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Lyndon Johnson: “May I take this opportunity to express to you and your countrymen the sympathy and concern of my countrymen for the…”

On the recordJune 17, 1964
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.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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

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