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Robert C. Byrd: “The choice before us is not between giving up Berlin and all-out war. For if we stand firm in Berlin and convince…”

On the recordJuly 20, 1961
The choice before us is not between giving up Berlin and all-out war. For if we stand firm in Berlin and convince Khrushchev of our determination to do so, we perhaps shall not have war.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jul 20, 1961

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Soviet threat to Berlin and the US commitment there.

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