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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The past decade has seen the strengthening of many of our friends and allies so that they have been enabled not only to…”

On the recordJune 11, 1962
The past decade has seen the strengthening of many of our friends and allies so that they have been enabled not only to thrive without our grant assistance, but also to bear an increasing share of the responsibility of helping the less-developed nations.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the final Report on the Mutual Security Program.

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