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George H.W. Bush: “The talks that began last August mark 'the first time in the past quarter of a century that the leaders of the two…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1989
The talks that began last August mark 'the first time in the past quarter of a century that the leaders of the two communities have committed themselves to such a personal and sustained effort to achieve an overall settlement and to endeavor to do this by a specific target date.'
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Reporting...

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