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On the recordAugust 22, 1963
I hope that this is the beginning of much closer communication between Nigeria and the United States and, indeed, between the whole continent of Africa and our continent, our hemisphere.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Conversation With the Prime Minister of Nigeria by Means of the Syncom Communications Satellite.

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