Ronald Reagan: “Yes, the poverty down there is what makes them subject to subversion…”

On the recordOctober 29, 1984

Yes, the poverty down there is what makes them subject to subversion from outside—the kind that Cuba exports and the Soviet Union.

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Republican · California

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Interview With Editors of the Hearst Corporation

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