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On the recordJune 23, 1963
Well, what we mean is that we cannot accept with equanimity, nor do we propose to, the Communist takeover of countries which are now free.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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The President's News Conference at the Foreign Ministry in Bonn

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