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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I think that his trip can produce the same kind of fruitful result which his previous trip to southeast Asia produced in…”

On the recordAugust 21, 1962
I think that his trip can produce the same kind of fruitful result which his previous trip to southeast Asia produced in affecting American policy and have the same kind of impact which his trip a year ago to West Berlin at a critical time had for our common interests.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks to Vice President Johnson on His Departure for Southern Europe and the Near East.

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