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On the recordMarch 6, 1962
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.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks at the 18th Annual Washington Conference of the Advertising Council.

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