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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “President Kennedy laid special emphasis on President Houphouet-Boigny's extraordinary efforts in promoting African unity…”

On the recordMay 23, 1962
President Kennedy laid special emphasis on President Houphouet-Boigny's extraordinary efforts in promoting African unity and cooperation within the Council of the Entente, the Union of African and Malagasy States, and at the recent twenty-nation Lagos Conference.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Joint Statement following Discussions With the President of the Ivory Coast.

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