this - stiff sounding generalities are usual. However, he does not usually label anything 'important', so my take from this is that there is a time critical element, if something is 'on'. It is I think the first time Parkes has openly expressed such hopes for 'events'. Interesting gratuitous comment about JFK also I noticed.