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Richard Nixon: Rising prices for antiquities stimulate looting of archaeological sites, causing the destruction of irreplaceable…

On the recordFebruary 1, 1972
Rising prices for antiquities stimulate looting of archaeological sites, causing the destruction of irreplaceable resources for scientific and cultural studies.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Message to the Senate Transmitting Convention on the Illicit Movement of Cultural Property.

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