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Richard Nixon: We welcome you first because you come from a great country, a new country, but the third most populous nation in all the…

On the recordMay 25, 1970
We welcome you first because you come from a great country, a new country, but the third most populous nation in all the free nations of the world.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks of Welcome to President Suharto of the Republic of Indonesia

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