John F. Kennedy: “We must prevent that arms race from spreading to new nations, to new…”

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We must prevent that arms race from spreading to new nations, to new nuclear powers and to the reaches of outer space.

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John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy stresses the need to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons to new nations.

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John F. Kennedy: “We must prevent that arms race from spreading to new nations, to new nuclear powers and to the reaches of outer space.”