Whitelaw Reid: “What we are doing is in the double line of preventing otherwise…”

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What we are doing is in the double line of preventing otherwise inevitable foreign seizure and putting a stop to domestic war.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid states that U.S. actions are aimed at preventing foreign intervention and stopping domestic conflict.

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Whitelaw Reid: “What we are doing is in the double line of preventing otherwise inevitable foreign seizure and putting a stop to…”