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Calvin Coolidge: We have some peculiar interests in Nicaragua, on account of our right to build a canal there and establish a naval…

On the recordMarch 10, 1927
We have some peculiar interests in Nicaragua, on account of our right to build a canal there and establish a naval station.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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