04/20/1961
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"I consider the power of the United States, plus those countries that are associated with it in the common defense, to give every form of encouragement to any Western leader who discusses matters which..."
"I have not been informed, and all my information is to the contrary, that there was any involvement by members of the CIA or any other members of the American Government."
"It is, of course, our hope that the talks now proceeding at Evian will be successful."
"In France, as I said, I think the vitality of a very old race, which the French people are."