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Lyndon Johnson: “Our hope is that the North Vietnamese will soon realize that they cannot succeed in taking over South Vietnam and they…”

On the recordAugust 19, 1966
Our hope is that the North Vietnamese will soon realize that they cannot succeed in taking over South Vietnam and they will turn to the task of helping their own people and building their own nation, in which event we will turn our energies in that area of the world to helping the people of that undeveloped section to become strong in body and in mind.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Navy League Luncheon, Manchester, New Hampshire.

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