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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “The kind of aggression which we were threatened with 20 years ago, when the Board was rounded, is different from the…”

On the recordMarch 28, 1962
The kind of aggression which we were threatened with 20 years ago, when the Board was rounded, is different from the kind of aggression and subversion which threatens the hemisphere today.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Inter-American Defense Board

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