Richard Nixon actually said...

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.

Context

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

08/02/1973

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