John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I have long been aware that the traffic in illicit narcotics is one of…”

On the recordOctober 5, 1960

I have long been aware that the traffic in illicit narcotics is one of our major law enforcement problems.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Text of a Telegram Sent to Hon. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General for the State of California, by Senator John F. Kennedy

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I have long been aware that the traffic in illicit narcotics is one of our major law enforcement problems.”