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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I think that the prospects are not easy of securing an independent and neutral Laos as we understand it, but we intend…”

On the recordJune 1, 1961
I think that the prospects are not easy of securing an independent and neutral Laos as we understand it, but we intend to continue to discuss this matter, and we will stay at the conference for as long as we feel that there is some hope of success.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks and Question and Answer Period at the Press Luncheon in Paris

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