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Lyndon Johnson: “The avoidance of war and particularly nuclear war is the central, common concern of all mankind.”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1966
The avoidance of war and particularly nuclear war is the central, common concern of all mankind.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Message to the Eighteen-Nation Disarmament Committee on Its Reconvening in Geneva.

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