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On the recordSeptember 10, 1963
It is not only safe but necessary, in the interest of this country and the interest of mankind, that this treaty should now be approved, and the hope for peace which it offers firmly sustained, by the Senate of the United States.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Senate Leaders Restating the Administration's Views on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

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