Richard Nixon: “I have concluded that the proposed order would be inappropriate, and I…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 1969

I have concluded that the proposed order would be inappropriate, and I therefore decline to approve it.

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Republican · California

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Letter to the Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board, on the Transpacific Route Investigation.

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Richard Nixon: “I have concluded that the proposed order would be inappropriate, and I therefore decline to approve it.”