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On the recordJanuary 2, 1931
I AM DISTRESSED by the news of the death of Marshal Joffre who is so affectionately remembered by the American people.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Message to President Gaston Doumergue of France on the Death of Marshal Joseph Joffre.

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