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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Well, what we mean is that we cannot accept with equanimity, nor do we propose to, the Communist takeover of countries…”

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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