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Ronald Reagan: “Now, however, a locally written constitution, if adopted by the people of the Virgin Islands, will be the capstone of…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1981
Now, however, a locally written constitution, if adopted by the people of the Virgin Islands, will be the capstone of local self-government.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing a Bill To Approve a Constitution for the United States Virgin Islands

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