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The United States Embassy before it became heavily fortified. There is even an olive grove. I wonder if it is still there or did they have to take them down for security reasons? Now there is a giant wall and barriers and cops and soldiers with machine guns manning checkpoints but in those days anyone could walk in or out of the building. Then again JFK was the president when this picture was taken and it was a whole different time.

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