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Ronald Reagan: “This Rio Treaty, born of the totalitarian threat to the region before and during World War II, has been strengthened…”

On the recordApril 8, 1987
This Rio Treaty, born of the totalitarian threat to the region before and during World War II, has been strengthened ever since by resolute defense, against repeated attacks, of our common determination that this Hemisphere shall be a land of liberty.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Proclamation 5629—Pan American Day and Pan American Week, 1987

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