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On the recordJune 4, 1963
In taking on this delicate and urgent assignment you have performed a most important service in the national interest.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Wilson Wyatt Following His Mediation in the Indonesian Oil Negotiations.

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