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Eisenhower: “I too regard the forthcoming Philippine elections as a vital test of democracy for the Philippine Republic.”

On the recordNovember 5, 1953
I too regard the forthcoming Philippine elections as a vital test of democracy for the Philippine Republic.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Letter to Myron M. Cowen Concerning the Philippine Elections.

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