Richard Nixon actually said...

I know that many towns are planning to receive them, but let it come in a way which will not infringe upon these few moments of privacy of getting acquainted again.

Context

Informal Exchange With Reporters About the Return of American Prisoners of War From Southeast Asia.

02/10/1973

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