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Jimmy Carter: “I think had this committee been formed maybe back in 1936 or '38, we might very well have avoided the war with Japan.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1979
I think had this committee been formed maybe back in 1936 or '38, we might very well have avoided the war with Japan.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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National Governors' Association Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Members of the Committee on Inter-...

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