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Lyndon Johnson: “In Asia, the nations from Korea and Japan to Indonesia and Singapore worked behind America's shield to strengthen their…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 1968
In Asia, the nations from Korea and Japan to Indonesia and Singapore worked behind America's shield to strengthen their economies and to broaden their political cooperation.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union.

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