If the people of South Vietnam, by election, elect people who then choose to form a coalition government, that is a matter, of course, that we will accept.
Richard Nixon: “If the people of South Vietnam, by election, elect people who then choose to form a coalition government, that is a…”
On the recordJuly 29, 1970
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