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Richard Nixon: I have determined that it would be in the public interest to comply with that request.

On the recordMarch 11, 1973
I have determined that it would be in the public interest to comply with that request.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Executive Order 11707—Change in Boundaries of New England River Basins Commission

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