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On the recordJanuary 15, 1920
The Government of the United States believes that for it to continue to participate in guarding the districts now under Allied military protection is also, under present conditions, impracticable.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Statement on Further Participation by the United States in Armed Intervention in Russia

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