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On the recordAugust 15, 1929
I believe that the Congress at Rio de Janeiro will be of great benefit in furthering this purpose and that it will contribute largely also to the most important purpose of further cementing the friendly and helpful relations that exist between the countries of the two Americas.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Message to the Second Pan American Highway Congress.

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