Richard Nixon actually said...

As you return to private life, I am sure that each and every one of your many friends and associates here would want to join me in thanking you for a job superbly done and in wishing Lucile and you the happiness you so richly deserve.

Context

Letter Accepting the Resignation of David Packard as Deputy Secretary of Defense.

12/10/1971

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