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On the recordJune 6, 1979
I am equally convinced that the best interests of the people of Zimbabwe-Rhodesia would not be served by the lifting of the sanctions.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Trade Sanctions Against Rhodesia Remarks Announcing Continuation of the U.S. Sanctions.

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