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On the recordJune 22, 1963
It was here for many years, that he first practiced the art of statecraft which has served the West so well.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Rathaus in Cologne After Signing the Golden Book.

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