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Herbert Hoover: “The resolve to advance world peace by mutual good will and by the limitation of naval armaments is the earnest purpose…”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1930
The resolve to advance world peace by mutual good will and by the limitation of naval armaments is the earnest purpose of the British and the American peoples and of their governments and it is my hope, as it will be the endeavor of the American Government, to see this great object attained during the year which has just commenced.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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New Year's Message to King George V of Great Britain.

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