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Eisenhower: “None could then say that we preserve armament because we want to”

On the recordJuly 14, 1955
None could then say that we preserve armament because we want to
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Radio and Television Address to the American People Prior to Departure for the Big Four Conference at Geneva.

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