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On the recordOctober 31, 1962
What we have done can be done in a great many other countries with this organizational arrangement and with stimulation from both their national governments and their local communities.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the Signing of a Contract To Aid Electrification of Underdeveloped Countries.

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