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Jimmy Carter: “We, like Tanzania, were formerly subjects of the British Crown, and we had a military victory to achieve independence.”

On the recordAugust 3, 1977
We, like Tanzania, were formerly subjects of the British Crown, and we had a military victory to achieve independence.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Toasts of the President and President Nyerere of Tanzania at a Working Dinner for the Tanzanian President

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