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Richard Nixon: I woke quite early this morning, at 7:30, and it was raining, and all of the splendid honor guards that had trained for…

On the recordSeptember 17, 1973
I woke quite early this morning, at 7:30, and it was raining, and all of the splendid honor guards that had trained for weeks for your arrival were gone.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Remarks of Welcome to Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan

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