John F. Kennedy: Telegram from Senator John F. Kennedy, Hazleton, PA, to Vice President Richard M. Nixon on Fifth Debate

John T. Woolley & Gerhard Peters • Santa Barbara, California

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Telegram from Senator John F. Kennedy, Hazleton, PA, to Vice President Richard M. Nixon on Fifth Debate

October 28, 1960

I am ready to meet for the debate at any time in any city. Could I have your final answer by tomorrow night? If agreement is not forthcoming by that time, the American people will know where to place the responsibility.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

Citation: John F. Kennedy: "Telegram from Senator John F. Kennedy, Hazleton, PA, to Vice President Richard M. Nixon on Fifth Debate", October 28, 1960. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=74272.