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Calvin Coolidge: What we are trying to do there, of course, is to afford such protection as we can for the lives and property of our…

On the recordJanuary 20, 1927
What we are trying to do there, of course, is to afford such protection as we can for the lives and property of our citizens in accordance with our treaty rights and faithfully execute the treaties that have been made between the Chinese Government and ourselves.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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