Pres. JFK's Secret Society Warning from 1961 (excerpts) [mirrored]

PUBLIC DOMAIN AUDIO RECORDING from John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
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This video is a mirrored copy of excerpts of "JFK Secret Societies Speech (full version)" posted 24 Oct 2012 on MrMnmn911 channel on YouTube.
- EXCERPTS IN THIS VIDEO: 0:00-0:16; 6:36-8:03; 9:55-10:57; 15:59-18:26; and 19:05-19:38
- URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdMbmdFOvTs
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Excerpt of Speech given by President John F. Kennedy to the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, on 27 April 1961.
- ORIGINAL AUDIO found at: https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHA-025-001.aspx
- PRESS SPEECH COPY: https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-034-021.aspx
- FULL SPEECH TEXT: https://www.jfklibrary.org/Research/Research-Aids/JFK-Speeches/American-Newspaper-Publishers-Association_19610427.aspx
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TEXT OF SPEECH EXCERPTS IN THIS VIDEO:
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0:00-0:15 [From full speech video at 0:00-0:16]
Remarks of the President [John F. Kennedy] to the American Newspaper Publishers Association, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, April 27th, 1961.
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0:16-1:43 [From full speech video at 6:36-8:03]
The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.
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1:44-2:44 [From full speech video at 9:55-10:57]
For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day. It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.
Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried, not headlined. Its dissenters are silenced, not praised. No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.
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2:45-5:10 [From full speech video at 15:59-18:26]
No President should fear public scrutiny of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary. I am not asking your newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.
I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers--I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a wise man once said: "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors; and we expect you to point them out when we miss them.
Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed--and no republic can survive. That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy. And that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment-- the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution- -not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply "give the public what it wants"--but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold, educate and sometimes even anger public opinion.
This means greater coverage and analysis of international news--for it is no longer far away and foreign but close at hand and local. It means greater attention to improved understanding of the news as well as improved transmission. And it means, finally, that government at all levels, must meet its obligation to provide you with the fullest possible information outside the narrowest limits of national security--and we intend to do it.
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5:11-5:43 [From full speech video at 19:05-19:38]
And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of man's deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news--that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.
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