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Robert C. Byrd: “I do not want to go out of my way to offend anybody. We want to continue to cooperate with the Soviet Union where we…”

On the recordMarch 13, 1979
I do not want to go out of my way to offend anybody. We want to continue to cooperate with the Soviet Union where we can, to be friendly with the Soviet leaders. But the interests of the United States of America should come first.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 13, 1979

Editor's note · Context

Opposing an amendment to legislation on relations with Taiwan following normalization with the People's Republic of China.

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