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Richard Nixon: It would be well for them not to retain our POW's and run the risk that it would be necessary for the United States to…

On the recordJanuary 1, 1972
It would be well for them not to retain our POW's and run the risk that it would be necessary for the United States to stay in Vietnam.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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A Conversation With the President, Interview With Dan Rather of the Columbia Broadcasting System

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