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Lyndon Johnson: “Twenty years ago it was dear to the leaders of Western Europe that our shield there was necessary to their future.”

On the recordDecember 3, 1967
Twenty years ago it was dear to the leaders of Western Europe that our shield there was necessary to their future.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to the Foreign Policy Conference for Business Executives.

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