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Richard Nixon: Under the full weight of these recommendations, I have reluctantly concluded that we cannot prudently go forward with…

On the recordMay 21, 1972
Under the full weight of these recommendations, I have reluctantly concluded that we cannot prudently go forward with the international exposition in Philadelphia.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Withdrawing Philadelphia as the Site of an International Exposition During American Revolution...

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