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Jimmy Carter: “I will nominate Maurice D. Bean, of Los Angeles, Calif., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the…”

On the recordAugust 14, 1977
I will nominate Maurice D. Bean, of Los Angeles, Calif., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States Ambassador to Burma Nomination of Maurice D. Bean

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