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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It was by no accident that the United Nations turned to Norway for its first Secretary General, Trygve Lie, and to…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1960
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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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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

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