I would like to express my appreciation for the outstanding performance of the Air Reserve forces mobilized during the past year.
John Kennedy
The Public Record
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1961, until his assassination on November 22, 1963. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Massachusetts and is often remembered for his leadership during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy also established the Peace Corps, promoting international service and cooperation, and he advocated for civil rights, laying the groundwork for future legislation in this area.
Would you pass this letter to the Commanding Officers of all units involved with my personal thanks for their outstanding performance.
The Air Force is to be congratulated for the outstanding contribution to the cause of freedom made by its Reserve forces during this critical time.
Our main reliance now must be on the more firmly established active Army, as well as its sister services.
I can assure you, Mr. Prime Minister, that this country will do everything that is within its power to implement the commitment that it made in signing the Geneva accord.
We want to express our very warm welcome, Prime Minister, and Mr. Foreign Minister and members of your party.
If you should fail, if the accord at Geneva should turn out to be merely paper, then, of course, relations all over the world would become more difficult, and the belief in negotiation would be subjected to a serious attack.
Chairman Khrushchev and I, at Vienna, and other countries have committed themselves to the goal of the maintenance of a neutral and independent Laos.
Mr. Prime Minister, you and your company are most welcome here, and I hope all will join me in drinking to His Majesty, the King.





