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    "title": "Radio and television remarks on dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba, 2 November 1962",
    "description": "This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning President Kennedy's radio and television statement on the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. In his speech, the President indicates that the missile bases are in the dismantlement process, and explains that the naval quarantine on Cuba will remain in effect until the situation is resolved. Materials in this folder include drafts by Special Counsel and speechwriter Theodore Sorensen with handwritten notations by the President and press copies of the speech.",
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    "identifierLocal": "JFKPOF-041-023",
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        "Sorensen, Theodore Chaikin, 1928-2010"
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        "Papers of John F. Kennedy: Presidential Papers: President's Office Files",
        "Speech Files"
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        "Cuba",
        "Soviet Union",
        "Cold War",
        "Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962",
        "Nuclear weapons"
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    "ocrText": "Statement - Cuban Situation - Dismantling of Missile bases.\nNovember 2, 1962.\nI want to take this opportunity to report on the conclusions which this\nGovernment has reached on the basis of yesterday's aerial photographs, which will\nbe available tomorrow, as well as other indications -- namely, that the Soviet\nmissile bases in Cuba are being dismantled, their missiles and related equipment\nare being crated, and the fixed installations at these sites are being destroyed.\nThe United States intends to follow closely the completion of this work\nthrough a variety of means, including aerial surveillance, until such time a,s an\nwhere\nwho l the fand\nequally satisfactory international means of verification is effective. The American\nthe have . the her are hopeful that adegnate procedures can be\nnaval quarantine will also continue until fully adequate substitute procedures for\ndevelopul for international inspection of\ninspecting Cuba-bound cargoes) are in operation. The International Committee of\nthe Red Cross, in our view, would be an appropriate agent of the United Nations\nin this matter.\nThe continuation of these measures at air and sea, until the threat to\nofferious weepan\npeace posed by theste missiles is gone, is in keeping with our pledge to secure\ntheir\nthe withdrawal or elimination of somissiles from this Hemisphere. It is in\nthe\nkeeping with the resolution of the OAS; and it is in keeping with mys exchange of\nletters with Chairman Khrushchev of October 27 and 28.\nProgress is now being made toward the restoration of peace in the\nCaribbean; and it is our firm hope and purpose that this progress shall go forward.\nme\nhap his nonewn\nI will continue to report to the American people on this vital matter."
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