Lyndon Johnson actually said...

May I take this opportunity to express to you and your countrymen the sympathy and concern of my countrymen for the suffering and sorrow inflicted by the earthquakes this week.

Context

Telephone Remarks With Prime Minister Ikeda of Japan Inaugurating the Trans-Pacific Cable.

06/17/1964

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