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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We are wholeheartedly behind your effort to maintain the freedom of your people and we wish for you what we wish for…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1963
We are wholeheartedly behind your effort to maintain the freedom of your people and we wish for you what we wish for ourselves, and that is peace and an opportunity to develop our country.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Toasts of the President and King Sri Savang Vatthana

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