12/23/1980
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"An essential means for carrying out our international air transportation policy will be to allow greater competitive opportunities for U.S. and foreign airlines."
"I have been seeking to introduce the airline industry to the benefits of competition both at home and abroad."
"The United States believes this interest is best served by a policy of expansion of competitive opportunity rather than restriction."
"We will work towards this end because we know the challenge that racism poses, and for more than a century we have struggled to heal its scars."