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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I believe that we will insist upon a test ban treaty which gives us assurance that if any country conducted a series of…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1963
I believe that we will insist upon a test ban treaty which gives us assurance that if any country conducted a series of clandestine underground tests that that series would be detected.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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