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Robert C. Byrd: “Shall we continue to be outsmarted, outwitted, and outdone? I say that it is time to cut out the talk and turn on the…”

On the recordAugust 1, 1955
Shall we continue to be outsmarted, outwitted, and outdone? I say that it is time to cut out the talk and turn on the heat. We have turned the other cheek long enough, and we should now say to these international brigands that from this moment forward, the ruthless and unwarranted shooting down of defenseless planes will not be tolerated.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Aug 1, 1955

Editor's note · Context

Denouncing the Chinese Communists over the treatment of American airmen and the value of conferences with Communist powers.

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