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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I want to express our greatest thanks to the President of your country, your great President, to your Prime Minister…”

On the recordJune 28, 1963
I want to express our greatest thanks to the President of your country, your great President, to your Prime Minister, and to all the members of the government, and especially to all the people of Ireland who have taken us in.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Shannon Airport Upon Leaving for England.

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