John Kennedy actually said...

We believe in freedom--in the United States and in Colombia.

President Kennedy and President Betancourt joined in expressing their hope that this statement made today in the birth place of Simon Boliva...

I want to express my great appreciation to you and to the people of this country for their generous welcome to my wife and to myself.

And I hope in this way to give some slight indication of how grateful I am to all of you for making us feel so much at home.