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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The peace of the world and the security of the United States and of all American States are endangered by reason of the…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1962
The peace of the world and the security of the United States and of all American States are endangered by reason of the establishment by the Sino-Soviet powers of an offensive military capability in Cuba.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3504—Interdiction of the Delivery of Offensive Weapons to Cuba

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