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Gerald Ford: “I appreciate this opportunity to meet with you today because I want to set the record straight on an issue that has…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1976
I appreciate this opportunity to meet with you today because I want to set the record straight on an issue that has received prominent attention in the past week--the question of Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Meeting With American Leaders of Eastern European Ancestry

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