Ronald Reagan: “One cannot call for freedom and human rights for the people of Asia…”

On the recordJuly 15, 1984

One cannot call for freedom and human rights for the people of Asia and Eastern Europe while ignoring the struggles of our own neighbors in this hemisphere.

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Ronald Reagan

Republican · California

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Proclamation 5223—Captive Nations Week, 1984

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Ronald Reagan: “One cannot call for freedom and human rights for the people of Asia and Eastern Europe while ignoring the struggles of…”

Editor's note · Context