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Richard Nixon: “I can only hope that the North Vietnamese will not draw the erroneous conclusion from this Congressional action that…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1973
I can only hope that the North Vietnamese will not draw the erroneous conclusion from this Congressional action that they are free to launch a military offensive in other areas in Indochina.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Letter to the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate About the End of United States Bombing in Cambodia.

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