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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We must not allow our NATO bases to become an unwitting instrument of such an effort, which is being carried on in…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1960
We must not allow our NATO bases to become an unwitting instrument of such an effort, which is being carried on in defiance of the United Nations, of world opinion, and of the hopes of all of those who wish for peace.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Statement on African Affairs by Senator John F. Kennedy

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