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Lyndon Johnson: “Representatives of the world, I have come to Geneva to discharge in your midst the most painful of the duties of the…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 1967
Representatives of the world, I have come to Geneva to discharge in your midst the most painful of the duties of the head of a state.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Toasts of the President and the Emperor of Ethiopia

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