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Calvin Coolidge: “He is an expert on Eastern affairs in the State Department—not the only one, but he is regarded as the chief expert.”

On the recordMarch 26, 1925
He is an expert on Eastern affairs in the State Department—not the only one, but he is regarded as the chief expert.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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