Richard Nixon actually said...

While we have had some difficulties with some votes in the Senate, the Secretary of State assures me that we can get a unanimous vote on this treaty.

Remarks to Reporters by the President and President Diaz Ordaz of Mexico Announcing a Boundary Agreement

08/19/1970

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