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On the recordSeptember 8, 1960
The friendship between the people of China and the United States is too firmly founded, and too deeply rooted, to be interrupted by the acts of the totalitarian government which temporarily rules the Chinese mainland.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Message from Senator John F. Kennedy to Chinese-American Businessmen's Committee Meeting, Chicago, IL

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