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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It is appropriate that I report to the Congress the reasons for the Government's decision not to prohibit the sale of…”

On the recordOctober 9, 1963
It is appropriate that I report to the Congress the reasons for the Government's decision not to prohibit the sale of surplus American wheat, wheat flour, feed grains and other agricultural commodities for shipment to the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries during the next several months.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House on the Sale of Wheat to the Soviet Union.

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