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On the recordAugust 18, 1919
The Monroe doctrine is expressly mentioned as an understanding which is in no way to be impaired or interfered with by anything contained in the covenant.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate

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