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Lyndon Johnson: “Asia just must no longer sit at the second table of the 20th century's concern.”

On the recordMarch 15, 1966
Asia just must no longer sit at the second table of the 20th century's concern.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Asian Development Bank Act

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