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Robert C. Byrd: “Were President Eisenhower able, from the standpoint of experience and physical condition, to prove himself a match for…”

On the recordApril 2, 1958
Were President Eisenhower able, from the standpoint of experience and physical condition, to prove himself a match for Khrushchev at the conference table, there might be some slim reason to hope that we would benefit from a summit meeting.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Apr 2, 1958

Editor's note · Context

Opposing a summit conference with Soviet leaders.

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