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On the recordOctober 17, 1963
So the more that can be done to expose the American people to the very long and justly celebrated cultural tradition of Japan, the richer we will become.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks to a Group From the Second U.S.-Japan Conference on Educational and Cultural Interchange.

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