09/07/1960
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"In answer to the question in your telegram I assure you that, if I am elected President I will convene the White House Conference on Narcotics as soon as it is reasonably practicable."
"For example, in Santa Clara, Cuba, today there is an exhibit commemorating the devastation of that city by Batista's planes."
"I want us to stand for freedom."
"I have long been aware that the traffic in illicit narcotics is one of our major law enforcement problems."