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On the recordJune 24, 1962
It was the most spontaneous outpouring of friendship for the United States which I have seen, and which I think was extremely helpful not only in giving us a warm feeling of welcome, but also in indicating the happy relations which can exist and must exist between our two countries and the other countries, the other sister Republics of the Western Hemisphere.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Toasts of the President and President-Elect Valencia of Colombia

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