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Lyndon Johnson: “A relocated Rio Grande means a new boundary; a new boundary means new bridges linking our two countries.”

On the recordOctober 27, 1967
A relocated Rio Grande means a new boundary; a new boundary means new bridges linking our two countries.
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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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