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John W. Olver: The most remarkable thing to me is that the Serb insurgents have issued an ultimatum within Gorazde that without a…

On the recordApril 21, 1994
The most remarkable thing to me is that the Serb insurgents have issued an ultimatum within Gorazde that without a surrender and people leaving by 10 o'clock our time this morning, then in their view everyone is subject to be slaughtered. And I do not want to go on about this, but in many ways, as we know, we have put them there defenseless.
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John W. Olver
Massachusetts

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Discussing the situation in Gorazde during a floor speech.

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