Richard Nixon actually said...

Mr. Prime Minister, this is not the first time that I have welcomed you to the United States of America, but it is the very great honor that all of us have to welcome you for the first time in your capacity as Prime Minister to our Nation's Capital.

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Remarks of Welcome to Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka of Japan

07/30/1973

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