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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We know enough about the USIA survey of our prestige overseas to know that one of the key questions related not to how…”

On the recordOctober 25, 1960
We know enough about the USIA survey of our prestige overseas to know that one of the key questions related not to how we stood in 1960 compared to the Soviets, but who would be ahead in 1970.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts of Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Michigan State Fair, Detroit Coliseum, Detroit, MI - (Advance Release Text)

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