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On the recordMarch 30, 1961
I hereby determine that in the national interest the amount of the quotas for sugar and for liquid sugar for Cuba pursuant to the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, for the calendar year 1961 shall be zero.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3401—Determination of Cuban Sugar Quota to Supplement the Quota Established by Proclamation No. 3383

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