I would like to say again that the United States is very much interested in reducing tensions and halting the arms race; and if your letter signifies that you are prepared to discuss a detente affecting NATO and the Warsaw Pact, we are quite prepared to consider with our allies any useful proposals.
Message to Chairman Khrushchev Calling for Removal of Soviet Missiles From Cuba
Share
More from John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I just say that there's no sense having a program if a man who is innocent of any intelligence mission, which is true in this case, is subjected to arrest without means of defense.
I congratulate you, the people of Delaware, the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States.
But don't make it impossible for us to function by legislative restraints or inadequate appropriations.
Other voices in this conversation
