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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It shocked me to find out that the President of the Central African Republic is thirty years of age.”

On the recordMarch 12, 1962
It shocked me to find out that the President of the Central African Republic is thirty years of age.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Toasts of the President and President Ahidjo

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