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Lyndon Johnson: “Our photographs showed us that the Soviet Union had brought within 90 miles of our shores enough missiles to seriously…”

On the recordOctober 27, 1964
Our photographs showed us that the Soviet Union had brought within 90 miles of our shores enough missiles to seriously handicap and destroy large portions of this country.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Riverside, California, County Courthouse

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