John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We know that your people, like ours, cherish individual liberty and…”

On the recordJune 29, 1962

We know that your people, like ours, cherish individual liberty and national independence.

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Democratic · Massachusetts

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Message to King Mwami Mwambutsa IV on the Occasion of the Independence of Burundi.

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We know that your people, like ours, cherish individual liberty and national independence.”