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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “President Kennedy expressed the support of the United States for the inviolate right of peoples and countries to…”

On the recordMay 4, 1961
President Kennedy expressed the support of the United States for the inviolate right of peoples and countries to exercise freedom of choice in the organization of their societies and in the definition of their political attitudes.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Joint Statement Following Discussions With President Bourguiba.

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