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Richard Nixon: It is not in the interest of the Foreign Service or the United States that career officers become subject to retribution…

On the recordJuly 11, 1973
It is not in the interest of the Foreign Service or the United States that career officers become subject to retribution for diligent execution of their instructions.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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White House Statement About the Failure To Confirm Ambassador G. McMurtrie Godley as an Assistant Secretary of State.

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