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Richard Nixon: “Madam Prime Minister, as we welcome you here at this dinner, what is really deepest in our hearts is the hope that…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1969
Madam Prime Minister, as we welcome you here at this dinner, what is really deepest in our hearts is the hope that history will record that after your service as Prime Minister there was peace in the land for 40 years and longer.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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