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Calvin Coolidge: About all I can say about that which can be understood without entering into a long explanation about rather technical…

On the recordAugust 16, 1926
About all I can say about that which can be understood without entering into a long explanation about rather technical matters would be that Mexico has made large concessions to the demands of the United States on these questions.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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