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Lyndon Johnson: “The Cuban missile crisis brought home to every man and woman the unspeakable personal horror of nuclear war.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 1968
The Cuban missile crisis brought home to every man and woman the unspeakable personal horror of nuclear war.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker of the House Urging Extension of the Arms Control and Disarmament...

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