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Lyndon Johnson: “At 12:01 this morning, the boundary between Mexico and the United States changed at El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.”

On the recordOctober 27, 1967
At 12:01 this morning, the boundary between Mexico and the United States changed at El Paso and Ciudad Juarez.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Text of the Chamizal Declaration Recognizing the Transfer of Lands Between the United States and Mexico at El Paso and...

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