Statement About the Death of Neil H. McElroy
11/30/1972
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We congratulate your parents for having the foresight to have you become Capitol pages.
And just a month ago--and incidentally, primarily through your leadership--the Andean Common Market had its birth in Bogota.
It was in 1960 that the Act of Bogota was adopted, which became the foundation for the Alliance for Progress.
So, the role that Colombia has played in the greater problems of the hemisphere in developing the spirit of the American family, we honor to...