Ronald Reagan: “What we're trying to support down there is the honest desire of the…”

On the recordJuly 26, 1984

What we're trying to support down there is the honest desire of the people of Nicaragua to have the revolution that was promised them.

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Republican · California

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Telephone Interview With Forrest Sawyer of WAGA-TV in Atlanta, Georgia

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