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Richard Nixon: Our effort to join other nations in meeting the most urgent needs of those who live in this area has reflected not only…

On the recordOctober 5, 1972
Our effort to join other nations in meeting the most urgent needs of those who live in this area has reflected not only our compassion for them in their distress but also our recognition that an orderly society depends on the capacity of governments to 'promote the general welfare.'
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Letter to Four Members of the Advisory Panel on South Asian Relief Assistance.

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