John Kennedy actually said...

It was by no accident that the United Nations turned to Norway for its first Secretary General, Trygve Lie, and to Sweden for the great statesman who presently fills that post, Dag Hammarskjold.

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Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy on the Occasion of Leif Ericson Day

10/08/1960

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