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On the recordOctober 22, 1960
I suggested a fifth debate close to the election as a means of keeping the record straight - face to face - and correcting any distortions made in the closing days of the campaign.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Text of a Telegram To Vice President Richard M. Nixon from Senator John F. Kennedy on Fifth Debate

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