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Richard Nixon: We stand today on the threshold of a new era of peace in the world—a time that opens new and ever-widening opportunities…

On the recordMay 3, 1973
We stand today on the threshold of a new era of peace in the world—a time that opens new and ever-widening opportunities for global cooperation which can bring a greater measure of progress and prosperity for the peoples of all nations.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Proclamation 4214—World Trade Week, 1973

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