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Lyndon Johnson: “In determining the scope of the United States effort, we will want to examine carefully with you at that time the…”

On the recordNovember 21, 1965
In determining the scope of the United States effort, we will want to examine carefully with you at that time the requirements of the hemisphere, in the light of progress made through self-help measures and the contributions which by then some of your countries will be able to make to one another to further the common effort.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Message to the Rio Conference of the Organization of American States

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