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Richard Nixon: “Korea happened because the dictators of Communist China thought that crime might pay, that they could walk in and get…”

On the recordOctober 27, 1960
Korea happened because the dictators of Communist China thought that crime might pay, that they could walk in and get Korea and that we wouldn't react.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks of the Vice President, Rear Train Platform, Tolono, IL

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