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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It is my desire that you investigate fully alternative transportation resources in order to select the course of action…”

On the recordMarch 30, 1961
It is my desire that you investigate fully alternative transportation resources in order to select the course of action which would best serve the Government's interest and most adequately and economically meet the Canal Zone's particular transportation requirements.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter to Secretary Stahr Concerning Discontinuance of Commercial Operations by the Panama Line.

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