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On the recordAugust 11, 1965
The United States would never undertake the sacrifice these efforts require if its help were not wanted and requested.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Swearing In of Henry Cabot Lodge as Ambassador to South Viet-Nam.

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