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Woodrow Wilson: “I cannot but regard it as providential and not as a mere casual coincidence.”

On the recordMay 23, 1920
I cannot but regard it as providential and not as a mere casual coincidence.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Special Message to Congress Asking Permission to Assume Mandate for Armenia Under the League of Nations

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