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Robert C. Byrd: “Not to prolong my remarks, I feel impelled to make it known that it is a disheartening thing for me to find our…”

On the recordAugust 1, 1955
Not to prolong my remarks, I feel impelled to make it known that it is a disheartening thing for me to find our Government virtually blackmailed into sitting down with the spokesmen for Red China.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Aug 1, 1955

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Opposing talks between the United States and Communist China.

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