The President's News Conference
07/04/1929
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“We cannot base anything in the nature of permanent peace on any feeling of insecurity or having taken advantage of or having created a situ...
I am sure the whole Nation bids Godspeed to the American delegation that leaves tomorrow for the London Naval Conference.
To complete the Conference in 3 or 4 months would be, in itself, a great accomplishment, and we should not expect any hurried conclusions.
Permanent peace is never based on either taking advantage of or accepting a position of prejudice.