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On the recordFebruary 9, 1961
the ideals of peace, freedom, and human progress are again threatened by forces intent on subverting them, and a rededication of those determined to strengthen the inter-American system is required
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Proclamation 3392—Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1961

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