On the recordFebruary 28, 1969
Before I came to this country I had been reading accounts in our press to the effect that there was an anti-American sentiment among the French people.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBefore I came to this country I had been reading accounts in our press to the effect that there was an anti-American sentiment among the French people.
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