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On the recordOctober 26, 1962
But the first ingredient, let me emphasize, is the cessation of work on missile sites in Cuba and measures to render such weapons inoperable, under effective international guarantees.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Message to Chairman Khrushchev Calling for Removal of Soviet Missiles From Cuba

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