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In the Far East this Government preserves unchanged its policy of supporting the principle of equality of opportunity and scrupulous respect for the integrity of the Chinese Empire, to which policy are pledged the interested Powers of both East and West.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft reaffirms the U.S. policy of supporting equality of opportunity and respect for China's integrity.

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