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On the recordApril 27, 1961
It is true that your government, too, must fulfill its responsibility in civil defense with vigorous leadership.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Recorded for Broadcast During the Annual Civil Defense Exercises.

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