John Kennedy actually said...

We have a great story to tell, and I am hopeful that as Western Europe, which has really come out of the ashes in such a short time, and the tremendous vitality of the United States, and that of Japan, if tied closer and closer together, can serve as a valuable base from which we can expand the cause of freedom around the world.

03/06/1962

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