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On the recordJune 29, 1966
The critical food shortage in India, though aggravated by drought, should be read as a warning that a crisis in food and population trends is already at the world's doorstep.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the President's Annual Report on Food for Peace.

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