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Richard Nixon: “Ladies and gentlemen: It is my very great privilege to announce on behalf of the Finance Ministers and the other…”

On the recordDecember 17, 1971
Ladies and gentlemen: It is my very great privilege to announce on behalf of the Finance Ministers and the other representatives of the ten countries involved, the conclusion of the most significant monetary agreement in the history of the world.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks Announcing a Monetary Agreement Following a Meeting of the Group of Ten

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