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On the recordSeptember 4, 1960
I am concerned about reports that the NATO base in Athens has been fueling Russian planes en route to the Congo which have been used for purposes hostile to the efforts of the United Nations.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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