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Richard Nixon: “On the other hand, a major setback was the United Nations failure to take strong and speedy international legal action…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1973
On the other hand, a major setback was the United Nations failure to take strong and speedy international legal action to combat international terrorism and provide adequate protection for diplomats—measures advocated by the United States and other concerned nations.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Transmitting Annual Report on United States Participation in the United Nations.

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