Ronald Reagan: “If we fail in Nicaragua we could one day face a Communist Central…”

On the recordJune 17, 1988

If we fail in Nicaragua we could one day face a Communist Central America spreading subversion northward and southward.

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Republican · California

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Radio Address to the Nation on Economic Growth and the Situation in Nicaragua

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Ronald Reagan: “If we fail in Nicaragua we could one day face a Communist Central America spreading subversion northward and southward.”