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Richard Nixon: They must bear the responsibility for blocking the road to peace and not walking through that door which we have opened.

On the recordJune 9, 1969
They must bear the responsibility for blocking the road to peace and not walking through that door which we have opened.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks on Return From Meeting With President Thieu at Midway Island

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