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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The fact that the Argentine immediately not only supported the effort in the OAS, but also sent air and naval forces to…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1963
The fact that the Argentine immediately not only supported the effort in the OAS, but also sent air and naval forces to assist in the quarantine was important not only because of the forces involved, but also because it indicated symbolically, though the Argentine was far away, many thousands of miles, the communications were long, it indicated a sense of solidarity which was very valuable to us not only in this hemisphere, but, I think, in maintaining our posture throughout the world.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Remarks to a Group of Staff Members and Students of the Argentine War College

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