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Richard Nixon: “This was not a meeting of pleasantries or a pro forma occasion.”

On the recordMarch 10, 1971
This was not a meeting of pleasantries or a pro forma occasion.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Statement on the Death of Whitney M. Young, Jr.

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