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On the recordFebruary 2, 1962
He said that on humanitarian grounds exports of certain foodstuffs, medicines, and medical supplies from the United States to Cuba would be excepted from this embargo.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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White House Statement Concerning the Embargo on Trade With Cuba.

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