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Ronald Reagan: “It's a tragic situation and, as I said earlier, I don't think the Iranian Government—I can't charge that there's…”

On the recordDecember 6, 1984
It's a tragic situation and, as I said earlier, I don't think the Iranian Government—I can't charge that there's complicity, but I certainly don't think that there's been any effort or a proper effort to help.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Informal Exchange With Reporters on the Release of Black Leaders by the Government of South Africa

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