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On the recordJanuary 21, 1966
We must give them the support they need in fulfillment of the commitment so accurately stated in your letter--\the determination of our Government to resist the terror and aggression which deny the people of South Vietnam the right freely to determine their own future.\
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Reply to a Letter From a Group of House Members Relating to the Situation in Vietnam.

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