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PROCLAMATION 3482-JULY 13, 1962

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and patriotic organizations to insure the success of their ceremonial undertakings in commemoration of the significance of the Medal of Honor. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this twelfth day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary of State.

Proclamation 3482 CAPTIVE NATIONS WEEK, 1962 July 13, 1962

By fhe President of the United States of America A Proclamation

WHEREAS by a joint resolution approved July 17, 1959 (73 Stat. 212), the Congress authorized and requested the President of the United States of America to issue a proclamation designating the third week in July 1959 as "Captive Nations Week," and to issue a similar proclamation each year until such time as freedom and independence shall have been achieved for all the captive nations of the world; and WHEREAS there exist many historical and cultural ties between the people of these captive nations and the American people; and WHEREAS the principles of self-government and human freedom are universal ideals and the common heritage of mankind: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning July 15, 1962, as Captive Nations Week. I invite the people of the United States of America to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and I urge them to give renewed devotion to the just aspirations of all people for national independence and human liberty. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this thirteenth day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. JOHN F. KENNEDY

By the President: DEAN R U S K,

Secretary of State.

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