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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It's quite obvious that if the Communists were able to move in and dominate this country, it would endanger the security…”

On the recordMarch 22, 1961
It's quite obvious that if the Communists were able to move in and dominate this country, it would endanger the security of all, and the peace of all, of Southeast Asia.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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