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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “If you should relent in your opposition to further debates, and I invite you to do so in tonight's debate, I hope your…”

On the recordOctober 20, 1960
If you should relent in your opposition to further debates, and I invite you to do so in tonight's debate, I hope your representatives can contact mine to work out one or more dates at the earliest opportunity.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Telegram from Senator John F. Kennedy in New York, NY, to Vice President Richard M. Nixon

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