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Jimmy Carter: “These consultations should make clear that the basis for review and revision is the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 1980
These consultations should make clear that the basis for review and revision is the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan which has changed the nature of the potential danger to our common military security.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Memorandums From the President on Exports of High Technology and Other Strategic Items to the Soviet Union

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