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On the recordMarch 8, 1977
I want to know about it immediately because a concealment of a mistake and its subsequent revelation will be a devastating additional blow.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Director of Central Intelligence Remarks at the Swearing In of Admiral Stansfield Turner

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