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On the recordJuly 23, 1929
May I ask you who represent governments which have accepted this Treaty, now a part of their supreme law and their most sacred obligations, to convey to them the high appreciation of the Government of the United States that through their cordial collaboration an act so auspicious for the future happiness of mankind has now been consummated.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Remarks Upon Proclaiming the Treaty for the Renunciation of War (Kellogg-Briand Pact).

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