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On the recordDecember 13, 1961
I wish to express my personal thanks for the advice and assistance you have given in shaping the program on civil defense which I shall present to the Congress next year.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to Governor Rockefeller on Civil Defense.

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