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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Your telegram to me tonight clearly indicates I was right in calling for such a debate - for the distortions of the…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1960
Your telegram to me tonight clearly indicates I was right in calling for such a debate - for the distortions of the record concerning my position on Cuba exceed any others you have made during this campaign.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Text of a Telegram To Vice President Richard M. Nixon from Senator John F. Kennedy on Fifth Debate

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