Richard Nixon actually said...

I am very optimistic that the relations between France and the United States will continue to be on a very sound basis in which each respects the independence of the other.

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Remarks at an Informal Meeting With French Correspondents Who Accompanied President Pompidou of France on His Visit to the...

02/25/1970

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