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On the recordAugust 19, 1966
It must be clear, especially to those in the South who worked with the Communists to seize control by force, that their choice no longer includes a military takeover.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at a Navy League Luncheon, Manchester, New Hampshire.

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