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Richard Nixon: “Certainly, he cannot believe that in the Congo the United States should have followed Khrushchev's example and attempted…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 1960
Certainly, he cannot believe that in the Congo the United States should have followed Khrushchev's example and attempted to muscle its way in and shatter forever the hopes of these people for independence.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Excerpts of Speech by the Vice President at Arlin Field High School, Mansfield, Ohio, and Municipal Auditorium, Evansville,...

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