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On the recordSeptember 23, 1980
I welcome the resumption of the Cyprus intercommunal talks.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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The Cyprus Conflict Letter to the Speaker of the House and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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