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The decisive step, in the policy to which the administration was committed, was to give formal notice to Great Britain that the joint occupancy of the Oregon country under the treaty of 1827 must cease.
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Blaine discusses the U.S. government's decision to end joint occupancy of the Oregon territory with Great Britain.
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