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FDR: Our policy has applied from the earliest days of the Republic--and still applies--not merely to the Atlantic but to the…

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Our policy has applied from the earliest days of the Republic--and still applies--not merely to the Atlantic but to the Pacific and to all other oceans as well.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt states that the policy of freedom of the seas applies to all oceans, not just the Atlantic.

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