12/14/1961
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"Open and friendly discussions have served to clarify and confirm our common commitment to those who care for freedom."
"We have reached a very high level of agreement on our estimate of the nature of the problems which we face."
"I extend to you my congratulations and ask that you pass them on to the special committee and the staff of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Science Foundation, the Global Marine Explorat..."
"I recommend that we now join with other nations through UNESCO in preventing what would otherwise be an irreparable loss to science and the cultural history of Mankind."