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On the recordAugust 7, 1963
This Treaty is not a substitute for, and does not diminish the need for, continued Western and American military strength to meet all contingencies.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Special Message to the Senate on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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