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Robert C. Byrd: “Certainly if the Communists want to validate their good intentions as the summit conferences begin, they can do so by…”

On the recordJuly 13, 1955
Certainly if the Communists want to validate their good intentions as the summit conferences begin, they can do so by turning their captives back to freedom. How else can they make good their claims to wanting peace and ridding the world of dangerous tensions?
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jul 13, 1955

Editor's note · Context

Discussing prisoners held by Communist countries ahead of summit conferences.

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