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On the recordApril 18, 1961
I want to say that it is a great pleasure and honor to participate in this event sponsored by the National Geographic, which has been a great American institution, and which has advanced our information on a whole variety of horizons in the last years.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Awarding the National Geographic Society Gold Medal to Jacques-Yves Cousteau

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