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Robert C. Byrd: “From Munich to Korea to Indochina, the story is all the same: Surrender before threats, new demands by totalitarian…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 1956
From Munich to Korea to Indochina, the story is all the same: Surrender before threats, new demands by totalitarian powers, new concessions by the democracies, intermittent blood-baths, extension of tyranny, and consolidation of Communist gains. I raise my voice at this time, Mr. Speaker, to sound the warning that with the development of the Taiwan crisis we may expect to witness a step-up in the attempted brain-washing of the American people.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jan 26, 1956

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Warning against concessions to Communist powers in the Taiwan crisis.

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