On the recordDecember 6, 1920
It is now our liberty and our duty to keep our promise to the people of those islands by granting them the independence which they so honorably covet.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIt is now our liberty and our duty to keep our promise to the people of those islands by granting them the independence which they so honorably covet.
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